**Yemen Drone Attack on Israeli Resort Resonates in Malta: A Mediterranean Reflection on Regional Tensions** As dawn broke over the Red Sea resort of Eilat on Monday, the familiar rhythm of waves crashing against coral reefs was shattered by an explosive impact that would ripple across the Mediterranean. A drone launched from Yemen struck a…
Palma, Newcastle, Glasgow: Ryanair’s New Winter Routes Put Malta on the European Weekender Map Valletta’s honey-coloured bastions are about to feel a chillier breeze. Ryanair’s freshly-unveiled winter timetable drops six new routes onto the Maltese tarmac, and three of them—Palma de Mallorca, Newcastle and Glasgow—are already sending WhatsApp groups into overdrive. From 29 October, islanders…
Trump’s UN Tirade Resonates in Valletta: “Your Countries Are Going to Hell” Sparks Debate in Malta’s Migration Hot-Spot By Hot Malta Staff VALLETTA – When Donald Trump strode to the UN podium this week and sneered that “your countries are going to hell” on peace and migration, the clip went viral in Malta before the…
Valletta, Friday – A small island whose very name is synonymous with the 1565 Great Siege has now pledged to shield the besieged of the 21st century. Foreign Minister Ian Borg signed Malta’s name to the “Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Aid in Conflict Zones” at a ceremony inside the Auberge de Castille, flanked…
Valletta’s streets were unusually quiet on Thursday morning, but the hush outside Parliament was deceptive. Inside the United Nations General Assembly hall in New York, Maltese Foreign Minister Ian Borg drew a deliberate breath, glanced once at the turquoise-&-white flag on the desk in front of him, and declared: “Malta formally recognises the State of…
Valletta’s Grand Harbour was still cloaked in dawn haze when Foreign Minister Ian Borg stepped up to the UN rostrum in New York and declared, “Malta recognises the State of Palestine.” The sentence, delivered at yesterday’s General Assembly summit, lasted four seconds—but it has been echoing across the archipelago ever since, from the pigeon-flecked balconies…
# President Emmanuel Macron Recognises Palestinian State at Landmark UN Summit: Maltese Leaders Hail “Courageous Step” as Valletta Prepares to Host Mediterranean Peace Dialogue Valletta’s Republic Street buzzed with more than the usual Friday-evening chatter last night as word spread that French President Emmanuel Macron had used the podium of the United Nations General Assembly…
Russian jets off Sicily? Valletta cafés buzz after Moscow blasts NATO “air-space lies” Valletta’s lunchtime crowd usually debates last night’s derby or the price of pastizzi, but on Wednesday the terrace talk turned to MiG-31s and missile shields. Russia’s embassy in Malta issued a terse statement accusing NATO of “manufacturing tension” by claiming Russian aircraft…
# Heritage evidence in Gaza lost forever: Malta’s cultural guardians watch in despair as centuries of shared Mediterranean history vanish The bombs that have pulverised Gaza’s streets have not only claimed lives but have also obliterated millennia of Mediterranean heritage that once bound Malta to the Levant through trade, conquest and culture. As Maltese archaeologists…
**’We pulled the children out in pieces’: Israel pummels Gaza City** The Mediterranean has always been Malta’s window to the world, but this week that window frames a horror show. While Valletta’s baroque balconies still drip with bougainvillea and Gozo’s churches echo with Sunday bells, our sea-view cafés flicker with footage that turns cappuccinos cold:…
# Israel launches ground assault on Gaza City: Malta watches as Mediterranean neighbour burns Valletta’s lunchtime streets fell quiet yesterday as café televisions flashed the first images of Israeli armour pushing into Gaza City. By the time schoolchildren spilled out of St Albert the Great College at 2pm, parents were already murmuring about “another Sabra…
Rubio Asks Qatar to Stay as Mediator After Israeli Strike: What Malta’s Century-Old Neutrality Teaches the World Valletta’s Upper Barrakka gardens were unusually busy at sunrise on Tuesday. Joggers paused mid-stride, phones tilted toward the horizon where, beyond the bastions, a Malta-flagged frigate slipped silently out of Grand Harbour. On deck, sailors in white gloves…
