Fort Binġemma – what next? Locals demand a future worthy of Mellieħa’s silent sentinel From the ridge above Għajn Tuffieħa, the honey-coloured limestone of Fort Binġemma glows every sunset like a half-remembered promise. Built by the British in the 1870s to deter an Italian invasion that never came, the fort has spent most of its…
Kathryn Bigelow Returns to Venice with Political Thriller – Why Malta Should Watch Closely By Hot Malta Staff Writer VENICE – As the 81st Venice Film Festival unfurls its red carpet this week, American director Kathryn Bigelow storms back into the Lido with “Requiem for the Fallen,” a pulse-quickening political thriller set against a fictional…
Trump Waves Off Health Rumours as “Fake News” – How a Maltese Twitter Storm Turned into Café Chatter Overnight By Luke Briffa | Hot Malta VALLETTA – “President Trump is 78, eats like a pastizz addict and still insists he’s ‘healthier than ever’,” joked Carmel Zahra over a mid-morning espresso at Caffé Cordina. The 67-year-old…
Woman jailed after admitting to stealing €250 in tips from Mellieħa kiosk The quiet seaside village of Mellieħa woke up yesterday to the kind of headline that feels almost surreal in a place where shop doors still stay open and neighbours still greet each other by name. A 34-year-old local woman has been handed a…
