17th and 18th November 1999 are the days when the Leonid Meteor shower (actually debris from the tail of the Comet Tuttle) is to be visible, in Malta and the rest of Europe. To view the shooting stars you should look towards the south-east. Satellite operators are worried that the shower will cause some damage to their circuitry. In case it is cloudy, you can visit the NASA site which should have a webcam you can watch. This event occurs every 33 years. This is a web itinerary on the subject.

Leonids.org homepage

Here you get to read about meteors, satellite damage and... eschatology?.
http://www.leonids.org

Leonids Live @ NASA

This NASA dot com site gives you live webcam coverage of this event.
http://www.leonidslive.com

Leonids 1999 (International Meteor Organisation)

Links reports and pictures from IMO's site.
http://imo.net/leo99/leo99index.html

Leonids.com: Storm of the Century

Basic science, image archive, ancient sightings, the 1833 storm and so on.
http://www.leonids.com

Leonids.net

A japanese site on the Leonids, it even includes photographs taken by schoolchildren last year.
http://www.leonids.net