A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The World Health Organization country office for the Maldives (WHO), with financial support worth EUR 1 million from the European Union (EU), will help improve emergency response capacities in the Maldives to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. The support will focus on improving the management of COVID-19 cases. This will be done through the provision […]
A European Union delegation is visiting the Maldives to assess the implementation of recommendations made in a 2014 election observation report, ahead of this year’s presidential polls. The 2014 EU Mission to the Maldives was led by Slovakian MEP and former foreign minister Eduard Kukan, and published a report recommending steps to ensure the transparency […]
Representatives of the opposition coalition met with a visiting European Union delegation Sunday night and sought help to pave the way for an inclusive, free and fair presidential election in 2018. The visit comes after the European Parliament adopted a resolution earlier this month urging Maldivian authorities to reform the judiciary, release political prisoners, and to […]
A meeting of European Parliament. A European Union (EU) delegation is set to arrive in the Maldives to observe its political situation on Monday. Mihaaru is aware that some members of the European Parliament will also be joining the delegation in its two-day visit. They will meet with the ruling coalition’s leaders, as well as […]
Lawyers gathered in front of the Supreme Court to submit a petition raising concerns over the Maldivian judiciary. The European Union and British Ambassador to the Maldives on Monday criticized the mass suspension of over 50 lawyers in the archipelago over an “unlawful” petition they submitted to the Supreme Court. In a tweet posted late […]