Valletta’s 17th-century alleys may have been built for knights, but last June they were claimed by film crews, pop-up lighting rigs, and a tide of international celebrities here for the inaugural Mediterrane Film Festival. Now we know exactly what that star-studded invasion cost the public purse: €92,478 paid to three local event-management agencies for “logistics,…
**Red Arrows Roar in for the Malta Airshow: A Sky-High Spectacle Uniting Island and Empire** The unmistakable roar of Rolls-Royce engines shattered Malta’s morning calm as the RAF Red Arrows pierced through Mediterranean blue, tracing perfect red, white and blue smoke across our island skies. For three glorious days this October, the Malta International Airshow…
**Yemen Drone Attack on Israeli Resort Resonates in Malta: A Mediterranean Reflection on Regional Tensions** As dawn broke over the Red Sea resort of Eilat on Monday, the familiar rhythm of waves crashing against coral reefs was shattered by an explosive impact that would ripple across the Mediterranean. A drone launched from Yemen struck a…
**Malta’s Bronze Triumph in Osaka: How a Tiny Island’s Expo Pavilion Won the World’s Heart** Valletta — When the gates of Expo 2025 Osaka swing open next April, Malta’s pavilion will stand barely 400 m²—smaller than a tennis court—yet it has already punched above its karate-weight. Last weekend the Maltese structure beat 150 national contenders…
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…
Serving authenticity: how Malta’s new wave of restaurateurs are ditching the tourist trap and cooking like nanna did By Hot Malta staff | Sunday 09:42 Żebbuġ farmer Luke Muscat never meant to become the face of a movement. He simply wanted a place where he could pour his own wine—made from vines his great-grandfather planted…
**Malta’s Sunny Economy Faces Storm Warning: EU Report Flags Islands Among Most Weather-Exposed** Valletta – For generations, Maltese children have been warned that “ix-xemx mhux dejjem tidħol bieb it-tieqa” – the sun doesn’t always shine through the same window. Now Brussels has turned the proverb into hard numbers: Malta ranks third among all EU economies…
PL Slams PN’s “Back-of-the-Envelope” Economics: “They’re Scaring Investors for Likes” by Jacob Pace Valletta – As Maltese families debate whether to splash out on a €9 ħobż biż-żejt at this weekend’s village festa or wait for supermarket prices to cool, the Labour Party has turned the spotlight on what it calls the Nationalist Party’s “catastrophic…
Watch: Objectors in uproar over Xlendi high-rise case deferral ================================================================ **“We’re being strung along while the valley dies,”** one Gozitan pensioner shouted from the back of the chambers on Thursday afternoon, seconds after the Planning Authority (PA) board voted to defer its decision on the 12-storey Xlendi hotel tower for a third time. Mobile phones…
# Denmark PM Labels Airport Drone Chaos a ‘Serious Attack’—What Malta Can Learn From Nordic Nightmare **COPENHAGEN/VALLETTA**—When Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stepped up to the podium on Wednesday and declared the overnight drone swarm that paralysed Copenhagen Airport “a serious attack on critical infrastructure”, Maltese ears should have pricked up. In Malta, where one…
On a wind-lashed afternoon in Għar Lapsi, while most Maltese fishermen were still mending their nets, Croatian freediver Budimir Šobat was preparing to do what science once swore was impossible: stay alive without breathing for 29 minutes and 30 seconds. The record, ratified last week by Guinness World Records, did not fall in the Red…
**We Are Slaves of the Law: How Malta’s Legal Web Captures Everyday Life** The phrase “we are slaves of the law” rings louder in Malta than almost anywhere else in Europe. On an island barely 27 km long, the law is not an abstract statue in a distant capital—it is the neighbour who reports your…
