— # Malta Customs Intercept Radioactive Clothing Shipment During Global Operation Malta’s customs officials have thwarted a potentially hazardous situation by intercepting a shipment of radioactive clothing during an international operation. This significant event underscores the vigilance of the local authorities and the importance of international cooperation in ensuring safety and security. The interception took…
**French Navy Seizes 10 Tons of Cocaine Off West Africa – What Malta’s Role Reveals About Europe’s Drug Highway** The French Navy’s audacious seizure of 9.8 tonnes of cocaine aboard a rusty fishing trawler 700 km off West Africa last week sent ripples far beyond the Gulf of Guinea. Hidden among 3,000 sacks of rice,…
Valletta waterfront fell silent on Sunday morning as bunting for the traditional Festa season was lowered to half-mast in memory of 34-year-old sailor Karl Micallef, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a fall aboard the Maltese-flagged merchant vessel MV Aurora on Saturday evening. The accident occurred just beyond Grand Harbour’s breakwater, a stretch of water…
Freeport terminal expansion will host ships larger than four football pitches – and Marsaxlokk village is watching nervously By the time the ferry from Ħaż-Żabbar docks at Marsaxlokk, the horizon over Delimara is already a moving wall of steel. The latest container giants – each longer than four football pitches laid end-to-end – glide past…
