Tag: warships
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French and Spanish naval frigates berth at the Grand Harbour
A Spanish naval frigate, the Santa Maria-class ASW frigate ESPS Navarra (F85) berthed in Malta’s Pinto Wharf 2 yesterday morning. The visit follows another visit of a Spanish frigate in Malta, the ASW frigate ESPS Victoria, which left the Grand Harbour on March 1st. The naval frigates are equipped with air defence systems. Meanwhile, the…
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A Constitutional Court that has never rejected the entry of foreign warships into national harbours
If you stretch the Labour government’s arguments on neutrality too far, you may even come to the conclusion that Malta’s membership with the European Union breaks Malta’s constitutional neutrality. In fact, I remember very well how Dom Mintoff and the Labour Party also made these arguments during their opposition campaign to Malta’s membership with the…
