Portugal holds day of mourning after deadly Lisbon derailment
Flags at half-mast in Valletta, black ribbons pinned to café awnings in Sliema, and a minute’s silence before last night’s football derby: Malta joined Portugal yesterday in a gesture of trans-Mediterranean solidarity after the horrific Alfa Pendular derailment near Lisbon that killed seven and injured more than fifty. For many Maltese, the tragedy feels closer…