**Exam Board Blunder Leaves Maltese Dyslexic Student Without Crucial Help – Ombudsman Steps In** A Maltese student with dyslexia was unfairly denied extra time during critical exams after the local examination board failed to recognise their learning difficulty, the Ombudsman has found. The ruling, released this week, has sparked fresh debate about how Malta’s education…
**Seabank Saga Turns Sour: Dead Man’s Brothers Fined After Courtroom Outburst Shocks Mellieħa** MELLIEĦA – What began as a family’s quest for answers after a tragic death at the Seabank Hotel ended in a courtroom drama that has left the tight-knit Mellieħa community reeling. Two brothers, grieving the loss of their sibling who died at…
Neurodivergent youth lead conservation efforts at Dwejra Lines ================================================————- ĦAĠAR QIM – While most teenagers were still asleep on Saturday morning, a small army of neurodivergent volunteers was already scrambling over the limestone bastions of Dwejra Lines, clutching trowels, seed trays and an encyclopaedic knowledge of Malta’s endemic flora. By the time the first tour…
Nico Conti’s Debut Solo Show Opens at Malta Society of Arts: A Homecoming 30 Years in the Making By Hot Malta Staff | April 26, 2025 | 3 min read Valletta – On a breezy Thursday evening, the 19th-century halls of the Malta Society of Arts (MSA) echoed with clinking glasses, animated Maltese, and the…
Valletta’s law courts buzzed like a summer festa on Tuesday morning as word spread that 29-year-old Żabbar IT whizz Daniel Meli will not be shipped across the Atlantic to face American justice. Magistrate Gabriella Vella ruled that extraditing Meli—wanted by the FBI for allegedly hawking the “Warzone” remote-access trojan that infected thousands of U.S. computers—would…
Will your name be among MedTech’s top innovators in 2025? From a limestone-walled lab in Msida to a start-up garage in Gżira, Malta is quietly incubating the next wave of medical-technology pioneers—and the global clock is ticking. The question is no longer whether the islands can play in the big leagues, but whose signature will…
**Watch: Flooding in several localities as heavy rain hits Gozo amid thunderstorm** Gozo’s streets turned into rivers on Tuesday afternoon as a violent thunderstorm dumped torrential rain across the sister island, flooding homes, paralysing traffic and turning the usually serene villages into scenes of chaos. Videos circulating on social media show water gushing down the…
**Anchoring the Future: Maritime Proposals Set Sail for Malta’s Next Budget** Valletta’s Grand Harbour has always been more than a postcard-perfect backdrop; it is the throbbing heart of a nation whose story was written in salt-crusted ink. As Finance Minister Clyde Caruana finalises the 2025 budget, wharf-side chatter is no longer about last Sunday’s regatta…
# Tiny warriors, big battles Valletta’s Upper Barrakka Gardens usually echo with the chatter of cruise-ship day-trippers, but last Saturday the limestone arcades were taken over by 200 primary-school pupils clutching hand-painted shields and cardboard spears. They were not re-enacting the Great Siege of 1565; they were competing in Malta’s first “Mini Knights” tournament, a…
**How Much Debt is Too Much? A Maltese Guide to Reading a Company’s Leverage Before You Invest, Work, or Buy Local** Valletta – When Jean Paul Borg told his Ħamrun barber that the family-run pastizzeria chain he works for had just “leveraged up” to open three new outlets in Gozo, the reply was swift: “Leverage?…
Wrong on Eurovision: When Malta’s Heartbeat Skips a Note By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s Republic Street was still echoing with cheers at 02:47 last Sunday when the WhatsApp groups flipped from celebratory GIFs to a collective groan. “We were robbed” became the national mantra faster than you can say “douze points,” as Malta’s Eurovision entry—17-year-old…
**Beauty Sleep Isn’t a Myth – And Malta Is Finally Waking Up to It** *By Hot Malta staff* Valletta’s 7 a.m. ferry used to be a silent parade of concealer-dabbed commuters, eyes half-shut against the Grand Harbour glare. This summer the deck looks different: silk-eyed masks, neck pillows and Bluetooth “pink-noise” playlists have become as…
