**Malta’s Neutrality: A Principle or a Paradox?** Malta has long been recognized for its strategic geographical position in the heart of the Mediterranean. This location has historically made the island a crossroads of civilizations, trade, and conflict. Today, Malta’s policy of neutrality is a cornerstone of its foreign relations, but the question remains: Is neutrality…
**Trump Says ‘We Will Disarm’ Hamas, Urges Return of Gaza Bodies: A Malta Perspective** As the international community grapples with the escalating tensions between Israel and Hamas, the recent comments by former US President Donald Trump have sparked significant debate. Trump’s assertion that “we will disarm” Hamas and his call for the return of Gaza…
Trump to meet Zelensky, expected to lay out dark vision in UN speech – what it means for Malta Valletta’s September sun may feel a world away from the geopolitical thundercloud gathering over New York this week, but when Donald Trump strides into the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday he will carry a message…
Russian jets off Sicily? Valletta cafés buzz after Moscow blasts NATO “air-space lies” Valletta’s lunchtime crowd usually debates last night’s derby or the price of pastizzi, but on Wednesday the terrace talk turned to MiG-31s and missile shields. Russia’s embassy in Malta issued a terse statement accusing NATO of “manufacturing tension” by claiming Russian aircraft…
India, Iran join Belarus-Russia military drills – what it means for Malta’s neutral voice By Antoine Cassar, Hot Malta correspondent Valletta’s Grand Harbour usually wakes up to the low hum of cruise-liner engines and the clatter of cappuccino cups, not the rumble of distant tanks. Yet when news broke this week that India and Iran…
# Russia-Belarus War Games Send Shivers Through Valletta Cafés: “It’s 1979 All Over Again,” Say Veterans Valletta’s morning espresso ritual felt different today. Outside Café Cordina, pensioners who once huddled through the 1979 Soviet arms-ship crisis glanced at their phones and saw the same two flags—Russia’s white-blue-red and Belarus’s red-green—snaking across European newsfeeds. Moscow and…
