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…
**Alex Borg Demands Public Inquiry into Fortina Land Transfer Scandal** Nationalist Party MP Alex Borg has thrown a political grenade into the summer lull, demanding a full public inquiry into the controversial transfer of prime Fortina seafront land to a private developer. The call comes after fresh revelations that the 2019 deal, which handed over…
**Borg takes Opposition leader’s seat, demands debate on Fortina land transfer** In a dramatic parliamentary move that has set tongues wagging across the islands, newly-elected Opposition leader Bernard Grech found himself upstaged yesterday when independent MP Marlene Farrugia vacated her customary seat to make way for a surprise contender: Arnold Borg, the self-styled “voice of…
Top Lands official ‘suppressed’ valuation report, saving Fortina over €10m – and Sliema residents are furious By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s skyline has always been a battleground between developers’ dreams and residents’ nightmares, but a fresh court filing suggests the latest round was decided in a back room, not a boardroom. According to a sworn…
Sliema cat-killer blames violent upbringing, court hears – but island’s feline faithful aren’t buying it A 34-year-old Sliema man who admitted to trapping and bludgeoning three cats told magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech yesterday that a childhood “filled with fists instead of affection” had taught him to treat animals as “moving targets”. The confession, delivered in…
**Synthetic Highs, Real Consequences: Sliema Bust Shines Light on Malta’s Evolving Drug Underworld** A 34-year-old Mellieħa man is behind bars this weekend after police seized synthetic cannabis, heroin and cocaine from a luxury Sliema apartment, in the latest reminder that Malta’s party playground reputation is increasingly laced with far harder chemicals than the traditional weekend…
From the Bench – ‘Hurt Not the Trees’: When Malta’s Courts Became the Last Line of Defence for Our Last Greeneries By [Hot Malta Staff] Valletta, Malta – “Hurt not the trees,” wrote Mr Justice Toni Abela in a landmark sentence last week, quoting Revelation 7:3 as he upheld an injunction against a Sliema hotel…
MFSA Slaps €130,000 Fine on Investors Europe: What It Means for Malta’s Financial Reputation Sliema’s seafront was buzzing with its usual Tuesday morning chatter—pastizzi wrappers skittering across the breeze, elderly gents arguing over ċalċetti scores—when news broke that the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) had fined local investment firm Investors Europe €130,000. By the time…
Watch: Large patches of ‘algae’ spotted in Sliema swim zone Sliema’s postcard-perfect coastline looked more like a green smoothie this morning after overnight winds pushed thick rafts of floating algae into the island’s most popular urban swim zone. Social media lit up before 7 a.m. with aerial clips showing a fluorescent slick stretching from the…
A 34-year-old Maltese woman has been jailed for 20 months after admitting to stealing €4,000 in cash and a pair of limited-edition designer trainers from a Sliema townhouse – a crime that has reignited debate on the island about materialism, drug-driven theft and the widening gap between those who flaunt luxury and those who crave…
**Tragedy Across the Waves: Malta Reacts to the Killing of Charlie Kirk** Valletta’s cafés were still buzzing with Monday-morning espresso steam when push-notifications lit up phones across the archipelago: Charlie Kirk, the 25-year-old British-Maltese influencer and part-time Sliema resident, had been found shot dead outside a Manchester recording studio shortly after midnight. Within minutes #CharlieKirk…
‘I walked in like a zombie’: Sliema resident recalls walking into burgled home By Hot Malta Staff Sliema – The front door was ajar, the lock splintered like a cracked seashell. Inside, drawers hung open like broken jaws, cushions gutted, the air thick with the metallic scent of violation. “I walked in like a zombie,”…
