Fortina and the real cost to the State By Hot Malta Staff The first time most Maltese children see Fortina, it is from the upper deck of a yellow school bus crawling along the Tigné seafront: a jagged white wall that looks as if someone has glued a slice of Miami to the edge of…
Artificial Stupidity Leads to Wilder Return – and Malta’s Comedy Scene Is Loving It By Hot Malta Staff Sliema’s seafront was unusually packed last Saturday night, but the crowd wasn’t queuing for gelato. They were lining up outside Eden Cinemas, phones in hand, to watch a hologram of 89-year-old Maltese comic Freddie Portelli roast an…
**Malta Eyes Global Cultural Crown: Island Nation Seeks Seat on UNESCO’s Most Prestigious Stage** Valletta – In a move that could amplify Malta’s voice on the world’s most influential cultural stage, the island nation has formally submitted its candidacy for a seat on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the 21-country body that decides which monuments,…
European airports hit by cyber-related disruption, causing delays – Maltese travellers stranded as IT chaos ripples across the continent ———————————————————————————————————————————— Valletta – When 23-year-old Gżira gamer-turned-digital-nomad Luke Pace rocked up at Malta International Airport (MIA) at 04:00 on Tuesday, he expected the usual 30-minute hop to Rome, a quick espresso, and a morning meeting in…
# Watch: The Fortina deal explained – how a Sliema landmark is being reborn and why every Maltese pensioner is talking about it Sliema’s skyline has always been a scrapbook of Malta’s last 150 years: Victorian townhouses, 1970s holiday flats, the odd glass shard from the 2000s. This week the Fortina Hotel – that terraced,…
# Malta Travel Documentary Premieres in New York Ahead of US, Worldwide Broadcast **Valletta’s historic streets, Gozo’s rugged coastlines, and Malta’s azure waters lit up the silver screen in New York last night as “Malta: The Hidden Gem of the Mediterranean” premiered before an audience of travel influencers, diplomats, and media executives—a moment that could…
**Malta’s Stone Shield: UNESCO Bid Puts Island’s Fortifications on World Stage** Valletta – For the first time in two decades, Malta is knocking on UNESCO’s door with a single, thunderous heartbeat: the entire ring of historic fortifications that have guarded these islands since the Knights of St John. Culture Minister Owen Bonnici announced this morning…
Court confirms sanctioning of illegalities at Fortina’s Sliema lido By Hot Malta staff The Court of Appeal has upheld a planning tribunal’s decision to sanction years of illegal development at the Fortina Lido on Sliema’s once-pristine foreshore, closing a chapter that many residents hoped would end with demolition rather than forgiveness. In a 42-page judgment…
Watch: ‘No Malta airspace violation’ in alleged Gaza drone incident – minister By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta – A late-night video clip that lit up Maltese WhatsApp groups on Monday – showing what looked like an armed drone gliding low over a moonlit coastline – has turned out to be footage shot 2,000 kilometres away,…
Valletta’s open-air Pjazza Teatru Rjal will echo with glitchy beats and Slavic fairy-tale whispers next Friday when Baddie – the Warsaw-born art-pop phenomenon dubbed “the Polish Björk” – lands on the island for her long-awaited Malta debut. For a capital that has spent the winter debating cruise-ship caps and pavement licenses, the arrival of a…
**Four Tuna Farms Fined €14,000 for Fish Slime: A Slippery Slope for Malta’s Blue Economy** The Mediterranean dawn was just breaking over Marsaxlokk Bay when fisherman Carmelo Grech noticed something odd shimmering on the water’s surface. “It looked like someone had poured olive oil across the bay,” the 67-year-old recalls. “But this wasn’t oil –…
Valletta among least affordable EU cities for locals to dine out, study finds For generations of Maltese, the ritual was sacred: knock off work, meet friends at a kerb-side table, and nurse a €2 espresso while the city’s limestone walls turned honey-gold at dusk. That everyday pleasure is slipping out of reach, according to a…
