Malta’s Hidden Widows: When Bereavement Becomes Bankruptcy
**“Am I failing the kids?” – The hidden cost of widowhood in Malta** By 7 a.m. the Sliema flat is already humming: kettle hissing, school shirts flapping on the balcony, and 42-year-old Miriam* sliding €2 into two separate envelopes labelled “milk money” while her 11-year-old twins still sleep. Three years after her husband David died…