Alex Borg begins shadow cabinet reshuffle By Hot Malta Newsroom | 09:42 • 24 June 2025 Valletta’s early-summer haze had barely lifted on Monday when Alex Borg, the Nationalist Party’s freshly re-elected leader, strode out of the doors of the Auberge d’Aragon and announced the first shake-up of his shadow cabinet. In a seven-minute press…
**Tony Blair Could Lead Gaza Transitional Authority – What Malta Thinks** Valletta’s cafés are buzzing again, but this time it isn’t about Eurovision odds or the latest power-cut schedule. Over tiny glasses of Kinnie and ricotta-filled pastizzi, Maltese politicos, taxi drivers and TikTok activists are all asking the same question: could Tony Blair really be…
Sarkozy’s Fall From Grace Resonates in Malta, Where ‘Politici B’Kuluri’ Still Walk Free By [Hot Malta Staff] Valletta’s coffee shops buzzed yesterday with two conversations: the price of pastizzi and the image of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, being handed a five-year prison sentence—three of them suspended—for corruption and influence peddling. In a country…
**Keith Schembri’s Assistant Messaged Yorgen Fenech Hours Before His Arrest: A Nation Left Reeling** In the early hours of November 20th, 2019, as Maltese families prepared for another Wednesday morning, a WhatsApp message pinged on Yorgen Fenech’s phone. The sender: Kathleen Bezzina, personal assistant to then-Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s chief of staff Keith Schembri. The…
**Momentum calls for reflection on the meaning of independence** As Malta marks another Independence Day, the activist group Momentum is urging the nation to look beyond the fireworks and fanfare to examine what freedom truly means for the islands today. Their call comes at a time when many Maltese are questioning whether the promises of…
Sabine Agius Cabourdin will clock in this Monday as the Nationalist Party’s first-ever female CEO, but her monthly payslip will read a neat €0.00. The PN’s announcement late last night that the former central bank director has accepted a voluntary, unpaid role has set the island’s political WhatsApp groups alight and added a fresh twist…
**Watch: Adrian Delia rules out contesting PN deputy leadership** In a move that has sent ripples through Malta’s political landscape, Nationalist Party (PN) MP Adrian Delia has officially ruled out contesting the upcoming deputy leadership election, effectively closing another chapter in his tumultuous political journey. Speaking exclusively to *Times of Malta* in a video interview…
The PN’s next battle: can Bernard Grech sell a new dream to a nation that stopped listening? Żebbuġ, 7 a.m. The bell of the parish church is still echoing across the square when Raymond Bajada, 71, unfolds a plastic chair outside the PN club and lights the first cigarette of the day. The club’s green-and-white…
Alex Borg vows to push for party financing reform ================================================= Valletta – In a sun-splashed corner café just off Republic Street, Alex Borg drains his espresso and sets the tiny cup down like a gavel. “Every election we hand out ħobż biż-żejt and plastic fans, and every year we pretend it doesn’t cost anything,” the…
Inside the PN’s chaotic leadership election night: cheers, tears and a party staring at itself in the mirror By Hot Malta Newsroom Midnight had already tolled from the belfry of Mosta Dome when the first shout went up. “Viva Bernard! Viva Adrian!” The voices clashed, not in unison but in competition, ricocheting off the limestone…
**Cacopardo’s Electoral Surprise: A Tale of Two Parties and One Very Confused Database** Arnold Cacopardo couldn’t believe his eyes when the envelope arrived. Seventeen years after publicly burning his Nationalist Party membership card in protest, the former PN executive committee member had been invited to vote in the party’s upcoming leadership election. “I thought it…
As it happened: Alex Borg wins PN leadership contest by just 44 votes By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta’s Freedom Square was still echoing with church bells at 10:03 p.m. last night when the Nationalist Party’s electoral commission chair read out the final tally: Alex Borg 3,887, Stanley Zammit 3,843. A collective gasp rippled through the…
