Malta’s holidaymakers woke up to chaos this morning after Heathrow’s Terminal 5 was evacuated following reports of “possible hazardous materials” in the check-in area. For hundreds of Maltese passengers, the alert came at the worst possible time: the start of the first full week of school holidays and the eve of the popular Maltese festa…
Maltese Commuters, Students and Holidaymakers Caught in London Tube Chaos By Sarah Vella, Hot Malta Correspondent When the Piccadilly Line ground to a halt at 05:30 on Tuesday morning, the ripple was felt 2,000 kilometres away—right here in Malta. More than 3.5 million daily journeys on the London Underground were cancelled or delayed after 10,000…
Flags at half-mast in Valletta, black ribbons pinned to café awnings in Sliema, and a minute’s silence before last night’s football derby: Malta joined Portugal yesterday in a gesture of trans-Mediterranean solidarity after the horrific Alfa Pendular derailment near Lisbon that killed seven and injured more than fifty. For many Maltese, the tragedy feels closer…
Malta Consul Races to Casablanca: Lifeline Thrown to Maltese Prisoner in Dire Straits When the phone rang at 3:27 a.m. last Tuesday in the consular section of Malta’s Rabat headquarters, duty officer Maria Zammit recognised the Moroccan country code instantly. On the line was a frantic Maltese woman whose brother, 42-year-old welder and father-of-three Luke…
Pete Buttigieg: ‘I remember buying The Times and a ħobża for dad’ – a Maltese son’s journey to the White House By Martina Vella | Hot Malta VALLETTA – When United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg told a Washington audience last week that “I remember buying The Times and a ħobża for dad,” Maltese…
