Valletta - Malta on Tuesday denied claims that it had diverted 40,000 would-be illegal immigrants to Italy in recent years.
Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni presented a dossier to the European Commission on Tuesday in the wake of Malta's refusal to accept refugees from a Turkish vessel.
More than 140 immigrants were left stranded off Lampedusa for three days at the end of last week, after the rescue vessel Pinar was refused entry by both Italy and Malta.
Valletta, Malta - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday that he had urged Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to make a balanced and constructive contribution to a racism conference, at which the Iranian leader triggered a walkout.
Valletta, Malta - Some 150 would-be illegal immigrants remained in a watery limbo off the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa on Saturday as Italy and Malta traded accusations of failure to live up to their international obligations.
The group of African immigrants was rescued from two separate boats by a Turkish cargo ship near Lampedusa on Thursday in an operation coordinated by the Armed Forces of Malta.
Valletta - Malta has refused to take in 154 would-be illegal immigrants shortly after Italy also denied them permission to land in Lampedusa, officials said Friday.
The immigrants had been picked up by a Turkish cargo ship just over 40 nautical miles off Lampedusa.
Malta is insisting that in terms of international conventions, the immigrants were to be brought to the nearest safe port, which in this case was Lampedusa.
Washington, March 26 : A tunnel network has been uncovered beneath the historic heart of the Maltese capital of Valletta, which according to rumors, had been constructed by the crusading Knights of the island of Malta.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the newfound tunnels date back to the 16th and early 17th centuries, when the knights—one of the major Christian military orders of the 11th- to 13th-century Crusades—fortified Valletta against Muslim attack.
Valletta - Malta on Tuesday denied claims that it had diverted 40,000 would-be illegal immigrants to Italy in recent years.
Valletta, Malta - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday that he had urged Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to make a balanced and constructive contribution to a racism conference, at which the Iranian leader triggered a walkout.
Valletta, Malta - Some 150 would-be illegal immigrants remained in a watery limbo off the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa on Saturday as Italy and Malta traded accusations of failure to live up to their international obligations.
Valletta - Malta has refused to take in 154 would-be illegal immigrants shortly after Italy also denied them permission to land in Lampedusa, officials said Friday.
Valletta - A 60-year-old lawyer was voted in as Malta's next president Wednesday, amid rare consensus in the politically-divided island.
Washington, March 26 : A tunnel network has been uncovered beneath the historic heart of the Maltese capital of Valletta, which according to rumors, had been constructed by the crusading Knights of the island of Malta.
