Sliema

Photomontage of the new hotel as submitted to the Planning Authority.

Sliema to get new 15-storey, five-star hotel a stone's throw away from Preluna

The 138-room building will replace what was formerly the Astra Hotel

March 29, 2025| Mark Laurence Zammit
The proposal includes 75 guest rooms, a restaurant, a bar, ancillary offices, meeting and conference rooms and a pool plus deck on the receded floor. Photo: Eapps

PA defers decision on 15-floor Sliema hotel which is recommended for approval

Board asks developer Carlo Stivala to remove two rooms from proposal

March 27, 2025| Matthew Bonanno
Toyroom Malta has taken over two popular beach clubs in Sliema. Photo: Facebook

Sliema's merged beach clubs owner claims reports of 3,000 clubbers are 'false'

MedAsia Playa and Pearl Beach are rebranding as Toyroom

March 27, 2025| Emma Borg
Gzira Seafront, direction Sliema, will be closed for traffic between Tuesday and Friday.

Gżira Seafront nightly road closures this week

Road surfacing works by Infrastructure Malta

March 23, 2025| Times of Malta
The man was also accused of being in possession of new psychoactive substances and of relapsing. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli.

Man remanded in custody after controlled drug delivery

Similar parcel delivered last month found in the Dutch national's apartment

March 21, 2025| Monique Agius
Workers dug straight through the wall into a neighbouring apartment. Photo: Jonathan Borg

Stivala's ST Group ordered to fix damage to resident left with a hole in wall

BCA and OHSA say works will remain paused until damage is fixed

March 21, 2025| Times of Malta
The construction site on The Strand for a 14-storey hotel. Insets: Isabelle Bonnici and Michael Stivala. File photos

'How can we trust you?': Isabelle Bonnici slams mega-developer Stivala

Workers at Michael Stivala's construction site drilled a hole into a Sliema apartment

March 21, 2025| Marc Galdes
Joe Farrugia (Inset left) spoke to Times of Malta after a hole was drilled into his property. Photo: Jonathan Borg

Outrage as construction work leaves gaping hole in Sliema apartment

Construction work suspended, developers deny responsibility

March 20, 2025| Daniel Ellul
A construction site for a 15-storey hotel left a concrete bucket hanging over Triq Lunzjata, Sliema. Photo: File photo

Concrete bucket left dangling over busy side street in Sliema

Construction is ongoing to build a 15-storey hotel along the Sliema front

March 20, 2025| Marc Galdes
The band club has been the subject of a lengthy legal battle. File photo

Stella Maris band club owners awarded €1.1m in compensation

Decades of low rent placed an unfair burden on the owners, the court said

March 18, 2025| Neville Borg
Residents reacted angrily to the crane’s arrival, which saw the closing of Triq San Vincenz. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Contractor fined just €1,500 for closing street without permit

Developer Carlo Stivala punished 'maximum allowed by law'

March 18, 2025| James Cummings
The façade of Saint James Hospital Sliema.

Saint James Hospital Sliema achieves ISO 9001:2015 certification

All hospital medical facilities a re now ISO certified

March 16, 2025| Press Release
The 15-storey development on the corner of Triq ix-Xatt and Triq il-Lunzjata was approved on Thursday. Photos: Chris Sant Fournier

Carlo Stivala’s 15-storey Sliema seafront hotel approved

PA votes to approve project targeted for criticism by activists and residents

March 15, 2025| James Cummings
The station owner, Michael Attard Services Ltd, argued that he was not applying to open a new fuel station but to "upgrade" an existing one.Photo: Planning Authority

Appeals tribunal upholds PA’s decision to block Sliema fuel station reopening

On Tuesday, the EPRT ruled that the fuel station application on Tower Road went against the PA's policy on the matter

March 14, 2025| Times of Malta
Workers remove the dead cow from the Sliema front.

Cow's carcass found on the Sliema seafront

Crowd applauds as workers haul the heavy animal away

March 9, 2025| Times of Malta
Michael Clarkson's friends and family said he has been missing since Friday.

Elderly man missing since Friday found in Valletta

The 74-year-old Briton suffers from periods of forgetfulness and anxiety, according to those close to him

March 9, 2025| Times of Malta
Bari Balla died in a construction site accident in Sliema. File photo: Go Get Funding

Owners of Sliema site where worker died had no control over accident, court told

Bari Balla died in April last year when the roof of a property collapsed while he was working underneath it

March 7, 2025| Giulia Magri
File photo: Times of Malta

Theft from Sliema optician’s shop foiled

One of the burglars was arrested on site after police found him locked up in the shop 

March 2, 2025| Jacob Borg
A man died in a jacuzzi in a residence on Triq Viani, Sliema. Photo: Google Maps

Man, 22, dies in jacuzzi in Sliema residence

Police do not deem death suspicious

February 28, 2025| Times of Malta
The Tower Hotel in Tower Road, by the Cathedral Library

In pictures: Postcard promotions for Sliema hotels

Lower-budget mass tourism since Independence drove hotel capacity in the town to multiply exponentially

February 28, 2025| Giovanni Bonello
The base, pictured on Saturday, will provide support for a tower crane.

Mega-developer fined for closing Sliema road without permission

Triq San Vincenz closed for crane despite no authorisation from Transport Malta

February 22, 2025| James Cummings
The fire was caused by an electrical box. Photo: Christian Sant Fournier

Fire in Sliema apartment block

Rescuers on site, parts of Tower Road closed off to traffic

February 21, 2025| Times of Malta
Father of six Bari Balla died after a roof collapse in Sliema. Photo: Go Get Funding.

Four charged with involuntary homicide over Sliema building collapse death

Construction regulator said works were illegal

February 20, 2025| Marc Galdes
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) string quartet performing during a previous outreach event organised by BOV.

BOV hosting final customer outreach event in Sliema

Mini concert and the launch of a restoration project

February 20, 2025| Press Release
The crane completely blocks Triq San Vincenz. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli.

'Living in a construction site': Sliema street closed for Stivala project crane

A narrow busy side street has been blocked by a large crane

February 19, 2025| James Cummings
Giuseppe Calì’s 19th-century mural ‘The Triumph of the Immaculate Conception’ at Sacro Cuor parish church, Sliema. Below: A detail of the painting. Photos: Daniel Studio Malta

Restoring a Calì masterpiece

Mural at Sacro Cuor parish, Sliema, has suffered ‘significant deterioration’

February 16, 2025| Press Release
The crane hook got entangled with power lines in Sliema. Photo: Neville Borg

Tower crane hits cables, causes power outage in Sliema

Power turned off for safety reasons, Enemalta says

February 15, 2025| Times of Malta
Tony Terribile died on Thursday, aged 79. Photo: Fiona Vella

Historian Tony Terribile dies, aged 79

Maltese historian collapses while giving communion at elderly care home

February 13, 2025| Emma Borg
People who have loved and longed in silence were invited to either post or personally drop off their letters in the theatre’s mailbox.

‘You reshaped my world’: Unsent love letters take centre stage

Valentine’s Day exhibition at Teatru Salesjan in Sliema

February 12, 2025| Fiona Galea Debono
The cast of MADC’s 'The Coarse Acting Show'. Photo: Justin Mamo

Chaos, catastrophes and comedy – in two theatres

'The Coarse Acting Show' is a collection of six brilliant short comedies

February 9, 2025| Press Release