The one and only time I saw one of these things, my brain stopped working. You see at the time I was confident in my belief that there were no snakes on Malta, so imagine my surprise upon coming across…
Category: Living in Malta
Muscat and Gonzi (from ‘Times of Malta’) Politics in Malta is a ferociously tribal business. You’ve got the Labour Party (led by Joseph Muscat) on one side and the Nationalist Party (led by Lawrence Gonzi) on the other. Broadly speaking,…
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You need a social security number if you are working in Malta – whether for a company or self-employed. This rather dilapidated-looking building is the Dept of Social Security in the Sliema area. The Department of Social Security is located on…
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There was a headline on the front page of the Malta Times a couple of weeks ago which read: “Cab drivers refusing to use meters for clients”. A slow news day clearly, but it raises an interesting point nonetheless. The…
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This is one of the nicest places to live in Malta, and as a consequence, one of the most expensive. Of course if rural isolation is what you’re after, you should be looking to set yourself up somewhere in the…
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The house always wins. Malta has a rather contradictory attitude to gambling. Perhaps that’s appropriate, as this is a contrary sort of a country in many ways: the last country in Europe to legalize divorce, but which allows prostitutes to…
