Salvino Galea: The Maltese stargazer who gave the islands a telescope and a new horizon
Appreciation: Salvino Galea – the quiet force who taught Malta to look up Most Maltese children learn the name “Galea” in a traffic jam: the family’s…
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Inside Xagħra’s Jesus the Nazarene Feast: Gozo’s Moving Spring Spectacle
Village brass bands strike up a triumphant march at 7:30 a.m., fireworks crackle over Gozo’s earliest light, and the scent of freshly baked qagħaq…
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Eyes Down, Spirits High: Malta’s Mega-Tombola Takes Over Valletta in Explosive Night of Nostalgia and €15k Jackpot
Watch: Eyes down, spirits high as thousands flock to tombola night By our staff reporter Valletta’s Republic Street echoed with the percussive clatter of…
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Malta’s Youth Are Giving Up on Voting—Here’s How Pastizzi, TikTok and a €100K Budget Could Win Them Back
Young Europeans are losing faith in democracy – here’s how Malta can earn it back By Hot Malta Staff The queue outside the Mosta polling station on 8 June…
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Art on the Brink: How Malta’s Creative Scene is Fighting Eviction One Studio at a Time
Art: Are You Safe? How Malta’s Creative Pulse is Fighting for Survival in the Age of Rising Rents and Vanishing Venues Valletta’s Strait Street hasn’t…
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‘We’re a family here’ – How Sicilian-born Aurelio Belli fed Sliema for 50 years and became a Maltese legend
‘We’re a family here’ – Aurelio Belli opens up on 50 years of feeding Sliema, one plate of rabbit at a time Sliema’s promenade hums with the clang of…
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Malta’s Letter-Writing Renaissance: How September’s Inbox Sparks Protests, Policy and Pride
Letters to the editor – September 26, 2025 By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s 17th-century printing press, now a hip wine-bar by night, still smells of ink at…
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‘War is a racket’: How Malta’s military boom echoes a 1935 warning
War is a racket, said U.S. Marine Major-General Smedley Butler in 1935, and ninety years later the phrase still reverberates through Valletta’s limestone…
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PN’s Path to Power: How Malta’s Nationalist Party Could Rise from the Ashes
Why the PN Can Win Again: A Maltese Political Phoenix Rising The Nationalist Party’s headquarters in Pietà hums with a different energy these days. Where…
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Malta’s September Shake-Up: €150 Culture Pass, Free Electric Buses & Mdina’s New Silence Rule Explained
Islanders Pause as September’s Final Friday Unfolds: What Today’s Announcements Mean for Malta Valletta’s bronze bells had barely finished chiming nine…
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From Lace to Code: Inside Malta’s €60 Million Plan to Future-Proof Its Workforce
Skills for the Rock: How Malta is Rewiring its Workforce for the Next Decade By Hot Malta Correspondent On a Tuesday evening in Birkirkara, while most…
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Malta’s Eurovision Dilemma: Former Contestants Divided Over Israel Boycott Calls
To boycott Eurovision or not? Former contestants weigh in As calls to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest grow louder across Europe, Malta finds itself at…
