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- Ships smashed together outside Sweden
Two freight ships carrying raw uranium and methanol collided Friday in a strait between Sweden and Denmark. The two ships, a Maltese ship carrying 182 tons of raw uranium and a Norwegian registered tanker that was carrying methanol, collided on the
- Obama nominates new Ambassador to Malta
The White House announced that President Obama intends to nominate Douglas W. Kmiec to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Malta. Mr. Kmiec is currently a professor of constitutional law at the Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California.
- Malta to press UNHCR for more involvement in Malta and Libya
With the two major initiatives of the EU burden sharing pilot project and the proposed frontline asylum office in Libya in the pipeline, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici is to meet United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Welsh choreographer for intensive dance workshop
Welsh teacher/choreographer Douglas Comley will be in Malta to conduct classes during a four-day summer intensive dance workshop at the Contact Dance Company this month. The company's artistic director, Francesca Abela Tranter, says the annual event is
- BOV Tunisia Hosts Business Delegation
June 2009 Officials from Bank of Vallettas Representative Office in Tunisia recently hosted members of the Tunisian business delegation who visited Malta for the seminar Doing Business with Tunisia, which was held at the Malta Chamber of Commerce,
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Great Britain formally acquired possession of Malta in 1814. The island staunchly supported the UK through both World Wars and remained in the Commonwealth when it became independent in 1964. A decade later Malta became a republic. Over the last 15 years, the island has become a major freight transshipment point, financial center, and tourist destination. It is an official candidate for EU membership.
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