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Malta registers 400th Covid-death / Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 7 April 2021

Updated 1230 - Malta registers 400th Covid-death Malta registered its 400th Covid-related death on Wednesday, a 78-year-old woman.For the first time in a week, new cases (65) surpassed recoveries (47),…

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Malta: Roadside checks catch nine law-breakers on Friday night

At least nine people will be charged for breaking the law after their vehicles were inspected by Żejtun police officers and the Armed Forces of Malta between Friday and Saturday.…

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Malta: Rescue operation for a person who was kayaking and found himself in difficulty

In an operation at sea, members of the Armed Forces of Malta, prepared a rescue operation for a person who was kayaking and subsequently found himself in difficulty. Source: One…

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Malta: The Court decided that there were no illegal actions about the promotions given in the Army

The Court did not find anything illegal in promotions given in the Armed Forces of Malta in 2013. On these promotions, the Nationalist Party emphasized mainly on Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi…

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Malta: PM, Home Minister express gratitude to AFM

Prime Minister Robert Abela and Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri expressed their gratitude to the Armed Forces of Malta during a visit to the Maritime Squadron at Hay Wharf. The…

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Malta: Army ‘paralysed’ by NGO’s criminal complaint on migrant deaths – Prime Minister

The army has been left paralysed due to the criminal complaint filed by Repubblika over claims migrants were left to die at sea amid a closure of Malta's ports because…

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Malta: Jason Azzopardi steps aside as Repubblika lawyer in AFM case

Jason Azzopardi has decided to renounce his brief as a lawyer for NGO Repubblika in its case concerning allegations of wrongdoing by army officials at sea. “I, in no way…

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Malta: Ongoing investigation at Hay Wharf… to date 45 soldiers are being investigated in relation to a complaint lodged recently

This morning, court experts visited Hay Wharf where the maritime squad of the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) is stationed. They are conducting an investigation in relation to the Magisterial…

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Malta’s sea claims another life

A dead man’s body was found off Malta’s western coast early on Sunday morning, following an Armed Forces of Malta helicopter search that began on Saturday. The body is believed…

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63 persons saved by AFM in the Mediterranean

63 persons are expected to disembark in Malta early this morning after being saved during the night by the Armed Forces of Malta The rescued 63 migrants were adrift and…

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Malta rescues 216 persons

A Maltese armed forces patrol boat picked up more than 200 people from two dinghies in the Mediterranean and was bringing them to Malta on Saturday, a spokesman said. At…

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L-Oriżżont Headlines – 21st May 2019

L-Orizzont quotes Parliamentary Secretary Silvio Schembri who said that the financial services sector remained stable despite ‘months of attacks.’ Schembri said that there are 51 licensed institutions in the sector.…

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AFM patrol boat saves 85 migrants

Maltese web-portal Newsbook is reporting that 85 migrants were saved by an AFM Maltese patrol boat during the night and are expected to be brought to Malta in the coming…

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‘Hijacked’ ship ElHibru 1 docks in Malta

A Maltese special operations team on Thursday boarded a tanker that had been hijacked by migrants it rescued at sea, and returned control to the captain, Malta's armed forces said.…

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Rolls-Royce wins contract to supply propulsion for Maltese patrol ship

The new Offshore Patrol Vessel under construction with Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria for the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) will be supplied with a Rolls-Royce marine propulsion package. The…

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Over 80 migrants rescued by AFM

An AFM patrol boat has rescued 87 migrants off the coast of Lampedusa and are on their way with them back to Malta. The AFM said it was informed by…

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100 migrants rescued by Maltese army patrol boat as 177 remain onboard Diciotti in Sicily as Salvini insists in defying Transport Minister, Speaker of Parliament concerns and Guarantor of Human right pleas

A Maltese army patrol boat rescued 100 migrants from a boat 68 miles south of Malta early on Wednesday. Two people had already died by the time rescuers reached the…

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