### Pharmacies Open Today – January 4, 2026: A Lifeline for Malta’s Community As we step into the new year, the importance of our local pharmacies becomes even more evident, particularly on January 4, 2026. This day is significant not just because it marks the beginning of a fresh chapter but also because it serves…
Sunday morning, 28 September 2025, and while much of Malta still smells of last-night’s fenkata and the church bells are warming up for the 9 a.m. mass, a small neon-green cross flickers alive on Triq il-Wied, Birkirkara. Inside, pharmacist Claire Pace is already balancing two phones, a teething baby in a car seat, and a…
**Pharmacies open today – September 21, 2025: your Sunday lifeline across Malta and Gozo** It’s just past 09:00 on the third Sunday of September and the narrow streets of Valletta are already humming with cruise-ship day-trippers clutching gelato. Yet tucked behind the Baroque façade of Republic Street, one green-cross sign is flashing brighter than the…
It’s barely 07:00 in Msida and the metal shutters of Azzopardi Pharmacy are already clacking upward, releasing a waft of eucalyptus and talcum into the narrow street. Inside, pharmacist Ritienne Azzopardi is printing a queue ticket for an elderly woman clutching a handwritten list of five different medications. “September 7, Madonna’s birthday,” Ritienne smiles, “but…
