Malta Artists Fight Back as Customs Detentions Threaten Island’s Cultural Ambitions
Breaking Through Boundaries: The Art Detained by Customs When local artist Sarah Mallia opened her package at MaltaPost’s Qormi sorting office last month,…
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60 Years Without the People’s Priest: How Mgr Mikiel Azzopardi’s Co-op Revolution Still Shapes Malta
Six decades after his death on 18 May 1965, Mgr Mikiel Azzopardi’s name still rings out across Valletta’s tight-knit alleys and rural village squares…
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Malta’s Victorian Vagrancy Law: How a 19th-Century Rule Still Criminalises Today’s Homeless
A Law Older Than the Republic: Malta’s 19th-Century Weapon Against the Homeless Valletta’s sun-drenched bastions mask a quieter battle. At 5 a.m., while…
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Valletta Rings Again: Inside Il-Beżżul Bieżel, Malta’s New Resident-First Street Festival
Valletta’s Republic Street was already sticky with September heat when the first “beżżul” rang out. By 11:00 a.m. The traditional wooden…
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Valletta Pride 2023: Hundreds Paint Capital Rainbow in Malta’s Largest LGBTIQ+ March Since Pandemic
Watch: Hundreds march for Pride in Valletta as rainbow flags paint the capital Valletta’s limestone streets pulsed with colour on Saturday afternoon as…
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Valletta’s Silent Spectacle: Inside Malta’s Oldest Holy Week Devotion at St Dominic’s
Valletta’s Republic Street is no stranger to pageantry—band marches, confetti cannons and baroque balconies are practically the capital’s default…
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Malta’s Grey Revolution: How The Thursday Murder Club Film Turned Pensioners into Movie Stars
Film: The Thursday Murder Club – Malta’s Silver-Screen Pensioners Steal the Show Valletta’s Republic Street was briefly closed to traffic last Tuesday,…
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Malta’s Letters to the Editor Spark Nationwide Weekend of Coffee-Fuelled Debate
Letters to the editor – September 13, 2025 Valletta’s silent piazzas at dawn are usually broken only by the clatter of delivery vans and the bells of St…
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€25,000 to Quit: Malta’s Cash-for-Hotel-Licence Plan Sparks Nostalgia vs Need Debate
€25,000 licence surrender scheme planned for ‘coming weeks’ ————————————————————- Valletta – In a move that could…
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Science in the City Transforms Valletta into Living Laboratory Bridging Malta’s Ancient Past with Future Innovation
‘Past Forward’ – Science in the City returns to Valletta Valletta’s streets will transform into an open-air laboratory this Friday as Science in the City…
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Malta’s George Cross: New Research Reveals How Islanders Themselves Won the Iconic Award
Bombed, starved and down to its last drops of oil, Malta in 1942 was a limestone fortress that simply refused to cry uncle. For eight decades islanders…
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Malta’s Artists Demand Seat at Vision 2050 Table: ‘Culture Is GDP, Not Garnish’
Culture at the Crossroads: Why Malta’s Creative Heart Must Beat Louder in Vision 2050 Valletta’s Republic Street on a Friday night hums with more than…
