Five Italian Teenagers Under Investigation for Alleged Gang Rape in St Julian’s: “This Is Not the Malta We Want,” Locals Say The early-hours calm of Malta’s party capital was shattered last weekend when police launched a gang-rape investigation involving five 17-year-old Italian tourists and a 24-year-old English woman who had been staying in a Paceville…
School camp organisers lumped with bill five times higher than agreed price Żebbuġ primary school’s annual “Kamp tan-Natura” was supposed to end with toasted marshmallows and teary farewells last Friday. Instead, 47 eight-year-olds watched their teachers argue with Gozo campsite managers while a credit-card machine beeped “declined” in the background. The bill had ballooned from…
**WSC issues €17m pipeline tender after cancelling €7m contract** The Water Services Corporation has launched a €17 million tender for new pipeline infrastructure just months after abruptly cancelling a €7 million contract for the same project – a move that has left Gozitan residents questioning the financial prudence of Malta’s water authority. The tender, issued…
Podium or Prejudice? Paceville Nightspot Accused of Gender Bias After Man’s Phone Smashed in Row Over Stage Access St Julian’s – A quiet Monday morning at the St Julian’s police station turned into the latest flashpoint in Malta’s ongoing debate over gender equality when 27-year-old software developer Luke Briffa filed a criminal complaint alleging discrimination,…
**Eurozone jitters, cruise-ship cash and festa fireworks: How one turbulent week shook Malta’s wallets and hearts** By Friday evening, the narrow streets of Żabbar were already echoing with brass-band marches and the sweet smell of *mqaret* frying for the village festa, but beneath the bunting the talk at the band club bar was less about…
**Jarmusch’s Indie Triumph Resonates in Malta’s Creative Circles as Gaza War Film Misses Out** Valletta – While the lagoon city of Venice basked in late-summer spotlight last weekend, filmmakers on Malta’s own sun-bleached stones followed every update from the Lido. The reason? Jim Jarmusch, patron saint of off-beat cinema, walked away with the Golden Lion…
CX is not a department − it’s the service chain that keeps us relevant By Hot Malta Correspondent, Valletta Waterfront Walk into any pastizzi kiosk at 6 a.m. and you will see Malta’s most honest lesson in Customer Experience (CX). The baker knows Mrs. Camilleri wants her ftira ħobż biż-żejt sliced thin because her dentures…
The Data Act: a new era for Europe’s data economy – what it means for a Maltese family running a pastizzeria from their kitchen in Żabbar, a Gozitan start-up gamifying village history, and every tourist tapping free Wi-Fi outside the Tritons fountain. Picture Marija Psaila, 29, juggling a tray of ricotta pastizzi in her grandmother’s…
Book on the hidden side of Rome to launch in Malta ————————————————- Malta will get a backstage pass to the Eternal City next week when “Roma Segreta: The Rome You Never Knew” debuts at the Malta Book Festival. Author—and honorary Maltese—Dr. Alessandro Farrugia will unveil the English-language edition of his cult Italian bestseller on 3…
From the sun-washed limestone balconies of Valletta to the fragrant back-alleys of Bangkok, a single headline is sending ripples across the globe: Thailand’s new Prime Minister is none other than cannabis mogul-turned-politician Anutin Charnvirakul. For Malta—a Mediterranean island that only last year opened its first legal, non-medical cannabis clubs—the news feels both distant and oddly…
Gilded Devotion: How a Pair of Silver Missal Covers Put Senglea Basilica Back on the World’s Cultural Map By Hot Malta Correspondent When the heavy brass doors of Senglea’s Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady swung open at dawn last Saturday, the narrow streets of L-Isla smelled less of sea salt and more of…
From the Gospel: Sauntering in true freedom How Valletta’s Sunday promenade became a living parable of liberation On any given Sunday at 10:30 a.m., the bells of St John’s Co-Cathedral have barely finished their cascade when a slow tide of Maltese families, Ghana-band guitar cases, and selfie-snapping cruise-ship passengers begins to seep out of Republic…
