How to survive the dreaded ‘back-to-school apocalypse’ – the Maltese way By Hot Malta staff It starts with a distant rumble of suitcases being dragged across uneven limestone pavements. Then comes the scent of freshly-printed Sliema Mon Amour notebooks mingling with August’s last batch of ħobż biż-żejt. Before you know it, the islands’ traffic arteries…
“Ħelow? Ħelow? Mela, qed tismeni?” The only reply is the hollow buzz of an unanswered call. Across Malta, from the narrow limestone alleys of Valletta to the sea-sprayed balconies of Marsaxlokk, parents are discovering the same phenomenon: their teenagers have simply stopped picking up the phone. It’s 19:35 on a humid June evening and Marisa…
Malta Tops EU List for Pollution Concerns in Households – and the Gap is Eye-Watering Walk down any street in Sliema after 7 p.m. and the smell hits you first: a cocktail of frying oil, cheap incense and, more often than you’d like, the sharp tang of diesel generators humming in garages. According to the…
