**Il-Beżżul Bieżel – September 21, 2025: The Day Valletta’s Narrowest Alley Went Viral** Valletta woke up on Sunday 21 September 2025 to find that its most famous pinch-point had become an overnight global celebrity. By 7 a.m. a queue already snaked from the corner of Triq il-Lvant past the old Opera House, phones raised like…
Bidnija ‘nightmare’ roadworks drag on past June deadline as residents fume By Hot Malta staff The scent of wild fennel that once drifted over Bidnija’s silent valley has been replaced by diesel fumes and the grind of heavy plant. Eight months after contractors first tore up the narrow, 1.2-kilometre spine that links the hamlet to…
Żepp’s Wake-Up Call: How One Man’s September 21 Protest Became a National Conversation Valletta’s Republic Street was still yawning itself awake on the morning of 21 September 2025 when Żepp Pisani, 67, parked his sky-blue 1979 Bedford van sideways across the City Gate archway, unfurled a hand-painted banner reading “Kif se nsalvaw il-futur?” and switched…
**Ex-fisheries head set to face money-laundering and corruption charges** In a case that has rocked Malta’s tight-knit fishing community, former Director-General of Fisheries Anthony Grima is expected to be formally charged this week with money laundering, corruption, and abuse of office following a two-year magisterial inquiry. The charges, which sources say involve millions in EU…
Valletta’s historic Grandmaster’s Palace courtyard was packed to the rafters last night as Alex Borg stepped up to the makeshift stone podium and addressed his first mass meeting as leader of the tiny but influential Partit Demokratiku. Fireworks from a nearby festa lit the sky in accidental sync with his opening words—“Malta, tonight we turn…
Watch live: Alex Borg addresses his first mass meeting as party leader By Hot Malta Newsroom | 19:45 • 14 June 2024 Valletta’s Republic Street is already humming two hours before show-time. Pensioners perch on plastic yellow chairs clutching paper fans printed with the new party logo; teenagers in sleeveless tops weave between them selling…
Activists fast for 35 hours outside Castille in solidarity with Gaza By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s Republic Street is no stranger to protest, but the scene that unfolded outside the Prime Minister’s Office this weekend felt different: a circle of Maltese citizens, students, grandparents and children sitting quietly on fold-up chairs, sipping only water, their…
A late-night joy-ride across Gozo’s silent coastal roads ended in twisted metal and handcuffs early yesterday, after a 24-year-old Birkirkara man allegedly hot-wired a Honda CBR parked outside a Xlendi guest-house, crashed into a dry-stone wall near the Ta’ Ċenċ cliffs and was arrested while trying to limp back towards the Mġarr ferry. Police said…
Għadira’s Golden Summer: 319 Loggerhead Turtles Flipper-Power into the Mediterranean By Luke Caruana Sunday dawn at Għadira Bay broke to the sound of 47 tiny shells cracking in unison. By the time the last hatchling had skittered across the wet sand, Malta’s 2024 turtle season had clocked up 319 loggerhead babies—its most “successful” in a…
New dawn for Cana Movement as Dr. Andrew Consiglio elected president The Cana Movement, Malta’s best-known marriage-preparation and family-support NGO, has chosen a new leader. Dr. Andrew Consiglio, a 42-year-old lawyer and canon lawyer who has spent the last decade coordinating the organisation’s pastoral and legal teams, was confirmed as president on Saturday evening during…
**PN MP Sounds Alarm Over Deportation of Long-Time Ethiopian Residents After 15-18 Years in Malta** In a case that has sent shockwaves through Malta’s tight-knit migrant communities, Nationalist Party MP and home affairs spokesperson Beppe Fenech Adami has condemned the deportation of three Ethiopian nationals who had lived, worked, and built lives in Malta for…
**Malta Eyes Global Cultural Crown: Island Nation Seeks Seat on UNESCO’s Most Prestigious Stage** Valletta – In a move that could amplify Malta’s voice on the world’s most influential cultural stage, the island nation has formally submitted its candidacy for a seat on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the 21-country body that decides which monuments,…
