MILAN: A vessel with around 400 people on board is adrift between Malta and Libya and is taking on water, support service Alarm Phone said on Sunday, amid a sharp rise of migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa.
Alarm Phone said on …
Nothing has changed
Evarist Bartolo was right in his piece ‘The Maltese were nothing’ (March 31). The various speeches he quoted are evidence of the matter-of-fact way Malta was treated by its masters.
He then moved on to speak of the virtues, etc., of…
More than 50 countries, as well as the European Union, have issued a joint statement in response to a meeting of the UN Security Council organised by Russia, at which Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, whose arrest warrant has …
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There were three key values Roberta Metsola highlighted in her Mabel Strickland memorial lecture: the need to be future-driven, to be unafraid of change and to be prepared to speak up when necessary.
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The justice ministry did not respond to requests by Times of Malta for comment about complaints that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is getting shut out of magisterial inquiries.
No wonder. Malta only joined the EPPO reluctantly when pre…
So far, 18 countries plan to participate in the project on joint purchase of ammunition to help Ukraine and replenish the national reserves of member states. In addition, others expressed their readiness to join later.
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European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, who has long been touted to become new Nationalist leader, has suggested she never lost touch with the domestic political scene.
“I’m here, and I’m staying,” Metsola said when asked whether she considered …
Bowing to EU criticism, Albania said on Thursday (16 March) it would temporarily withdraw plans for a so-called ‘cash-for-passports’ scheme, as Tirana attempts to defend its track record on its path towards EU accession.
The so-called “golden passports…
Ireland and Portugal’s decision to end their residence-by-investment (RBI) programmes has heightened scrutiny of similar schemes in the EU. But their growing popularity among foreigners, coupled with the emergence of new RBI options across the bloc, su…