Żepp’s Wake-Up Call: How One Man’s September 14 Pledge Rocked the Islands By Hot Malta Staff | September 15, 2025 Żepp’s name has always been shorthand for “everyman” in Malta—the guy who can fix your muffler, quote the Gospels, and whistle a ħanżira tune before you’ve finished your first espresso. But by sunset yesterday, September…
Valletta’s 16th-century Casa Rocca Piccola has hosted nobility, NATO generals and, last week, a different kind of power-broker: 40 university deans who flew in to witness the official launch of the Mediterranean Academy of Tourism (MAT). The new research-and-training hub, which quietly relocated its headquarters from Barcelona to Malta in January, is already enrolling its…
**Public invited to shape Malta’s future in ENVISION2050 consultation** Maltese citizens are being handed the microphone to help script the next chapter of the islands’ story. ENVISION2050, the national consultation launched last week by the Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise, is inviting everyone—from Gozitan farmers to Sliema start-ups—to paint a collective picture of…
**From Sliema to Għarb: How Malta’s villages are re-imagining tomorrow while honouring yesterday** The 5 a.m. ferry from Gozo to Malta is still dark this time of year, yet the deck is already alive with chatter. A nurse from Xagħra heading to Mater Dei, a game-developer from Victoria clutching a laptop, and a retired fisherman…
Grants for walking commuters and business tax breaks among SME budget proposals —————————————————————————– Valletta’s morning rush hour is no longer just a blur of honking horns and exhaust fumes. As the 2025 Budget Bill edges closer to debate, a quietly revolutionary clause is doing the rounds in the capital’s cafés: up-front grants of up to…
The Future Starts Tomorrow — and It Begins in a Sliema Side-Street By 11 p.m. tonight, the last ferry from Valletta will glide beneath the orange halo of the Grand Harbour cranes, their lights blinking like Morse code to anyone still awake on the bastions. Most passengers will scroll through their phones, half-watching Netflix, half-listening…
