An email I have received from an Italian resident in Malta

Published: August 10, 2016 at 11:52am

Gentile signora

Con gioia ed un pizzico di rammarico le scrivo per informarla che noi italiani per bene lasciamo malta dopo anni i benessere tranquillita ‘ e sicurezza. Non e’ piu’ possibile vivere in un paese che in cambio dei servizi di Kabul sotto le bombe ti fa pagare come Montecarlo.

Questo governo si riempira’ le tasche alle spese di tutti, stranieri(sempre meno) e soprattutto maltesi. Tra due anni la finanza dice che Malta e’ finita, e’ finita sotto il suo cemento, la sua puzza ed il suo rumore (gli hamalli sono troppi per combatterli).

Ce ne andiamo, e ormai lo sanno in tanti che il paese e’ in grandi difficolta’, soprattutto gli stranieri. I soldi seguono la convenienza ed i ricchi non vogliono vivere in un paese brutto e devastato come questo.

Le auguro il meglio, a lei ed a tutte l persone libere e colte di questo paese (ne conosco poche). Money for money today and for tomorrow? I don’t know. It isn’t my problem. This is Malta.

Malta non vuole morire; e’ gia’ morta.

(Name withheld for privacy reasons)

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In translation below:

I write to you with pleasure and a little regret to tell you that we, Italians, are leaving Malta after several years of tranquillity and security. It is no longer possible to live in a country that charges Montecarlo prices for services like those in Kabul under bombardment.

This government will fill its pockets at the cost of everyone – foreigners (an ever diminishing number) but most of all the Maltese.

Financial reasoning indicates that, in two years, Malta will be finished, buried under the cement, the smell and most of all the noise (there can be no defence against the hamalli, who are too numerous).

We are leaving and now many, especially foreigners, know that the country is in great trouble. Money follows convenience and the wealthy no longer want to live in a country that is ugly and devastated.

I wish all the best to you and to every liberal and cultured person in this country (I know a few). Money for money today, but what about tomorrow? I don’t know. It’s Malta’s problem now.

Malta doesn’t want to die. Malta is already dead.

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