**Police Sweep Targets Homeless in Four Towns, Sparks Outrage and Debate** In a pre-dawn operation that has ignited fierce debate across the islands, Maltese police arrested 28 homeless individuals during coordinated raids in Valletta, Sliema, St Julian’s and Birkirkara. Officers began moving through doorways, bus shelters and makeshift camps at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday, citing…
**11-Year Sentence for Ex-Boyfriend’s Rape Sends Shockwaves Through Malta’s Relationship Culture** A 31-year-old Birkirkara man has been jailed for 11 years after being convicted of raping his former partner in her own apartment, a verdict that is rippling through Malta’s tight-knit communities and forcing a national conversation about consent, power and the shadow side of…
**Woman admits misappropriating €15,000, blames drugs as court hears of spiral from painkillers to €100-a-day habit** A 34-year-old mother-of-two from Żabbar broke down in Malta’s Criminal Court on Tuesday as she admitted to siphoning €15,000 from the Sliema travel agency where she worked, telling Judge Consuelo Scerri Herrera that a “harmless” prescription for tramadol after…
Apple Unveils iPhone 17 Air Amid AI Race and Tariff Pressures – What It Means for Malta’s Tech-Hungry Islanders By Hot Malta Newsroom Sliema’s Tower Road was still yawning itself awake at 06:00 CET when Apple’s pre-recorded keynote flickered onto the giant LED screen outside the iCentre outlet. By 06:03, a queue of slippers-and-coffee Maltese…
**Cab driver who crashed into hair salon while drunk avoids prison time** A 42-year-old taxi driver who smashed his cab into a Sliema hair salon while more than twice the legal alcohol limit has walked free from court with a suspended sentence, reigniting debate about how Malta treats drunk-driving offences. Magistrate Rachel Montebello sentenced the…
# Serial Break-In Suspect Nabbed After Two-Month Crime Spree Targeting Sleepy Sliema, Swieqi Homes A 30-year-old man from Żejtun has been charged with a staggering ten counts of aggravated theft and attempted burglary after police linked him to a spree of night-time break-ins that shattered the illusion of safety in Malta’s up-market coastal suburbs. The…
Gardener Denied Bail After Biting Another Man’s Finger in Sliema Street Brawl A 42-year-old Ħamrun gardener was remanded in custody on Tuesday after a late-night street fight in Sliema ended with one man’s finger almost severed and the other tasting blood—literally. Magistrate Claire Zammit Stafrace denied bail for Joseph “Ġużi” Pace, arguing that the accused…
Police Step Up Patrols Amid Sliema Burglary Reports: Islanders Rally to Reclaim Their “Gentleman’s Promenade” Sliema—The seafront promenade that locals still affectionately call “Il-Prom” was unusually quiet at 02:30 on Tuesday. Instead of the familiar clink of wine glasses from late-night cafés, the only sounds were the low hum of police quad bikes and the…
Woman tells court she feared for her life as client allegedly raped her By HOT MALTA 18 June 2024 Valletta – A 26-year-old Maltese woman broke down in court yesterday as she recounted how a man who had paid her for consensual sex turned violent, pinned her against the wall of a Sliema flat and…
Natasha Meli Daudey Appointed Malta’s New UN Representative: A Sliema Girl Takes Manhattan The WhatsApp groups of Sliema’s tight-knit community lit up before the official press release even dropped: “U ejja, our Tash is going to the UN!” By lunchtime, the village band club had already rehearsed a celebratory marċ, and the kiosk by the…
Here’s How My Wife and I Solve Money Disagreements – A Maltese Couple’s Playbook By Karl Vella Sliema, Malta – “Uwejja, not another ħobż biż-żejt argument!” laughs Marija, 34, as she recalls the night she and her husband Luke almost came to blows over whether to bulk-buy discounted bread at the local Tower Supermarket. It…
Science by sea: new luzzu route connects Sliema and Valletta to Esplora By Hot Malta Correspondent At 8:30 on a brisk April morning, the first passengers clambered onto a freshly painted luzzu moored below the Sliema Ferries kiosk. Instead of the usual jaunt to Comino, the boat’s bright red, blue and yellow bow pointed south-east,…
