**Maltese Former UN Diplomat Launches World’s First Mediterranean-Focused TV** Malta, the heart of the Mediterranean, has always been a melting pot of cultures, history, and vibrant community life. Now, the island is set to take center stage on the global media scene with the launch of the world’s first Mediterranean-focused television channel. Spearheaded by a…
**Repubblika Urges Government to Tackle Systemic Failures That Harm Journalism** In a bold and necessary move, Repubblika, a prominent Maltese political party, has called on the government to address the systemic failures that have been plaguing the journalism industry in Malta. The party’s appeal comes at a crucial time, as the local media landscape faces…
Letters to the editor – September 28, 2025 By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s Sunday morning hush is usually broken only by church bells and the clatter of cafés setting out wicker chairs. Today, however, the city’s news kiosks buzzed with readers flipping straight to the back pages of the Times of Malta, where the venerable…
Ron Briffa says no feud with Ricky Caruana despite post hinting at frustration By Hot Malta staff Valletta – For a country whose national pastime is arguably “kafeċ gossip” over a foamy cappuccino, yesterday’s Instagram story by veteran broadcaster Ron Briffa had every village barstool psychologist diagnosing a “new media war”. The 17-second clip showed…
**Jimmy Kimmel Returns: What Malta’s All-Night Streamers Need to Know** Disney has confirmed that *Jimmy Kimmel Live!* will be back on air this Tuesday, ending the writers’ strike hiatus that began in May. For Malta’s growing cohort of night-owls, expat teachers, and iGaming shift-workers who rely on ABC’s YouTube drop to bookmark their 3 a.m….
Letters to the editor – September 22, 2025 Hot Malta The Monday-morning ritual is the same in every bar from Birkirkara to Birżebbuġa: espresso, a warm pastizz, and the rustle of the Times of Malta opinion pages. But this week the letters section crackled like a summer power-cut—sparks flying over traffic, turtles, and a €2…
Letters to the Editor – September 19, 2025: The Island Speaks Back The Thursday morning edition of Times of Malta lands on café tables with the soft slap of newsprint against marble. By 8 a.m. the letters page has already been torn out at Busy Bee in Msida, shared between two retirees arguing over cruise-ship…
**Late-Night Shock Waves: How Kimmel’s Axing Over Kirk Remarks Echoes in Malta’s Free-Speech Debate** VALLETTA – Maltese night-owls who stream Jimmy Kimmel Live! while munching on ħobż biż-żejt woke up to a bombshell yesterday: ABC has pulled the plug on the veteran comic after a monologue mocking U.S. Senator Kirk’s “war-on-Christmas” crusade triggered a ferocious…
# Journalism in an uncertain age: Malta’s newsrooms navigate AI, lawsuits and a public that scrolls faster than it reads Valletta – The telex machine that once clattered away in *Times of Malta*’s old Fleet Street newsroom has been replaced by a Slack channel ping, but the existential question hanging over Maltese journalism is louder…
Letters to the editor – September 14, 2025 From the stone balconies of Valletta to the fishing nets of Marsaxlokk, Maltese ink still matters By 7 a.m. on the third Sunday of September, the Times of Malta kiosk on Republic Street is already a miniature parliament. Retired teachers in linen shirts, bakers still dusted with…
