**Criminal report filed against ex-OPM, Lands chiefs on €13m Fortina case ‘fraud’** A criminal complaint has been lodged with Malta’s police commissioner accusing two former senior public officials of fraud, misappropriation and criminal conspiracy over the controversial €13 million expropriation of the Fortina Hotel’s seafront footprint in 2018. The report, signed by Repubblika president Robert…
**Pilots’ Strike Sparks Fury: MHRA Warns Malta’s Reputation as Reliable Holiday Haven Is on the Line** Valletta – The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) has unleashed a blistering broadside against the latest wave of pilots’ industrial action, warning that every delayed flight is “another crack in Malta’s carefully polished postcard image” just as the…
Ian Borg vows to recover ‘every cent owed to the people’ after Fortina scandal By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s iconic seafront was unusually quiet yesterday morning, save for the clatter of camera shutters and the low hum of ministers’ motorcades. Inside the Fortina Spa Resort’s glass-walled conference room, Foreign and Tourism Minister Ian Borg fixed…
Has your clothing been produced ethically? On a humid Saturday morning in Valletta, while tourists queue for pastizzi, 23-year-old student Leanne Saliba is hunting for a different kind of souvenir. She flips the collar of a linen blouse inside-out, scans the care label with her phone, and frowns. “Made in Bangladesh – but no certification,”…
Simon once cycled to help kidney patients. Now his son is cycling for him By Hot Malta staff Valletta’s Grand Harbour shimmered like beaten copper as the first riders pushed off from the Barakka Lift on Sunday morning, but 24-year-old Luke Galea’s mind was on a smaller, quieter scene: his father Simon’s dialysis chair at…
**Suspended Sentence for Sliema Kiosk Theft Sparks Debate on Justice and Second Chances** A 44-year-old woman who stole €16,000 from a Sliema kiosk has been handed a two-year suspended sentence, prompting mixed reactions across Malta’s tight-knit community where the incident has become the talk of local coffee shops and Facebook groups. The court heard how…
Football-mad Malta woke up to a new era yesterday as the long-awaited National Football Centre was officially opened at Ta’ Qali, flanked by two bona-fide Italian legends who know what it takes to reach the very summit of the game. World-Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro and former Inter & Juventus striker Christian Vieri swapped the San…
Prime Minister Robert Abela this morning cut a ribbon of red-and-white ribbons to officially open the long-awaited National Football Centre at Ta’ Qali, hailing the €17 million complex as “a new chapter for Maltese sport that belongs to every village and every child who has ever chased a ball through a dusty alley.” The centre,…
Woman Seriously Injured in St Paul’s Bay Accident: A Wake-Up Call for Malta’s Busiest Resort Town By Hot Malta Newsroom | 09:45, 14 June 2024 ST PAUL’S BAY, MALTA – A 34-year-old Maltese woman is fighting for her life after a late-night collision on Triq il-Merħba, the palm-lined artery that funnels thousands of tourists daily…
# Watch: Blue Lagoon gets a digital twin to safeguard its future **Comino’s crown jewel is now immortalised in pixels as well as postcards, after University of Malta researchers created the island nation’s first “digital twin” of the Blue Lagoon. The hyper-real 3-D model – stitched together from 40,000 drone photographs and bathymetric scans –…
Fortina land deal shows ‘systemic corruption’ – Repubblika ———————————————————- Sliema’s glittering promenade, where elderly residents still recite rosaries on sea-front benches while influencers pose for sunset selfies, has become the latest theatre in Malta’s never-ending drama over public land. On Tuesday morning, as cruise passengers queued for ftira stalls nearby, activists from Repubblika laid a…
A centuries-old canvas that survived Napoleonic plunder, damp limestone walls and even a misguided 1970s varnish has been returned to its rightful home in the heart of Gozo, and the village of Żebbuġ greeted it like a long-lost relative. On Sunday, after a 14-month conservation campaign financed entirely by local donations, the 1768 oil painting…
