**Man Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Shotgun and Trying to Sell It on Social Media: A Community Stunned** In a shocking turn of events that has sent ripples through the Maltese community, a local man has pleaded not guilty to charges of stealing a shotgun and attempting to sell it on social media. The case,…
### “Boy Wore a Nappy to Stay Online”: Experts Reveal Social Media Dependency in Malta In an era where social media has become an integral part of daily life, the extent of its hold on individuals has reached alarming levels. A recent incident in Malta has sparked a heated debate on the impact of social…
**Deepfakes: Malta’s hidden threat to justice** *By a Hot Malta correspondent* A grainy video surfaces on Facebook: Prime Minister Robert Abela appears to confess to laundering millions through a Gozo shell company. Within minutes, the clip rockets through Maltese group chats, WhatsApp channels, and TikTok edits set to techno beats. By lunchtime, crowds gather outside…
“Let’s get an A” – the three-word rallying cry that started on a University of Malta WhatsApp group last winter – has mushroomed into a national mood. Walk down Republic Street on a Saturday night and you’ll spot the slogan on crop-tops, bumper stickers, even the chalkboards outside pastizzerias (“Let’s get an A in ricotta!”)….
Watch: The Man Who Paid €100 to Skip the Queue for the New iPhone – A Very Maltese Tech Frenzy By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s Tower Road was already sticky with September humidity when the video dropped: a TikTok clip showing a Maltese twenty-something in board shorts and €3 espresso in hand, slipping a purple…
**‘Even my children’s classmates learn with us’: expat’s Maltese lessons go viral** Sliema living-room becomes unlikely national classroom as 34-year-old Dutch mother’s free Maltese videos reach 1.3 million views in six months. On a narrow street better known for overpriced gelato than language revival, Kim van der Klooster has accidentally become Malta’s most-watched teacher. What…
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 dawn. That scent drifted across the Grand Harbour this morning as editors at Times of Malta, Malta Today and The Shift unsealed the weekly postbag—an analog ritual that,…
# Meta Launches Teen-Only Facebook Profiles as Maltese Parents Ask: “Do 13-Year-Olds Really Need a Timeline?” Sliema mum Claire* still remembers the day her 12-year-old came home from church-school asking when he could open “a proper Facebook” like his cousins in Sicily. “I told him the rule is 13,” she laughs, waving a €3 pastizz…
Health authorities move to ‘reassure public’ after Trump’s paracetamol claims ================================================================================ Valletta – Maltese health officials have stepped in to calm a mini-storm on Facebook parent groups after former U.S. president Donald Trump told a U.S. podcast that paracetamol “could be” behind a rise in autism cases worldwide. Within hours, screenshots of the clip were…
Trump’s Paracetamol Claim Sparks Concern Among Pregnant Women in Malta By Hot Malta Staff Valletta – It started with a single sentence on a Florida stage: “They even want you to take a paracetamol when you’re pregnant—nobody knows what that does to the baby.” Within minutes, the clip was racing through Maltese Facebook groups, WhatsApp…
**Il-Beżżul Bieżel – September 21, 2025: The Day Valletta’s Narrowest Alley Went Viral** Valletta woke up on Sunday 21 September 2025 to find that its most famous pinch-point had become an overnight global celebrity. By 7 a.m. a queue already snaked from the corner of Triq il-Lvant past the old Opera House, phones raised like…
**Ferry Captain Testifies Boatman Bit Him After Filming Row: A Very Maltese Maritime Drama Unfolds** In a courtroom scene that could rival any festa fireworks display for drama, a Gozo Channel ferry captain took the stand this week to recount how a local boatman allegedly bit him during a heated confrontation over smartphone filming –…
