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…
# Four New Ultrasound Machines Arrive at Mater Dei, Promising Faster Diagnoses and Shorter Queues Valletta – Mater Dei Hospital has quietly rolled out four state-of-the-art ultrasound scanners that promise to shave weeks off waiting lists and give clinicians the sharpest images ever produced on the island, Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela confirmed on Tuesday….
**Motorcyclist Injured in Hit-and-Run: A Wake-Up Call for Malta’s Roads** A 34-year-old motorcyclist from Żabbar is recovering in hospital after a hit-and-run incident late Tuesday evening in Marsa, reigniting concerns over road safety and driver accountability across the Maltese Islands. The victim, identified by police as Karl Micallef, was struck by a dark-coloured vehicle while…
**Keith Schembri’s Assistant Messaged Yorgen Fenech Hours Before His Arrest: A Nation Left Reeling** In the early hours of November 20th, 2019, as Maltese families prepared for another Wednesday morning, a WhatsApp message pinged on Yorgen Fenech’s phone. The sender: Kathleen Bezzina, personal assistant to then-Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s chief of staff Keith Schembri. The…
MUT makes tax, pension proposals in suggestions on the Budget ————————————————————— By Hot Malta Newsroom | Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 7:45 am The Malta Union of Teachers has lobbed a fresh set of demands into Castille’s letterbox ahead of this October’s Budget, and—true to form—they’re not asking for flashy gimmicks. Instead, the 8,000-member union wants…
By 2050, Malta’s youngest citizens will be pushing 40, its pensioners will out-number under-15s two-to-one, and the sea lapping Valletta’s bastions could be 65 cm higher than it is today. “Vision 2050: goals for better lives”, adopted quietly by Parliament last month, is the island’s first long-term national strategy that dares to look beyond electoral…
**Money Market Report: Maltese Savers Reap Quiet Wins as European Rates Hold Steady** *Week ended 19 September 2025* Valletta – While the rest of Europe argued over ECB minutes and German factory orders, Malta’s money market hummed to the gentler rhythm of festa fireworks and the clink of espresso cups in Republic Street cafés. For…
On a wind-lashed afternoon in Għar Lapsi, while most Maltese fishermen were still mending their nets, Croatian freediver Budimir Šobat was preparing to do what science once swore was impossible: stay alive without breathing for 29 minutes and 30 seconds. The record, ratified last week by Guinness World Records, did not fall in the Red…
Watch: A pope, a dog, and a life’s savings – scam victims’ unbelievable tragedies ================================================================================= Floriana pensioner Maria* thought she was answering a call from the Archbishop’s Curia. Instead, she handed €42,000 – her deceased husband’s ġemma tal-pensjoni – to a man who promised a papal blessing and a 300 % “miracle” return. Three weeks…
Valletta advocate Jason Azzopardi’s warning to the police last August that a multi-million-euro valuation had been “hidden” from the courts is now reverberating through every village bar and Facebook forum on the islands. The document – a 2018 assessment that put the value of a prime St Julian’s development site at €110 million, not the…
Feast-to-Fireworks: How the Announcements of 23 September 2025 Are Rewriting Malta’s Calendar By Hot Malta staff | 23 September 2025 Valletta’s Grand Harbour woke up to more than just the usual clang of church bells this morning. As the sun crept over the fortifications, Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar stepped onto a makeshift stage outside…
Letters to the Editor – September 23, 2025: The Island Speaks Back By Luke Caruana | Hot Malta Valletta’s morning cafés were still clinking with espresso cups when the Times of Malta’s letters page landed on doorsteps and screens island-wide. By 8 a.m., WhatsApp groups from Marsaxlokk to Mellieħa were buzzing about the same thing:…
