'Financial burden'

The government's intensive programme to open embassies overseas was an added burden on the Maltese coffers, the Labour Party's spokesman for foreign affairs, Leo Brincat said. He referred to this week's opening of an embassy in Hungary, saying the...

The government's intensive programme to open embassies overseas was an added burden on the Maltese coffers, the Labour Party's spokesman for foreign affairs, Leo Brincat said.

He referred to this week's opening of an embassy in Hungary, saying the Hungarians were not planning to reciprocate by opening an embassy here until next year at the earliest.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.