libya

A CPD official looks at fire damage in Al-Asabaa. Photo: DOI

Maltese CPD officials end five-day mission to assess Libya fires

Firefighting experts help Libyan authorities determine cause of Al-Asabaa fires

April 12, 2025| Times of Malta |0
The asylum seekers disembarked in June of 2020. File photo: Jonathan Borg

Migrants held at sea on tourist boats during COVID awarded €20,000

The asylum seekers had been detained aboard tourist boats after being rescued at sea

April 10, 2025| Monique Agius
Libyan children wave the national flag in Martyrs’ Square, Tripoli, during a gathering to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Photo: AFP

Between crisis and strategy: the Libya conundrum

Libya’s impact on Malta’s security and defence presents serious challenges to the island

April 3, 2025| David Attard
Officers of the Civil Protection Department will investigate the source of fires in a Libyan town.

Malta civil protection officers to investigate mysterious fires in Libyan town

The blazes have destroyed or damaged over 30 houses

April 1, 2025| Times of Malta
Abdel Ghani al-Kikli (in green, fifth from left) described by The Associated Press as an ‘infamous warlord’, was spotted visiting Libya’s Minister of State Adel Jumaa in hospital alongside other government officials. Photo: Husam El Gomati/X

Libyan militia chief accused of war crimes granted Schengen visa by Malta

Photos emerge showing him by the hospital bed of Libya’s Minister of State Adel Jumaa

March 26, 2025| James Cummings
'I will certainly not censure the work of Alex Dalli (inset)' prime minister Robert Abela said. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Watch: Alex Dalli will not be removed, Robert Abela says, despite damning report

PM claims former prison director performing 'miracles' in migration issue

February 6, 2025| Daniel Ellul
An investigation found that Alex Dalli’s prison degraded inmates and subjected them to pervasive intimidation and fear. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Calls for Camilleri to resign, reparations for 'victims' of ex-prison director

Group of civil society organisations react to shocking Corradino Prison findings by Ombudsman

February 5, 2025| Times of Malta
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial.

France's Sarkozy on trial over alleged Kadhafi financing pact 

Sarkozy's career has been shadowed by legal troubles since he lost the 2012 presidential election

January 6, 2025| AFP
File photo: Times of Malta

Today's front pages – December 7, 2024

The top stories in Malta's newspapers

December 7, 2024| Times of Malta
Marzia’s cousin David, left, and her brother, Marvin flew to Libya last week to make arrangements for her body’s repatriation. Family photo

Marzia Maatouk died ‘suffocated’, still unclear whether fugitive was killed

‘We were in the dark. Now that we got her back, we’re still in the dark’ – brother, cousin, back from Libya, say

December 7, 2024| Mark Laurence Zammit
Marzia with her cousin David (left) and her brother Marvin. Family photo

Funeral of Marzia Maatouk, woman found dead in Libya, postponed

The young woman was found dead in mysterious circumstances last May

November 29, 2024| Mark Laurence Zammit
The Israeli flag flies in front of the Israeli embassy in Berlin.

Libyan held in Germany over suspected Israel embassy plot

The suspect was arrested on Saturday

October 20, 2024| Times of Malta
Neville Gafà in Valletta. File photo: Times of Malta

Joseph’s tough guy

Neville Gafà flaunts his absolute impunity with total disregard

September 22, 2024| Kevin Cassar
Prime Minister Robert Abela and Libyan Prime Minister Abd al-Hamid Dabaiba hold a press conference in Tripoli on July 16. Photo: AFP

When rival Libyan migration conferences vie for European engagement

European states know they need Libya's help to meet migration challenge

September 10, 2024| Rupert Horsley
Boats transporting migrants of different nationalities enter a port in the Garabulli area following their rescue at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard.

