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A woman wearing a Palestinian flag pushes a stroller on a crosswalk outside EU headquarters in Brussels, May 26, 2024. (AP/Virginia Mayo)
January 8, 2026, 6:25 pm
Europe’s harshest Israel critics aren’t driven by Islamism or antisemitism, report suggests
Study to be released before International Holocaust Remembrance Day finds diplomatic failures, national narratives and virtue signaling in countries leading charge against Israel
By Zev Stub
The Conscience, after a drone struck the vessel carrying aid to Gaza off the coast of Malta, May 2, 2025. (Government of Cyprus via AP)
May 5, 2025, 10:49 am
Malta offers to repair Gaza blockade-busting ship after alleged drone strike
Prime Minister Robert Abela says Freedom Flotilla Coalition must first allow maritime surveyor on board to assess damage to ‘Conscience,’ which will be sent on its way after fixes
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Damage to the vessel Conscience is seen after what the ship's operators, Flotilla Freedom Coalition, said was an Israeli drone strike in international waters near Malta, May 2, 2025. (Screen capture: Instagram/Flotilla Freedom Coalition)
May 3, 2025, 1:17 pm
Malta, Greece, Turkey said threatening to seize Gaza activists’ drone-hit ship if it docks
Activists with pro-Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition say Palau revoked its flag from Conscience shortly before alleged Israeli attack on reportedly Hamas-affiliated vessel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Maltese tugboat helps put out a fire onboard the vessel Conscience, sparked by what the ship's operators, the Freedon Flotilla Coalition, said was an Israeli drone strike, in international waters near Malta in the Mediterranean Sea, early May 2, 2025. (Government of Malta)
May 2, 2025, 12:31 pm
Flotilla carrying pro-Gaza activists struck by drone near Malta, group says
Freedom Flotilla Coalition blames Israel, though origin of strike unclear; Malta says all on board are safe and refusing to leave vessel; activists reportedly tied to Hamas
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A student from the Public University of Navarra passes next to banners in Basque and Spanish supporting Palestinians and calling to "combat, denormalize and destroy Israel," in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Wednesday, April 8, 2024. (AP/Alvaro Barrientos)
May 9, 2024, 12:31 pm
Ireland, Spain could recognize Palestinian statehood later this month — report
Formal announcement likely coming May 21 after symbolic UN vote on Palestinian membership Friday, Irish broadcaster says; Malta, Slovenia have said they intend to take same step
By Reuters
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan (L) and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell attend the World Economic Forum Special Meeting in Riyadh on April 28, 2024. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
April 30, 2024, 6:08 am
EU top diplomat: At least 5 countries expected to recognize Palestinian state in May
Bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says countries include Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia and Malta, as Arab and European officials discuss end to Gaza conflict in Riyadh
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) speaks with his Slovenian counterpart Robert Golob after a press conference following their meeting at the Brdo Castle, on February 17, 2023. (Jure Makovec/AFP)
March 25, 2024, 2:02 pm
Israel slams four European nations planning to recognize Palestinian state
Foreign Ministry spokesman accuses Spain, Ireland, Malta, Slovenia of rewarding ‘murderous terror attacks’; says move ‘distances’ peace, only ‘direct negotiations’ can end conflict
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks to the press before a European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on March 21, 2024. (John Thys/AFP)
March 22, 2024, 8:06 pm
Spain, Ireland, Malta, Slovenia agree to work towards Palestinian state recognition
Joint statement on sidelines of European Council summit calls for ‘two-state solution, with Israeli and Palestinian States living side-by-side’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Flares fired onto the pitch at a soccer game between Maccabi Haifa and the Hamrun Spartans at Centenary Stadium in Malta, July 11, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 12, 2023, 9:59 am
Maccabi Haifa fans fire flares at field, clash with rivals at UEFA game in Malta
Israeli supporters claim local crowd provoked them with racist comments; footage shows Maltese fans chanting ‘Palestine, Palestine,’ throwing objects
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: A picture taken on July 21, 2015, in Malta shows the Azure Window, a limestone arch on Gozo island (Amélie BOTTOLIER-DEPOIS / AFP)
July 6, 2023, 2:00 pm
Israeli tourist dies in diving accident in Malta
Man, around 50, is pulled to surface by friends after encountering difficulty during dive
By ToI Staff
The skyline of Valletta, medieval capital of the Republic of Malta, at sunrise. (Larry Luxner/Times of Israel)
April 26, 2019, 12:05 pm
Will foreigners looking for tax breaks revive Malta’s tiny Jewish community?
Historically, Jews have had a rough time on the diminutive island south of Italy, but a new Chabad House and influx of post-Brexit financial tourism might spell a fresh golden age
By Larry Luxner
Migrants descend the Italian coast guard vessel Dattilo upon arrival at the eastern port of Valencia, Spain, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (AP/Alberto Saiz)
June 18, 2018, 3:39 am
After turned away by Italy, migrants finally find dry land in Spain
Week after becoming center of political fight, 629 asylum-seekers from 31 countries rescued at sea near Libya dock in Valencia
By AP
In this photo taken on May 14, 2018 migrants look at the coastline as they stand aboard the French rescue ship MV Aquarius, off the coast of Sicily. (AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)
June 11, 2018, 6:41 pm
Spain offers to take in migrant ship marooned by Italian politics
Aquarius with 629 people on board, including pregnant women and scores of children, refused port by Italy and Malta
By Lucy Adler and Diego Urdaneta
African migrants stand on the deck of the Aquarius vessel of the "SOS Mediterranee" and MSF (Doctors Without Borders) NGOs, in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Malta, Thursday, August 31, 2017. (AP/Darko Bandic)
June 11, 2018, 2:48 am
Hundreds of migrants stranded at sea as Italy, Malta close doors
New populist Italian government refuses to open port to rescue ship carrying 629 amid fight with Valletta over who is responsible for asylum seekers
By AP
The wreckage of the car of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia lies next to a road in the town of Mosta, Malta, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Rene Rossignaud)
October 17, 2017, 9:49 am
Bomb kills journalist who exposed Malta’s ties to tax havens
Prime minister denounces ‘barbaric attack’ which killed Daphne Caruana Galizia, ‘one of my harshest critics’
By Stephen Calleja
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