Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion of Malta, Carmelo Abela has received at the headquarters of the Maltese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion here the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Political and (...)
The Saudi-Maltese Joint Committee concluded here today its meetings of the 3rd session.
The session was chaired by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Undersecretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Political and Economic Affairs Dr. Adel bin Siraj (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Italy and Malta Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi met here today with Maltese Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tonio Borg.
During the meeting, issues related to bilateral relations and means to promote them, were (...)
Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi has presented his credentials to the President of Malta Jorge Abela as non-resident ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Republic of Malta.
During an audience, which took place at the presidential palace in (...)
AlQa'dah 20, 1432, Oct 18, 2011, SPA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived here today for talks with Malta's Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, the local media reported.
It is expected that Hillary Clinton and the Prime Minister will (...)
Soldiers in Malta were forced to use
teargas on Tuesday to quell a riot by immigrants at a detention
centre, dpa reported.
Around 100 African migrants started a fire inside the centre,
calling for their release, an army spokesman (...)
Akhir 23, 1432 / March 28, 2011, SPA -- A group of 515 Somali and Eritrean migrants landed in Malta on Monday having travelled from Libya, the Maltese armed forces said, according to Reuters.
The migrants were the first to arrive at the (...)
The UN refugee agency on Sunday said a "humanitarian emergency" was underway as thousands fled Libya in a mass exodus of foreigners from the strife-torn country by air, land and sea. UNHCR said almost 100,000 migrant workers, mostly from Egypt and (...)
Questions about the strength of the euro and the
Portuguese economy were some of the key issues German Chancellor
Angela Merkel discussed Monday during her first-ever visit to Malta, according to dpa.
Concerns that Portugal could need a bailout (...)
The Maltese government signed Tuesday a crucial electricity agreement with a Norwegian company that will link the tiny Mediterranean island-nation to the European power grid in Sicily by 2013, dpa reported.
Nexans Norway will be laying a (...)
One man was missing, presumed dead, Friday after an explosion in a fireworks factory in Malta, according to local news reports, dpa reported.
The Mediterranean island was rattled by four successive blasts
in the factory in the village of Dwejra. (...)
A total of 28 illegal immigrants landed in Malta on Sunday after being rescued from a sinking boat - the first arrival of would-be African migrants on the island in 2010.
The group - 22 men, five women and a baby - were taken to Malta after they (...)
A fisherman from Malta was injured
today following a clash with a group protesting tuna fishing off
the Libyan coast, according to dpa.
The incident took place some 35 nautical miles off Tripoli, when
the Maltese company Fish & Fish was towing (...)
Maltese President George Abela is being
treated in a Chinese hospital following a fall at his hotel today, according to dpa.
Abela, 62, sustained back injuries and fractures, according to a
Maltese government statement.
The president, who is (...)
The Maltese government said today it
would permit hunting to take place for one week this spring despite
EU regulations - but the decision has nevertheless incensed hunters, according to dpa.
Hunters on the island have in the past targeted (...)
Malta will stop participating in the
European Union's border agency Frontex's Mediterranean operations,
unless proposals on where intercepted illegal immigrants should be
held are changed, dpa cited Justice Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici as saying (...)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said
today other European Union nations cannot be forced to take would-
be immigrants arriving in Malta to help the island nation deal with
illegal arrivals, dpa reported.
"Solidarity cannot be obligatory ... (...)
A man died as 80 would-be illegal
immigrants landed in two groups on Malta late Wednesday night,
officials said, according to dpa.
The man died when he fell overboard as his dinghy was approaching
the Mediterranean island.
The African migrants (...)
The sighting of seven bodies floating
in Libyan waters by the European Union's border patrol agency this
week increased concerns Friday over another possible tragedy at sea
involving would-be immigrants, according to dpa.
A German helicopter (...)
Some 115 African refugees were rescued from a sinking boat off the coast of Malta and brought to the capital Valletta, Maltese officials reported Sunday.
The 81 men and 34 women were said to be from Somalia and had set sail from Libya, according to (...)
France has promised take another group of 100 refugees from Malta next year, in addition to the 99 it had
already agreed to absorb from the immigrant-hit Mediterranean island, dpa reported.
Addressing a news conference in Malta, French immigration (...)
Police and military clashed today with
migrants at two detention centres in Malta, DPA cited officials as saying.
The rioting broke out after an illegal immigrant fell from a
window at one of the detention centres.
The man was taken to hospital (...)
An Italian warship was on its way to Malta
Sunday with some 101 would-be illegal immigrants rescued earlier
south of the Mediterranean island, according to DPA.
The African migrants were on a drifting boat and the Italian
vessel intervened amid (...)
Two rescue helicopters on Thursday were
searching for as many as 70 illegal migrants reported missing off
Malta. DPA reported
They were reported missing by eight of their companions who were
found floating on a half-submerged dinghy some 40 (...)
Ten would-be illegal immigrants were reported
dead on Wednesday by eight African survivors who were found floating
on a semi-submerged dinghy off Malta, according to dpa.
The eight survivors, rescued by a Maltese fishing-vessel, said
they were (...)
