Board games “have the power to transform our view of the world” – and nowhere is that truer than on the sun-bleached limestone streets of Malta. On any given Wednesday evening, the back room of The Comic Conspiracy in Msida rattles with laughter and the clatter of meeples. Students, pensioners, off-duty chefs and government clerks…
Lorenzo Agius brings Hollywood celebs and global icons to Valletta ————————————————————- Valletta’s limestone bastions have seen everything from Ottoman cannon-fire to NATO warships, but last week they bore witness to an invasion of a gentler kind: a flash-mob of A-listers, supermodels and music legends summoned by British-Maltese photographer Lorenzo Agius. In less than 48 hours,…
Watch: Mildred’s last selfie of joy before death struck – a Valetta balcony that now breaks hearts island-wide VALLETTA – In the golden hour of last Saturday, 74-year-old Mildred Pace uploaded a selfie to her WhatsApp status that has since become the most-shared image on Maltese social media this year. Smiling against the honey-coloured limestone…
Religious quotes and news – September 7, 2025 Valletta wakes up on a Sunday that feels almost pre-ordained. The bells of St John’s Co-Cathedral ring at 6.05 a.m., echoing Archbishop Charles Scicluna’s midnight tweet: “Let the bells tell the world that mercy is still louder than thunder.” Within minutes the line is shared 1,700 times,…
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…
Il-Beżżul Bieżel – September 7, 2025: The Day Valletta’s Streets Became a Living Carnival At 6:47 a.m. on Sunday, 7 September 2025, the bronze tongue of St John’s Co-Cathedral bell began its slow swing and, before the echo reached Republic Street, the first “beżżul” was already airborne. A blood-orange ħobża, crust still warm from the…
As it happened: Alex Borg wins PN leadership contest by just 44 votes By Hot Malta Newsroom Valletta’s Freedom Square was still echoing with church bells at 10:03 p.m. last night when the Nationalist Party’s electoral commission chair read out the final tally: Alex Borg 3,887, Stanley Zammit 3,843. A collective gasp rippled through the…
Live: Alex Borg declares ‘new PN chapter’ amid leadership vote chaos By our political desk | 20 June 2025, 20:47 CEST VALLETTA – In the humid courtyard of the Nationalist Party’s Pietà headquarters, Alex Borg raised a clenched fist above the crowd of flag-waving supporters and shouted, “Tonight we turn the page!” His declaration, delivered…
In pictures: how three Maltese lenses are about to take Valletta’s stories to the world stage The courtyard of the Auberge d’Italie was buzzing yesterday evening, not with tourists hunting for the perfect Instagram angle, but with Maltese photographers quietly adjusting tripods and greeting cousins they hadn’t seen since last village festa. They were there…
A Night That Shook the Grand Harbour: One Man’s Fall, One Island’s Heart By Hot Malta Staff | 08:30 • 12 June 2024 It was just past 23:30 when the emergency call crackled over VHF Channel 12: “Urgent, man overboard—Valletta Waterfront, heavy fall.” Moments later, sirens sliced through the warm June air, racing along the…
Alex Borg, Adrian Delia in Final Appeal for Votes as New Leader Elected Today Valletta’s narrow limestone alleys echoed with last-minute arguments and the rustle of party flyers this morning as the Nationalist Party (PN) closes one of the most turbulent leadership races in its modern history. By 6 p.m. today, either Alex Borg or…
PN to Elect New Leader Today: A Nation Watches as the Opposition Turns the Page Valletta’s morning cafés are buzzing louder than usual. By the time the church bells of St John’s Co-Cathedral strike ten, delegates of the Nationalist Party (PN) will be locked inside the old Phoenicia Hotel ballroom, deciding who gets to wake…
