Tag: Security
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Syrian man deported back to Syria following 2007 homicide
A Syrian man has finally been deported following his finishing of a prison sentence related to a homicide committed in Selmun, Mellieħa in 2007. The unnamed man who is currently 43 years of age admitted to the killing in 2010 after committing another homicide and damage to the victim’s vehicle. The man had been in…
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Prime Minister warned about tankers-war risk by local and foreign officials: but still no security policy
The Maltese government has been aware about security risks with regard to tankers pertaining to the Russian Shadow Fleet as back as early last year. The government also held several security meetings with regard to potential security actions to take following Israel’s attack on a vessel in Hurd’s Bank and several options were considered including…
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Eurobarometer survey shows strong public support for a more united and secure European Union
Europeans are calling for a more united, ambitious and protective European Union, according to the Autumn 2025 Eurobarometer survey. The findings show that defence, security and the economy are citizens’ top priorities as the EU faces ongoing global instability, conflicts near its borders and growing digital risks. The survey found that 89% of respondents believe…
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Russia supports the US National Strategic Security Strategy
The Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dimitry Medvedev has praised the US National Security Strategy as a positive step in comments he made publicly. Medvedev said that the the US security strategy agrees with what Russia has been saying that security in Europe “should be shared with Russia”. The Under-Secretary of War Elbridge Colby…
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Editorial: Europe’s grand pact with Arabia
Europe and the Arabic world both have a common problem: they both have a state neighbouring their region which is belligerent, imperialist and has no regard for the international law and rule-of-law. Europe grapples with Russia’s imperialist belligerence while the Arab world has to contend with Israel’s increasing aggression throughout the region. Both of the…
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Libyan Prime Minister declares Tripoli free of armed militias
Yesterday, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh held a conference the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior alongside the Minister of Interior Emad Al-Trabelsi to the state’s military and security officials in which he declared the capital city free of armed militias. The Prime Minister also declared that state will no longer be funding or…
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Edward Zammit Lewis and Adrian Delia go to Warsaw to discuss Malta’s defence and security policy
Currently, Edward Zammit Lewis and Adrian Delia are representing Malta at the The Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, in Warsaw. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the Polish EU Presidency in conjunction with COSAC which Edward Zammit Lewis seems to be…
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European Parliament President Metsola urges EU to bolster self-reliance in security and defense
At the informal European Council meeting on defense today, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, reiterated the need for full responsibility of security by Europe itself. She set out a strategic vision of more action, more financing, and more cooperation in the European Union. President Metsola underlined that compared to adversaries, Europe’s defense…
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Several bomb scares in schools around Malta
A number of bomb scares have been sent to several schools around Malta via email, The Maltese Herald can exclusively reveal. The first to receive a threat was the Higher Secondary in Naxxar as well as the Naxxar Primary and Secondary. This was followed by threats at St Michael’s Secondary in Santa Venera, St Joseph…
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The EU Commission issues an uneventful report on Europe’s security: no new security and intelligence agency has been proposed
Contrary to online rumours and some press reports, the European Union is not proposing the creation of a new security and intelligence agency. In a recent press conference where the EU Commission outlined its security proposals for the EU, the EU Commissioner President Ursula von der Leyen voiced her opposition against such a proposal. Ursula…
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Now, you can also hire “private investigators” to stalk and harass your wife
I highly doubt whether these “services” that are being promoted by a local security company called CAMC Security Ltd are actually legal at all. The adverts shown below clearly promote an act of stalking and potentially even harassment. This is not the job of a private investigator to stalk and harass women or men for that…
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I don’t know anything about the murdered Maltese person abroad, ask Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa – Minister of Home Affairs, Byron Camilleri
Following my article published earlier today, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri has sent me a reply which I am reproducing in full. “Bon?u. Hemm international u European arrest warrant. Jekk jog??bok iddirezjona l-mistoqsijiet tieg?ek lill-awtoritajiet kompetenti. Grazzi” Jomic Calleja Maatouk was not served with an international arrest warrant. He was served with a European arrest…
