Valletta - The European Union is right in demanding an end to state subsidies for Polish dockyards, according to Lech Walesa, the co-founder of the Solidarity union movement born in the shipyards where he once worked.
Poland's government signalled Wednesday that EU officials have refused privatization plans for its ailing shipyards and said it would ask Brussels for an explanation.
With 60,000 shipyard jobs at stake, EU approval for a rescue plan that avoids mass layoffs is a critical task for Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government.
Valletta, Malta - Several bodies spotted floating in the sea off Malta, prompted fears Wednesday that the find signals another shipwreck involving would-be immigrants trying to reach Europe.
The exact number or nationality of the dead remains unclear as the bodies still have to be recovered from the sea, officials on the Mediterranean island said.
The captain of a French navy vessel first alerted Malta's rescue centre on Tuesday of the presence of six bodies off the island.
Valletta - The European Commission is increasing pressure on the Maltese government to declare its ailing shipyards bankrupt and liquidate the state-owned company before continuing with the privatization process, The Times of Malta reported Thursday.
Commission sources told the newspaper: "Under normal circumstances, a company that is no longer viable and is registering losses - like Malta Shipyards is - should be declared bankrupt and put to liquidation."
However, the same sources said Brussels would not impose its views on the government as long as the privatization process would not involve further state aid.
Valletta, Malta - Two infants were flown Tuesday by helicopter to Malta's general hospital after they were rescued from a shipwreck involving would-be immigrants.
The pair, whose condition was described as "critical" by officials, were part of a group whose boat capsized some 60 nautical miles south of Malta.
The exact number of would-be immigrants involved in the shipwreck was not immediately known, officials said.
Valletta (Malta), September 1 : A cluster of five silos dating back to the Bronze Age period were recently discovered by archeologists during excavation work in Malta, forming part of a project to extend the Luqa cemetery.
According to a report in The Malta Independent, the finding was made by Themistocles (Temi) Zammit, who had discovered, among others, the Hypogeum, Tarxien Temples, Hagar Qim, Mnajdra, and St Paul’s Catacombs.
Valletta - Five bodies have been found off Malta so far as rescuers continue with their search following one of the worst disasters involving would-be illegal immigrants in the Mediterranean.
A Maltese patrol boat and two German helicopters are continuing their search in an area between 50 and 40 nautical miles south of Malta.
Eight survivors from a half-sunken dinghy told the Maltese authorities that the boat on which they were trying to reach Europe had set off from Libya with 79 people aboard. After their engine stopped, they spent the next days adrift in heavy seas as their numbers gradually dwindled.
Valletta, Malta - Several bodies spotted floating in the sea off Malta, prompted fears Wednesday that the find signals another shipwreck involving would-be immigrants trying to reach Europe.
Valletta, Malta - Two infants were flown Tuesday by helicopter to Malta's general hospital after they were rescued from a shipwreck involving would-be immigrants.
