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Flight from Bergamo to Malta makes an emergency landing in Fiumicino

LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – A flight from Bergamo to Malta was forced to make an emergency landing in Fiumicino, Rome due to a medical emergency involving an Italian passenger.
The Ryanair flight FR7324 departed from Bergamòs airport at 08.20 this morning and landed at around 10 am at Fiumicino airport. The passenger who was in need of medical intervention was escorted from the aircraft and was taken directly to an ambulance, accompanied by another three passengers. The plane is expected to resume its journey later on today.

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Malta with the safest tap water for drinking in Europe

LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Malta is amongst ten European countries declared with the safest tap water for drinking and contains no harmful elements, while African countries are at the bottom of the list with the quality of potable water very low. According to an international study by the University of Yale in the United States, Malta is at the top of the list for the safest drinking water, along with nine other countries, scoring 100 points. The other countries with equal safe drinking water are Austria, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. However, in order to be fit for drinking, water needs to be treated for microbes, pollution, and parasites, which can be very harmful to humans if ingested, before being good for drinking. The majority of the countries which obtained excellent results like Malta are in northern Europe, where temperatures are lower and water is sourced from the mountains. By contrast, Malta is in the middle of the Mediterranean, and despite having temperatures between Europe and Africa, it still ensures safe tap water.
Water in Malta is delivered to homes through a piping network of around 2,500 km under the streets and is made from a mixture of reverse osmosis water (65%) and groundwater (35%). The Maltese authorities have ensured that there is enough supply to meet the demand and that the water is of high quality, however, now they are working to improve the taste of the water.

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Ukraine, video of beheaded soldiers, Zelensky “Everyone must react”

KIEV (ITALPRESS) – “There is something that no one in the world can ignore: how easily these beasts kill. We will not forget. Nor will we pardon the murderers,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while commenting, in a video message on Twitter referring to the videos circulating on the social networks of Ukrainian soldiers beheaded by Russian forces. “This is a video showing Russia as it is,” he continued, while adding “this also shows the kind of people they are. This is not an accident, this is not an isolated episode. It was like that before. Everyone has to react”.
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Malta resumes commercial collaboration with Libya

LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Malta and Libya resumed their collaboration in the maritime sector, as a large commercial ship docked at the port of Misrata Free Zone, northwest Libya, after leaving from Malta. The ship was the first of its kind to enter Libyan territorial waters and commercial ports, through its shipping agent, Amwaj Company. The CMA CGM VOLTAIRE ship is 270.7 meters long, 42.2 meters wide, and has a cargo of 1859 TEU.
In September, the Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Mnifi held talks with Maltàs Prime Minister, Robert Abela during their visit to New York at the United Nations General Assembly. During that meeting, Maltàs Prime Minister expressed his desire to establish direct sea and air links between Libya and Malta.
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Malta SAR region, another group of 400 migrants in distress

LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) (ITALPRESS) – The international NGO Sea Watch said that another boat with about 400 people on board was spotted in the Maltese search and rescue area by the aircraft Seabird 2 crew. Sea Watch confirmed that it has launched a mayday relay while it is monitoring the scene together with an Italian Air Force aircraft. The NGO added that a rescue operation is needed immediately. On Monday evening, the Italia coast guard escorted another fishing boat, with around 400 migrants, after it spent days drifting in the Mediterranean. The Armed Forces of Malted have said that the migrants aboard the fishing boat which was drifting between Malta, Italy and Greecès Search and Rescue Zone did not request to be rescued. “Written communication received by the AFM from the ship captain providing duty of care confirms that no rescue was requested by the people on board,” a spokesperson said. However, the rescue NGO Sea Watch claimed Malta ordered a merchant vessel not to rescue a group of 400 migrants, and just supply them with fuel.
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Ireland, Biden will start his official visit in Belfast

BELFAST (ITALPRESS/MNA) – The US President Joe Biden’s four-day visit to Northern Ireland and Ireland will start this evening on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace agreement which in 1998 put an end to the long and bloody conflict.
During the visit, Biden will also meet with the former British minister Rishi Sunak. On Wednesday he is also expected to deliver a speech at the Ulster University in Belfast. This is the first visit in Northern Ireland in 10 years by an American President. On his Twitter profile, Biden reiterated “the commitment of the United States in preserving the peace in Northern Ireland”.
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Passengers demand compensation from Air Malta after six hours delay

LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Many passengers were left fuming after the national airline Air Malta announced that two flights between Maltàs international airport and Fiumicino in Rome had been delayed and would take off at different times.
According to an Air Malta announcement, the flight to Fiumicino was delayed by six hours due to “operational disruption”. However, the delay was not due to staff shortages but due to a technical issue with one of its aircraft that was being investigated. The national airline said that Air Malta would never operate flights if there were any concerns for passenger safety. The flight had to take off at 7.30am on Monday morning, however, flight KM612 was delayed to 12.30pm before being delayed again to 1.30pm while flight KM613 was scheduled to depart from Rome at 3.30pm. The situation has left many passengers angry. Passengers were not allowed to leave and go back home after having arrived at the airport at 5.30am on Monday. Others said they were given a €6 voucher for a snack. However, many passengers are also demanding compensation.
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Tunisian authorities stopped over 500 illegal migration attempts

LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – While in the last few days, thousands of migrants have reached the island of Lampedusa, which lies about 150 kilometers from the Tunisian coast, the Tunisian National Guard confirmed that in the first quarter of this year, the Tunisian coast guards intercepted 501 illegal migration attempts towards Italy. A total of 14,406 people, including 13,138 from sub-Saharan African countries, were rescued between January and March while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea towards the Italian coast. A spokesman for the Tunisian National Guard stated that the Tunisian coast guards arrested 63 people for their involvement in organizing illegal immigration voyages and seized 135 boats and 12 cars used for transportation.
The number of undocumented immigrants attempting to reach Italy via Tunisia has been on the rise, despite the strict measures taken by the Tunisian authorities to tackle illegal immigration.
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Maltàs SAR region 23 migrants dead, 400 others not rescued

LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – At least 23 people have drowned in the Mediterranean when a boat carrying around 50 individuals shipwrecked in Maltàs search and rescue region.
The rescue Ngo Resqship said one of its vessels arrived at the scene and found 25 individuals who had been already some two hours in the water. They rescued 22 individuals and recovered two dead bodies. The prosecutor of Agrigento is investigating the case, with the Italian authorities expected to question the 22 survivors. Meanwhile, the Maltese government once again came under fire and criticized by the German Ngo Sea-Watch, following the instructions given to a cargo ship to give fuel to a fishing boat in distress carrying 400 asylum seekers instead of activating rescue operation. According to Sea-Watch two commercial vessels in the area were ready to intervene, however, Maltàs search and rescue coordination centre issued instructions to the shipmaster to offer fuel to the boat so that it may continue with its voyage. The Ngo warned that those on board the fishing vessel are in “imminent danger” and stressed that the European Union should intervene without further delay.
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Ailing Air Malta recruiting new staff despite hundreds made redundant

LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Maltàs national airline has started a new recruitment exercise to employ pilots and cabin crew staff, despite it made hundreds of employees redundant as part of a restructuring process to save it from bankruptcy. The advertised vacancies acknowledge the need of more staff to allow the airline operate its upcoming summer schedule. The number of weekly flights between April and October of this year will increase by 20% with 157 flights per week during the peak summer period. There will be three weekly flights to Tel Aviv, two per week to Nice, four flights per week to Palermo and three flights per week to Naples. In addition, there will be an increase in frequency to Geneva, increased to three times weekly, Paris Charles de Gaulle increased to nine services per week, Munich to 13 flights, Rome Fiumicino to 15 flights per week and Catania to 16 flights per week. London will continue to be served with 22 flights per week. In all, the airline will fly to 22 airports:
Between June and October of last year, Air Malta carried 1.1 million passengers. As part of a restructuring plan announced by the government in February last year, it was confirmed that so far 351 former Air Malta employees opted to take the Early Retirement Scheme or the Voluntary Redundancy Scheme.
One of the key changes that the Maltese government is working on is the transforming of Air Malta into a European network carrier, which would mean it would create a base abroad and fly within other countries, such as intra Italy flights. Malta has asked Brussels for permission to pump €290 million into Air Malta in a last-ditch attempt to save the ailing airline. However, the European Commission is not expected to approve the State aid requested by the Maltese government.
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