Valletta’s 17th-century Parliament was buzzing louder than a summer festa on Tuesday evening as MPs kicked off the first reading of a bill to resurrect Malta’s dedicated Commercial Court – a tribunal that traders, start-ups and even band-club treasurers have been clamouring for since it was quietly mothballed back in 2005. For anyone who has…
A new chapter in Maltese justice opened this morning as President Myriam Spiteri Debono cut the ribbon on the long-awaited Court Building for Inquiring Magistrates in Floriana, a €14 million project that fuses 19th-century limestone grandeur with solar-panelled roofs and AI-ready courtrooms. For the first time since the 1830s, Malta’s examining magistrates—once relegated to cramped…
**Justice Delayed: Maltese Man Cleared After 14 Months Behind Bars for Crime He Didn’t Commit** A Maltese father’s 14-month nightmare has ended after Malta’s Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his conviction for stealing, exposing critical flaws in the island’s justice system and sparking urgent calls for reform. Joseph* (name changed to protect identity), a 42-year-old…
Three-Year Minimum for Drunk Drivers Who Kill: A Maltese Wake-Up Call Sliema’s seafront promenade was unusually hushed this morning as café owners scrolled through their phones, digesting the news Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg delivered last night: anyone who causes death while driving drunk or high will now face a mandatory minimum of three years behind…
A 43-Year Legal Odyssey: Maltese Man’s Battle for Justice Reaches Boiling Point By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta – In a case that has outlasted eight prime ministers, three popes and the entire run of Xarabank, a 63-year-old Għargħur man is threatening to sue the Maltese state for “gross breach of fundamental rights” after four decades…
