**Valletta Road Reopens After Pedestrian Left Fighting for Life in Dawn Van Strike** A 42-year-old Birżebbuġa man is battling critical injuries at Mater Dei Hospital after being struck by a delivery van on the capital’s busiest artery during Tuesday’s pre-dawn rush, prompting fresh calls for “urgent” traffic-calming measures in a city where narrow Renaissance streets…
# From the Bench: No insurance, no excuses – Maltese drivers face the music **By [Author Name] | Hot Malta** Sliema traffic magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit barely glanced up from the file before she delivered the line that’s now echoing across Facebook groups from Valletta to Victoria: “No insurance, no excuses.” Within minutes, the 29-year-old…
**All Aboard for Winter: Malta’s Buses Shift Gear as Students Head Back to Class** Valletta’s skyline was still blushing with the last bruise of dawn when the first winter-schedule bus—an emerald-and-cream King Long—rumbled out of the new Floriana terminus at 05:20 this Monday. Inside, driver Raymond Pace adjusted his mirror to watch a crocodile of…
**Boy, 16, Seriously Injured in E-Scooter Crash with Car in Sliema** A 16-year-old boy is fighting for his life following a collision between his e-scooter and a car on the Sliema seafront on Tuesday evening, reigniting fierce debate about micro-mobility safety and regulation in Malta. The teenager, whose identity has not been released, suffered serious…
# Insurers back PN call for broader measures against all forms of reckless driving Malta’s insurance industry has thrown its weight behind a Nationalist Party proposal to expand the definition of reckless driving, arguing that current laws are too narrow to tackle the island’s growing culture of traffic impunity. The Malta Insurance Association (MIA) told…
Sarah Bajada’s very Maltese apology – “sorry, I didn’t know” – has become the island’s latest cautionary tale after the influencer-turned-entrepreneur was pulled over in her pastel-pink Fiat 500 on the Sliema front, only to discover her road licence had expired in January and her insurance policy had lapsed two weeks earlier. The incident, captured…
Watch: Heaviest piece of Msida flyover is installed By Hot Malta staff A hush fell over the Msida yacht marina at 05:47 this morning as the last slab of caramel-coloured concrete—78 metres long, 4.2 metres high and weighing more than a Boeing 747—inched into place like a giant Lego brick. By 06:12 the deed was…
**Watch: The moment car crashes into Marsa building** In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the usually quiet streets of Marsa were jolted awake by a thunderous crash that would soon become the talk of the town. A speeding vehicle lost control on Triq il-Marsa, slamming directly into the façade of a historic townhouse near…
**Council Urges Urgent Repairs to Historic Aqueduct Arch After Traffic Collision** A call for swift action has been issued by local council officials after a traffic accident left a visible gash in one of Malta’s iconic 18th-century aqueduct arches, prompting fears that a key piece of the island’s architectural heritage could deteriorate further if left…
**Birkirkara’s Iconic Aqueduct Arch Crashes Down After Traffic Smash: “A Piece of Our Skyline Has Gone”** The unmistakable silhouette that once greeted drivers exiting the Birkirkara bypass—three honey-coloured arches strutting across the valley like Roman sentinels—was abruptly reduced to two on Tuesday evening when a delivery truck slammed into the 18th-century aqueduct, sending one arch…
