A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
They enjoyed a week long stay in a $7000 Maldives. But now it is back to reality for Hamish Blake and his family, the comedian taking to Instagram on Friday to document their flight home to Australia. Hamish shared an photo of his and wife Zoe Foster Blake’s eldest child Sonny, three, perusing a magazine […]
JP’s leader Qasim Ibrahim (L) and Umar Naseer pose for a picture. PHOTO/MIHAARU Last week Thursday, the former Minister of Home Affairs Umar Naseer officially joined the second largest opposition party, Jumhoory Party (JP). The party’s deputy leader and Kinbidhoo MP Abdullah Riyaz had accepted his membership, and a ceremony was held at the party’s […]
India has scotched rumours of a rift with the Maldives, saying the two countries enjoyed a close relationship with shared development and security interests. External Affairs spokesman Raveesh Kumar made the remarks Thursday after a scathing anti-India editorial appeared on a Maldivian pro-government website. The main opposition MDP, which condemned the editorial, described Vaguthu as […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has visited the “Hithaanee Ufaa” camp organized by Sadhaqaath Foundation being held in Rehendi School, Hulhumalé. The camp is organized to perform circumcisions of boys during the school holidays. The President was accompanied by First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim, Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed, some members of the parliament and […]
File image of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. PTI New Delhi: India said on Thursday that it attaches a lot of importance to its ties with the Maldives and hoped that the country will be sensitive to its concerns. Replying to questions on an anti-India editorial in a Maldivian newspaper, Spokesperson for the External Affairs Ministry […]
Indian Ambassador to the Maldives Akhilesh Mishra — Photo by: Mohamed Sharuhaan Indian Ambassador to the Maldives Akhilesh Mishra has reminded the Maldives of the services rendered to the nation by India, highlighting that even on Tuesday, two critically ill patients were lifted to Male’ City. In a tweet posted on Wednesday, Mishra said that […]
The relationship that the Maldives and the UK enjoy is long-standing. We are connected through history, through shared interests and concerns and, perhaps most importantly, through people. This year British tourists have again made a very important contribution to Maldives’ economy. This year around a hundred thousand British holiday makers have visited your extraordinary country […]
بســم اللّـه الرّحمـن الرّحيــم Excellency, Prime Minister Dato’ Najib Razak, The people of the Maldives and I are greatly honoured by your presence here with us today. Your visit is reflective of the special and unique nature of our fraternal ties and serves to emphasize the importance you and your Government attaches to the preservation […]
The Maldivian people want to restore democracy with a national unity government at the helm, Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim tweeted from exile Wednesday. After meeting with former MDP chairman Ali Waheed, former vice president Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, and JP deputy leader Ameen Ibrahim in Germany, the business tycoon and disqualified lawmaker tweeted: “The […]