Houses sold for €1 in another Italian town

Apr 26 2021

Castiglione di Sicilia, a town on the slopes of Mount Etna and near the beaches of Sicily’s east coast, is joining the trend of selling houses for just €1. With the pandemic putting the idea of vacations in doubt, various Italian towns have been selling houses at the cost of a coffee. With most of the houses up for auction being in the oldest parts of the town, around half are ruined, with the ones which are better off will be sold off starting from €4,000.

Mayor Antonio Camarda hopes to revitalise his town, which shrunk in population from 14,000 in the 1900s to 3,000 today. The scheme has approximately 400 properties which require minimal renovation. Camarda said that emails have already been sent from investors and potential buyers, showing a potential interest.

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Photo Source: Living in Sicily

Beach crowds leave huge mess on Golden Bay

Apr 26 2021

Activist Cami Appelgren uploaded a video to Facebook showing a large amount of trash left on the sand of Malta’s Golden Bay. After beaches were utterly filled with people over the weekend, Appelgren stated ‘To the ‘next generation’ people who spent their eve at Golden bay and left this – I thought you’d know better’.

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She added that after 17 hours of work she would not like to end her day picking up this large amount of rubbish. She thanked the few who picked up their trash. She concluded that as park rangers they ‘took the discussion with many people and tried our best to educate and also enforce. But it has to come from [kids] homes as well’ as she urged parents to educate their children.

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Photo Source: Cami Appelgren FB, Nicole Schembri

‘Diamond House’ to be potentially demolished and replaced

Apr 26 2021

The Planning Authority is set to decide on Wednesday 28th April 2021 whether or not to demolish the Walmarville house, also known as Diamond House by Hal Balzan residents. The modernist building is set to be replaced by ‘1 garage and 4 car spaces at basement level, 1 maisonette on the ground floor, 3 apartments from first till third floor level […] and a penthouse at penthouse level including a pool’.

This Wednesday 28 April 2021 the Planning Authority (PA/06555/20) is going to decide whether to demolish this house…

Posted by Daniel Cilia on Sunday, 25 April 2021

Located in Triq il-Ferrovija l-Qadima, Hal Balzan, the ‘Diamond House’ has become an iconic sight in the locality. Din l-Art Helwa stated that ‘Modernist architecture was introduced in Malta in the 1920s and established a new form of architectural style. Despite a call for an increase in awareness for protection, Walmarville and other modernist buildings are under threat by an increase in development and a lack of conservation.’

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Photo Source: Daniel Cilia FB

50% of Maltese adult population vaccinated

Apr 26 2021

The Maltese vaccination rollout has been effectively administering jabs to Malta’s population, so much so that 50% of the adult population is now vaccinated. 311,559 vaccines, of which 99,574 are second doses, have been administer as of yesterday Sunday 25th April 2021. The rollout has immensely contributed to a decrease in daily cases, deaths and even easing the pressure in Malta’s health care system. Malta currently utilises Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson (which was approved last week) and AstraZeneca.

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The rollout has also worked closely with the health restrictions which are currently being eased. Caution is still however immensely important and abiding by the measures is of utmost importance. This news also places Malta in very close proximity with the UK’s vaccination rollout as it edges closer to overtaking it.

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