Malta

Malta will shut down its loss-making national carrier, Air Malta, next year and replace it with a new government-owned airline, Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced. The Maltese government had been negotiating with the European Commission...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Wednesday that after an 11-hour rescue mission, more than 400 migrants were rescued from a boat off the coast of Malta. MSF’s rescue ship, the Geo Barents, received the distress signal...

Portugal and Malta have introduced measures to restrict UK travellers who are not fully vaccinated. The Portuguese government says travellers will have to quarantine for 14 days unless they can prove they received their second vaccine...

News Hour: Hijackers claiming to have a grenade took over a Libyan plane Friday and diverted it to Malta before releasing everyone onboard and surrendering to authorities, officials said, reports BSS. “Final crew members leaving aircraft...

News Hour: A small aircraft conducting a surveillance mission over the Mediterranean for France’s defense ministry crashed on take-off in Malta on Monday, killing all five people on board. The ministry declined to say what the...

News Hour: Today IOM in Malta concluded the final stage of the project “Improve Quality of Prosecution and Protection of Victims of Trafficking through the Justice System in the Republic of Malta”. Following its launch in...