EXCLUSIVE: “The EU Could Have Done Much More About Libya, But it didn’t” – President George Vella on Bay Chats
“I believe that the EU should have had the strength to censure those member states, which were highly involved in the worsening of the situation in Libya, for example, through the provision of firearms to the Haftar.” This was the strong statement by Malta’s President, H.E. George Vella during yesterday’s edition of Bay Chats […]
Malta’s Humanitarian Aid Proposal to Libya approved by the EU
In the Council of EU Foreign Ministers, which met yesterday, a Humanitarian Aid Package to Libya was approved and agreed upon. This happened after Malta’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs proposed this as an item on the agenda. The European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi explained that this aid is going to […]
Attack kills dozens of migrants in Libya
At least 40 people have been killed after an air strike hit a detention centre for migrants in the Libyan capital. The air strike targeting the facility in Tripoli’s Tajoura neighbourhood also wounded 80 migrants. Social media shared photos of migrants being taken in ambulances to hospitals. Most of the dead are believed to be […]
This map reveals how Malta looked 330 million years ago
Malta just isn’t the same as it used to be. And by that we mean 330 million years ago. Back when the world was one big continent, you could walk from Malta to New York or Greenland. That’s because Europe was once joined to North America, Africa, South America, Asia and Antarctica. Artist Massimo Pietrobon posted this […]