Libya people-trafficking kingpin assassinated: media   

He was a former head of Libya's coastguard

September 2, 2024| AFP
Prime Minister Robert Abela with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh at the Trans-Mediterranean Migration Forum in Libya. Photo: OPM

Europe and Africa must collaborate to solve migration, Abela tells Libya summit

The PM said all must contribute to tackling the root of the problem

July 17, 2024| Times of Malta
Prime Minister Robert Abel and Libyan PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh also discussed furthering commerce and maritime cooperation. Photo: DOI

Malta and Libya extend migration cooperation agreement in bilateral meeting

Prime Minister Robert Abel met with Libyan PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh

July 16, 2024| Times of Malta
Marzia with her grandmother, Filippa. Right: Her mother said Marzia was a happy and cheerful child. Family photos

‘Isn’t she wanted anymore?’: Dead fugitive's family speaks out

Marzia Maatouk’s heartbroken family demand information

July 14, 2024| Mark Laurence Zammit
Lilu King on his way to court on Monday. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Lilu King forfeits €10,000 over police altercation, retains his freedom

Drug trafficking suspect Mohamed Ali Ahmed Elmushraty insulted police at boxing match

June 3, 2024| Edwina Brincat
The hijacked plane in December of 2016 (left: Times of Malta). The man being deported on Friday: Malta Police Force

Hijacker repatriated eight years after terrorising 120 people aboard Libya plane

Police say he served his jail sentence

May 31, 2024| Times of Malta
Hadia Gana, the daughter of late Libyan artist Ali Gana, displays an old photograph at Bayt Ali Gana (‘Ali Gana's House’ in Arabic). Photos: Mahmud Turkia/AFP

In conflict-torn Libya, artist’s family turns home into museum

Bayt Ali Gana is dedicated to the late artist Ali Gana

May 31, 2024| AFP
The couple escaped Malta last summer, weeks after they were both sentenced to time in jail for separate crimes. File photo: Facebook

Husband and wife fugitives were hiding in Libya villa

Jomic Calleja Maatouk and Marzia crossed the Med into Tripoli to avoid detection

May 26, 2024| Bertrand Borg
Jomic and Marzia Calleja Maatouk.

'Lethal weapon' fugitive caught in Libya, wife found dead

Jomic Calleja Maatouk to face extradition, as officers find body matching wife's description

May 24, 2024| Bertrand Borg
Field Marshal Haftar welcomes Byron Camilleri in Benghazi. (DOI)

Editorial: A case of realpolitik in Libya

A long-term European strategic vision for North Africa and the Levant is sorely needed

May 16, 2024| Times of Malta
Field Marshal Haftar welcomes Byron Camilleri in Benghazi. (DOI)

Byron Camilleri in highest level meeting with eastern Libya's Haftar government

The first meeting with Hafter was held in May last year

May 7, 2024| Times of Malta
Aerial image taken on June 30, 2021 by German NGO Sea-Watch allegedly showing Libyan coastguards near a migrant boat in the Malta Search and Rescue Zone.

Stop illegaly pushing people back to Libya: 22 organisations, academics urge

On Monday 83 people in Malta's search-and-rescue area were allegedly pushed back

April 11, 2024| Sarah Carabott
A storage tank at Brega oil port, Libya. Smuggling Libyan fuel has grown into a multi-billion-dollar business. Photo: AFP

Fuel smuggling is for grown-ups now

Smuggling Libyan fuel has grown into a multi-billion-dollar business

March 17, 2024| Andreas Weitzer
Byron Camilleri with Libyan prime minister Hamid al-Dbeibeh.

Byron Camilleri meets with top Libyan officials

Sides discuss migration, organise crime, training

March 9, 2024| Times of Malta
Dom Mintoff (right) and Muammar Gaddafi. Mintoff would keep the US, the UK, Italy and NATO guessing about what his real intentions were regarding relations with Libya.

Room for manoeuvre

There is a great deal to learn from Dom Mintoff’s high level of leadership if we are to successfully navigate Malta’s geopolitical future in the years ahead

February 2, 2024| Evarist Bartolo
Clothes and a tube used as a buoy abandoned in a wooden boat used by migrants to cross the Mediterranean. AFP file photo

More than 60 feared dead off Libya in latest migrant tragedy

They are believed to have died because of high waves which swamped vessel

December 17, 2023| AFP