Flour from Malta reaches Gaza ahead of recognition of Palestinian state By Hot Malta Staff VALLETTA – On a humid Tuesday morning, the MV Lifeline 3 slipped out of Malta Freeport with 500 tonnes of Maltese-milled flour bound for Gaza. By Friday, the sacks—stamped with a discreet eight-pointed cross and the words “Il-Ħobż tal-Paċi, Malta”—were…
**“A Real-Estate Bonanza”: When Gaza Becomes a Trump-Style Deal and Valletta Listens In** Sliema balconies were still dripping from last night’s storm when the headline flashed across Maltese phones: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had called Gaza “the greatest real-estate bonanza in the world” and claimed the file was already on Donald Trump’s…
VALLETTA – When Polish radar screens flashed “intruder” at 04:47 on Sunday, the ripple was felt 1,600 km south in a Sliema flat where 23-year-old Polish ER nurse Zofia Kowalska was video-calling her mother in Kraków. “Mum said the windows shook,” Zofia told Hot Malta minutes after her shift at Mater Dei. “She asked if…
Valletta, 11 July – The amber glow of a Mediterranean sunset over the Grand Harbour last night felt almost surreal against the backdrop of news that Russia had unleashed its largest air assault of the war on Kyiv, striking the very seat of Ukraine’s government. In cafés along Strait Street, where tourists usually clink Cisk…
Valletta, Malta – As dawn broke over the Grand Harbour on Wednesday, Maltese commuters scrolling through their phones were confronted with a chilling video: a 14-storey tower in Gaza City collapsing into grey dust after an Israeli airstrike. Within minutes, the same footage was looping on ONE Radio’s breakfast show and filling parish WhatsApp groups…
Maltese NGOs Rally Solidarity as Rights Group Reports 20 Missing After Deadly Indonesia Protests By Lara Pace, Valletta As the last ferry from Gozo glided into Ċirkewwa on Monday evening, mobile phones across Malta lit up with grim headlines: at least 20 Indonesian students and labour activists have vanished following violent protests in Jakarta. The…
