Fortina’s fortune: how a sleepy fishing cove became Sliema’s golden mile By Hot Malta staff Walk along the Sliema promenade at 6 a.m. and you’ll still see the last lamp-lit silhouettes of elderly Kalkara men folding their nets where, 400 years ago, the Knights’ galleys off-loaded grain for Valletta’s granaries. By 7 a.m. the same…
We don’t need to go back to the Dark Ages By a Hot Malta staff writer Valletta’s 320 monuments glow amber at dusk, but the WhatsApp group lighting up my phone is far from romantic. “They’re switching the streetlights off again tonight,” one neighbour warns. “Bring a torch, or you’ll break your neck on the…
In pictures: Airshow wows the crowds despite inclement weather By Hot Malta Staff Żonqor Point, Marsascala – Grey skies and a brisk north-westerly swell did little to dampen Maltese spirits on Sunday as the Malta International Airshow roared back into life after a three-year pandemic hiatus. Rain ponchos replaced sunscreen, pastizzi were eaten under umbrellas…
Your last chance to vote for your favourite restaurant By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s seafront was still glowing with Christmas lights when Nadine Camilleri, 34, tapped “submit” on her phone and watched the confirmation screen pop up: “Thank you for voting in the Malta Restaurant Awards 2024.” For the St Julian’s marketing executive it was…
# Much more than just a symbolic gesture: How Malta’s rainbow crossings became a catalyst for change Valletta’s bustling Republic Street has witnessed countless declarations of love, protest marches, and celebrations over the centuries. But nothing quite prepared pedestrians for the moment when the familiar zebra stripes outside Parliament House transformed into a vibrant spectrum…
ITS Starts Academic Year with Record Number of Students: Malta’s Creative Powerhouse Hits New Heights The Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) threw open its doors this week to the largest student body in its 35-year history, cementing its role as the beating heart of Malta’s hospitality scene. With 1,420 fresh faces milling through the Qormi…
Valletta’s morning cafés buzzed louder than usual this week after news broke that former FBI director Andrew McCabe—once the United States’ top counter-terror cop—has been criminally charged at the very moment Donald Trump steps up a sweeping retribution drive against perceived enemies. While the courtroom drama is playing out 8,000 kilometres away, the ripple is…
**Cyber sentinels land in Valletta: Shield NxG seminar promises to turn cafés into classrooms and grandmothers into gatekeepers** Malta’s limestone balconies have seen Phoenicians, Knights and NATO radars, but this Friday they will frame something new: a three-day cybersecurity road-show that wants to turn the entire archipelago into a living lab for digital self-defence. Shield…
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….
Aparthotel in Sliema to rise from seven to 10 storeys: Another slice of skyline gone? Sliema’s skyline is about to stretch a little higher. A seven-storey block on Cathedral Street is poised to sprout three extra floors, morphing into a 10-storey aparthotel that will loom over the traditional townhouses and 1960s apartment boxes below. The…
Brussels has bitten back. On a humid Tuesday morning, while most of Malta was still debating whether the first ħobż biż-żejt of the season needed more ripe tomatoes, the European Commission quietly fired off a letter of formal notice: Malta is being hauled into EU court for failing to police the very plants that paint…
Sliema’s Tower Road will look a little more Scandinavian next autumn when H&M flings open the doors of its first Maltese flagship, a 2,500 m² double-fronted space that used to house the old Marks & Spencer. For a country that still remembers the thrill of its first McDonald’s in 1995—and where Zara queues snaked round…
