Valletta start-up WheretoMalta has officially launched a one-click platform that bundles low-cost flights with hand-picked, family-run hotels across the archipelago, promising to shave hours off trip planning while funnelling more tourism revenue into village squares rather than multinational chains. Founded by 29-year-old Sliema twins Maria and Luke Azzopardi, the site went live at 6 a.m….
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…
Amazon signals ‘strong interest’ in deeper collaboration with Malta ——————————————————– From Valletta’s limestone alleyways to Gozo’s quiet farmhouses, whispered speculation is turning into audible excitement: the world’s largest online marketplace has told Maltese officials it wants “much more than a warehouse” on the islands. In a closed-door briefing at Auberge de Castille last week, Amazon’s…
# 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…
St Thomas Hospital Eye Clinic introduces ‘life changing’ new lens implants By Hot Malta Staff | 09 June 2025, 07:00 Żejtun’s parish priest jokingly calls it “the miracle on Triq il-Kbira,” but for the 73-year-old fisherman from Marsaxlokk who regained perfect vision after 40 years of trawling at dawn, the new lens-implant programme at St…
# Announcements – September 24, 2025: A Day of New Beginnings for Malta As the first hints of autumn cool the limestone walls of Valletta, September 24, 2025, dawns with a series of announcements that promise to reshape Malta’s cultural and social landscape. From the bustling streets of Sliema to the quiet fishing villages of…
Microsoft’s decision to pull the plug on Windows 10 security updates in October 2025 has landed like a late-summer sirocco on the Maltese islands: hot, dusty, and impossible to ignore. From the family-run accounting office in Birkirkara to the gaming cafés of Paceville, an estimated 78 % of Malta’s 550 000 active PCs still run…
**Building smarter, safer roads: How Malta is steering toward a tech-driven traffic future** The Ħamrun traffic lights flickered red at 07:43 on a Tuesday, and within seconds a tailback stretched past the pastizzeria, the lotto booth, and the shrine of the Madonna that locals still touch for luck. It’s the same scene in Msida, in…
**Financial services in the age of AI: How Malta’s banks are quietly revolutionising the way we save, spend and scam-proof our euros** By 8 a.m. on a Tuesday in St Julian’s, the queue at the BOV branch used to snake past the pastizzi kiosk. Today, the kiosk still does brisk trade, but the bank doors…
**Year 7-9 Students to Receive Laptops and Digital Resources in Major Education Overhaul** In a landmark move that promises to reshape Malta’s educational landscape, the government has announced that all Year 7 to Year 9 students will receive personal laptops and access to comprehensive digital learning resources. This ambitious initiative, unveiled by Education Minister Clifton…
**BNF Bank’s €1 Million Tech Misstep: A Cautionary Tale for Malta’s Digital Banking Dreams** In a country where village festa fireworks still compete for attention with smartphone screens, Malta’s banking sector just received a very expensive reality check. BNF Bank has revealed it spent over €1 million rectifying a failed system upgrade – a sobering…
Malta opposes plan to centralise crypto regulation supervision at EU level ——————————————————— Valletta’s skyline may be changing with every new fintech plaque that appears on 18th-century limestone, but the island’s government is determined that Brussels won’t be the one holding the rubber stamp. Last week Malta formally rejected a European Commission proposal to shift day-to-day…
