Three teenagers were hauled before a Maltese magistrate on Tuesday after police said they had dismantled a “mini-criminal ring” responsible for a spate of motorbike thefts that has left riders from Valletta to Victoria checking their locks twice before bed. The suspects – two 17-year-olds and one 19-year-old from Żejtun, Msida and Rabat – stood…
Have you seen this woman? The question is suddenly everywhere—printed on A4 sheets taped to bus shelters from Valletta to Victoria, shared furiously on Maltese Facebook groups, whispered between mothers waiting outside San Ġwann primary school. The face staring back is unmistakably local: honey-toned skin, dark eyebrows, the kind of effortless smile you see on…
**US again vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire call** The United States has once again wielded its veto power at the United Nations Security Council, blocking a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The move, which comes as civilian casualties continue to mount, has reverberated across Malta’s tight-knit community, where Palestinian solidarity runs…
**Malta Watches Warily as Ukraine Peace Talks Freeze and NATO Strengthens Eastern Flank** Sliema resident Maria Camilleri checks her phone every morning for updates from Kyiv, where her cousin’s family has been living in uncertainty since Russia’s invasion began. “We’re a small island, but we feel connected to everything happening,” she says, echoing a sentiment…
**BOV Locks of Love: How Bank Employees Are Weaving Hope Into Malta’s Cancer Care** Sliema’s Bank of Valletta headquarters usually hums with the rustle of statements and the clack of keyboards, but last Friday the ground-floor foyer echoed with a softer sound: the snip of scissors and the hush of anticipation. Thirteen BOV employees –…
