A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldives and China signed FTA last week. FTA was signed keeping India in dark. India has aired its unhappiness over the pact signed in stealth. Diplomatic script seems to have changed between India and Maldives in two years. Maldives had plunged into a severe water crisis exactly two years ago following a massive fire that […]
The Maldives are strategically located in the Indian Ocean and its value to an adversary of this country is obvious. India’s ties with the Maldives appear to be entering a renewed phase of uncertainty. Its ambassador Akhilesh Mishra has been treated indelicately. Three local government officials who called on him were suspended. The signal appears […]
She’s the author and mum of two who helped husband Hamish Blake celebrate his 36th birthday this week. And the celebrations continued for Zoe Foster Blake on Thursday when she shared a series of jealousy inducing snaps of the family’s idyllic Maldives vacation at the swanky Soneva Fushi Resort. Sharing one photo that showed her […]
United Nations — The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global warming and climate change. A negotiating voice of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), AOSIS has membership drawn from all oceans and regions of […]
It has been a busy winter for the Maldives Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim. Last Wednesday he concluded the One Planet Summit, which marked two years since the Paris Agreement. In November he attended the COP23 Summit. The Maldives is a poster child internationally for its vulnerability to climate change, but its globetrotting and grandstanding has […]
BENGALURU: The eighth edition of Ekuverin, the fortnight-long Indo-Maldives joint military exercise, will begin in Belagavi on Friday. The previous edition of the annual bilateral exercise between the Indian Army and Maldives National Defence Force was held at Kadhdhoo, Laamu Atoll, the Maldives in December 2016. “Ekuverin means friends in Maldivian language, and the focus […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has appointed, Uz. Hassan Ali as the Senior Policy Executive at the Ministry of Education on 12th December 2017. Full details are available at the link below:
Ministry of Health has revealed that discussion rounds will commence with Noorul Islam International Private Limited to solve service related issues faced at Kulhudhuffushi Regional Hospital. The Health Ministry made the statement to address the criticism followed by the decline in the quality of services provided by Kulhudhuiffushi Regional Hospital. Answering a question posed by […]
Nasrulla Adam named Sales Director at Baros Maldives Baros Maldives has appointed a new Sales Director, Nasrulla Adam. Known in the Maldives hospitality industry for managing and increasing sales at several luxury properties, Nasru will further advance Baros Maldives’ national and international sales in his new role. The appointment is effective immediately. With 14 […]