Wrong on Eurovision: Why Malta’s 14th-Place Sting Hurts More Than Ever
Wrong on Eurovision: When Malta’s Heartbeat Skips a Note By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s Republic Street was still echoing with cheers at 02:47 last Sunday…
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Valletta Market Canopies Must Come Down, Ombudsman Rules—Heritage vs Hawkers Showdown Looms
Ombudsman Slams “Illegal” Suq tal-Belt Canopies, Orders Immediate Removal Valletta’s iconic open-air market has found itself at the centre of a fresh…
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€92,478 Revealed: What Malta Really Paid to Host the Mediterrane Film Festival
Valletta’s 17th-century alleys may have been built for knights, but last June they were claimed by film crews, pop-up lighting rigs, and a tide of…
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From Valletta to Hollywood: Why Jimmy Kimmel’s Defence of Comedians Hits Home in Malta
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s on-air blast against “anti-American” pressure on comedians has struck a chord in Malta, where satirists, script-writers and…
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Malta Mourns Claudia Cardinale: How the Sixties Siren Became an Honorary Islander
Claudia Cardinale, 87: Valetta’s Golden-Weekend queen who taught Malta how to dream in Technicolor Valletta’s vintage cinemas fell silent yesterday as…
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€15 for Caravaggio? Inside Valletta’s St John’s Co-Cathedral Museum Storm
The Beauty and the Beast: St John’s Co-Cathedral Museum By [Hot Malta Staff] Valletta’s Republic Street hums with espresso steam and phone-light faces,…
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Malta’s Smallest Parliament: How Today’s Letters to the Editor Are Rewriting the Island
Letters to the editor – September 24, 2025 By Hot Malta staff Valletta’s morning sun had barely gilded the limestone balconies when the first email landed…
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PN MP Demands Dedicated Shelters for Malta’s Homeless Drug Users: ‘Stop Treating Them Like Stray Cats’
PN MP Demands Dedicated Shelters for Homeless Drug Addicts: “We Can’t Keep Pretending the Problem Doesn’t Exist” A Nationalist MP has shattered…
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Valletta Taxi Crack-Pipe Robbery: Five-Year Sentence Sparks Night-Safety Outcry
Five-Year Sentence for Pipe-Wielding Cab Robber Sparks Debate on Valletta Night Safety A 34-year-old man has been jailed for five years after holding up a…
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Trump UN Tirade Sparks Malta Migration Firestorm: ‘Your Countries Are Going to Hell’ Hits Home
Trump’s UN Tirade Resonates in Valletta: “Your Countries Are Going to Hell” Sparks Debate in Malta’s Migration Hot-Spot By Hot Malta Staff VALLETTA – When…
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How Science in the City Turns Valletta into Malta’s Biggest Open-Air Lab – and Makes STEM Everyone’s Business
Valletta’s Republic Street is not where you’d expect to see children shrieking with delight over liquid-nitrogen ice-cream, or pensioners debating quantum…
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Malta & Palestine: Why Recognition Still Matters on the Island That Knows Occupation
Who recognises the State of Palestine, who doesn’t, and why does it matter? On a balmy evening in Valletta, as tourists sip Cisk and snap selfies beside…
