VALLETTA, MALTA (dpa): The Maltese army on Sunday rejected claims made by the Italian media that it was refusing to answer to distress calls from asylum seekers fleeing Libya by sea.
Such reports were both incorrect and misleading, the army said (...)
Valletta, Malta (dpa) – Two Libyan fighter jets flown to Malta by pilots who defied Muammar Gaddafi's instructions to fire on protesting civilians were returned to Tripoli on Wednesday.
The Mirage jets were symbolically flown back to Libya by the (...)
Valletta (dpa) – The Mediterranean island-nation of Malta is celebrating a record year for tourism, despite the odds stacked up against it.
Official preliminary figures registered the arrival of 1.4 million tourists in 2011, up by nearly 6 (...)