**‘Slime’ off Marsascala coast is foam, fish farm industry says** MARSASCALA – Early risers on the south-eastern promenade got more than their usual dose of sea breeze last weekend when a viscous, khaki-coloured film began creeping onto the rocky shoreline between St Thomas Bay and Żonqor Point. Videos of children poking the mystery goo with…
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s off-the-cuff remark during Sunday’s political rally—“It’s Indian nurses who take care of them”—has set island tongues wagging faster than a festa firework. Speaking about his ageing parents’ home-care arrangements, Abela unwittingly distilled a microcosm of modern Malta: a nation where the traditional “familja” unit now leans on Kolkata and Kerala as…
Maltese Dominicans Re-Elect Provincial for a Second Term: A Vote of Continuity in a Changing Archipelago The narrow cobblestones of Valletta’s Republic Street were unusually hushed at dawn last Saturday, but inside the 16th-century cloister of the Dominican Priory of St Dominic, the air crackled with anticipation. By 7:30 a.m., the chapter hall—its walls still…
Robert Abela ‘shocked’ to hear Alex Borg’s comments on towers in Gozo By Hot Malta Newsroom VALLETTA – Prime Minister Robert Abela has declared himself “genuinely shocked” after Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri read aloud, in Cabinet, a private WhatsApp voice-note in which developer Alex Borg boasts that “every crane in Gozo is mine” and jokes…
Golden Bay and Ramla l-Ħamra, two of Malta’s most cherished stretches of sand, are about to smell a lot less like an ashtray. The government will ring-fence small “smoking zones” on both beaches this summer, leaving the rest of the shoreline smoke-free for the first time in living memory. For locals who grew up with…
Archbishop Charles Scicluna startled worshippers on Sunday when, from the steps of St John’s Co-Cathedral, he catalogued what he called the “betrayals of independence” that have corroded Malta since 1964. Preaching at the annual pontifical Mass that marks Independence Day, the usually soft-spoken Bishop of Malta ditched the customary polite homily and delivered a stinging…
**Abela at UN General Assembly as Malta Prepares to Recognise Palestinian State: A Defining Moment for Malta’s Foreign Policy** Prime Minister Robert Abela’s address at the United Nations General Assembly this week marked a pivotal moment for Malta’s international standing, as he announced the island nation’s intention to formally recognise the State of Palestine. The…
**Momentum calls for reflection on the meaning of independence** As Malta marks another Independence Day, the activist group Momentum is urging the nation to look beyond the fireworks and fanfare to examine what freedom truly means for the islands today. Their call comes at a time when many Maltese are questioning whether the promises of…
**When Malta’s Tramlines Turned Deadly: The Forgotten Carnage of 1904** The morning of 17 February 1904 began like any other in Valletta: hawkers shouted prices for lampuki, church bells chimed for Tierce, and the new electric tram slid down Kingsway humming with modern promise. By 8:47 a.m., the promise lay shattered in a tangle of…
**Bridging Stone and Policy: How Malta’s Top Build Seminar is Rewriting the Rules of the Islands’ Skyline** Valletta’s 17th-century bastions have survived sieges, sunstroke, and selfie sticks, but they’ve never faced a challenger quite like Malta’s 2024 construction boom. On Friday, inside the vaulted halls of the Mediterranean Conference Centre—once a hospital for the Knights…
**Insight: The woman tasked with overhauling PN’s financial troubles** In the shadow of Castille, where political fortunes rise and fall with the Mediterranean tides, one woman is quietly attempting what many consider impossible: breathing financial life back into Malta’s opposition Nationalist Party. Maria Deguara, a 52-year-old former bank executive from Sliema, has inherited what insiders…
Survey vessel deployed for second Malta – Italy undersea cable: A new lifeline beneath the waves The azure channel between Malta and Sicily is more than a picturesque backdrop for sunset selfies; it is Malta’s umbilical cord to Europe. This week, the 85-metre survey vessel Ievoli Ivory dropped anchor off Marsaxlokk, her hull bristling with…
