### New National Strategy Aims to Boost Volunteering Across All Ages Malta has always been a community-driven nation, where the spirit of volunteerism has been deeply ingrained in its cultural fabric. From local festas to environmental clean-ups, the island has seen countless individuals dedicating their time and effort to make a difference. Now, the Maltese…
**Volunteering Rewarded: Momentum’s Tax Credit Proposal Gains Traction in Malta** In a move that could significantly boost community engagement, local political party Momentum has proposed a tax credit for volunteering. This innovative initiative aims to incentivize Maltese citizens to contribute their time and efforts to various charitable and community projects, thereby fostering a stronger sense…
**Mosta’s Hidden Gem Reclaims Its Glory: Protected Tal-Wej Site Freed from Decades of Rubbish** For years, commuters whizzing along Mosta’s Tal-Wej road knew the place only for the stench. Behind a crumbling rubble wall, a protected depression—once a seasonal lake celebrated in 19th-century water-colours—had mutated into a fly-tipped jungle of broken fridges, sofa skeletons and,…
Knights, nurses, and now…netizens? The International Academy of St Lazarus—an 800-year-old order that once ran Malta’s leper hospital outside Mdina—has thrown open its velvet-lined doors to “corresponding members” for the first time in its long history, inviting islanders (and anyone with a Maltese connection) to join without buying a title, wearing a cape, or even…
Sunday morning in Żejtun, and the bronze-skinned fisherman who sells lampuki at the parish steps is not just “the guy with the fish”. To 82-year-old Marija, who still pins her lace pattern to the balcony, he is Ġorġ—“Tal-Ajkla’s boy who lost his father at sea”. The Gospel read moments earlier, Luke’s Emmaus story, is still…
**Ċirkewwa Fights Back: Over Half a Ton of Rubbish Hauled Away in Community Clean-Up** The sea at Ċirkewwa was glinting like polished glass on Saturday morning, but the real sparkle came from dozens of yellow-vested volunteers who fanned out across the peninsula to reclaim one of Malta’s most beloved gateways to Gozo. By the time…
Horses of Salt and Wind: How Malta’s Coastline Became an Open-air Sculpture Stable By Hot Malta staff On a blustery March evening, the stretch of golden limestone between Għajn Tuffieħa and Ġnejna Bay looks less like a beach and more like a theatre. Waves slap the cliffs, the scent of thyme hangs in the salt…
A legacy of care and progress: how Malta’s tight-knit communities are rewriting the future —————————————————————– The bells of the Rotunda of Mosta have just finished tolling seven when the side door of the parish hall swings open. Inside, under the soft glow of a 1970s chandelier, volunteers from three generations are already folding blankets, labelling…
For love of country – in Malta, the phrase is never abstract. It echoes from honey-coloured bastions at sunset, flickers on festa fireworks over Għaxaq, and hums beneath every conversation at the village kazin. But what does “love of country” actually look like on an island smaller than most European cities, where everyone knows your…
