Valletta’s Eurovision watch-parties have always been a kaleidoscope of Maltese flags, glitter cannons and pastizzi crumbs, but the 2026 edition could feel eerily empty if Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS makes good on its threat to boycott should Israel be allowed to compete. The announcement, made late Tuesday evening on the Netherlands’ flagship current-affairs show Nieuwsuur, has…
**Ireland threatens Eurovision boycott if Israel takes part** *Malta’s Eurovision community watches nervously as political storm clouds gather over 2024 contest* By [Author Name] | Hot Malta Valletta – While Malta’s Eurovision fans are still buzzing from The Busker’s feel-good trip to Liverpool, a fresh political storm is brewing that could split the contest down…
Valletta cafés fell unusually quiet yesterday evening as televisions tuned to Al Jazeera showed Israeli jets wheeling above Doha’s glittering skyline. Patrons who had come for rabbit stew (fenkata) and mid-week Premier League replays instead watched the first flashes of what Israel terms “precision interdiction” and Qatar labels “a stab to the heart of diplomacy”….
Valletta’s morning cafés were buzzing louder than usual on Thursday as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s dramatic pledge to “stop the genocide in Gaza” collided head-on with Israel’s furious recall of its ambassador from Madrid. For Maltese ears, the row sounds less like distant thunder and more like a family argument echoing across the Mediterranean…
PM Unaware: Israeli Jets’ ‘Irregular’ Use of Maltese Skies Sparks Island-Wide Debate By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta’s Upper Barrakka Gardens were unusually busy on Tuesday evening, not with tourists snapping sunset photos, but with Maltese families debating the same question: how did foreign military aircraft slip through our airspace without the Prime Minister even knowing?…
