The number of licensed swimming pools in Malta has shot up from 2,000 in 2008 to 4,007now. In 2008, on announcing a substantial hike in swimming pool licences, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech revealed ...

A series of bays that once bobbed with traditional fishing boats (a handful remain), St Julian’s became the place for wealthy 19th- and early 20th-century Maltese to build their Neoclassical seaside ...

Surprisingly for a Mediterranean island nation that’s long been known as a sun-and-sea holiday destination, Malta has only a handful of feet-in-sand beach hotels. Most of the island’s coastline is ...

From using borehole water illegally to considerable maintenance fees, installing a swimming pool at home comes with full peril potential. Helen Raine asks, is it worth the hassle? When the thermometer ...