Only in Nadur could one of Malta’s most talked-about controversies end up as a full carnival costume. A group of revellers brought the Ta’ Qali gravel debate straight to the streets, dressing up as trucks, grass and even armed with a sign labelled Ta’ Qali forest in a tongue-in-cheek take on the national saga. And they did not stop there. The group also featured a Jason Micallef mask, recreating the moment that dominated headlines and turning it into pure spontaneous carnival chaos. Leave it to

Driving in Malta is like finding yourself in an episode of Game of Thrones: it’s both beautiful and challenging at the same time. Mathew or ‘Mimmo’, truck driver at Farsons, shares his personal story about what it takes to be a driver on the island in the Mediterranean Sea. #dafaroundtheworld | DAF Trucks N.V.

For seven thousand years, Malta has stood at the crossroads of the Mediterranean—shaped, claimed, defended, and reinvented by every civilisation that set eyes on its shores. From the first Neolithic farmers who carved temples older than the pyramids, to Phoenician traders, Roman governors, Arab scholars, medieval knights, and modern nations, each chapter has left its mark on these islands. This is the story of how a tiny archipelago became a tapestry of worlds, cultures, and legacies—layered sto