A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
NEW DELHI: Maldives and its people support India in its standoff with China at Doklam as Male values Delhi as a close neighbour, which will render assistance in times of crises, said Mohamed Nasheed, former president and principal Opposition leader of the island nation. “We should take sides and we are taking sides. If I […]
The opposition in the Maldives is looking to India to play a role in ending the political crisis created by President Abdulla Yameen and New Delhi has been delivering, former president Mohamed Nasheed said on Friday. Nasheed, who has lived in self-exile in Britain since last year, is in Delhi to participate in a seminar […]
Leading Maldives luxury resort, Coco Bodu Hithi has partnered with Michelin star chef, Tom Kitchin, to bring his culinary skills to host two exclusive dinners at the 5-star property in October 2017. As part of the collaboration, Tom Kitchin will host the exclusive dinners, which will offer a six course tasting menu for the resort’s […]
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed in Delhi on Thursday. Credit: By special arrangement Mohamed Nasheed spoke to The Wire about India’s quiet signals to the Maldives, why he doesn’t want to push Yameen out “forcefully” and the “new direction” of the opposition campaign. New Delhi: Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldives’ first democratically elected president, is in India after three years […]
Mohamed Nasheed. Credit: Wikimedia This is his first Indian sojourn since he left the Indian ocean island nation in January 2016. New Delhi: Even as the parliament of Maldives continues to be virtually besieged, opposition leader and former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed will be arriving in India for a short visit this week. This is his first […]
The political situation in the island nation of Maldives has been swinging from the tragic to the farcical in the last two months as President Yameen struggles to retain his hold on power. Having sent his nemesis – former President Nasheed – to 13 years prison on an utterly bogus charge of ‘terrorism’, Yameen thought […]
Gili Lankanfushi has announced the appointment of David Stepetic as General Manager. Over the past five years, the resort has set the benchmark for barefoot and understated luxury in the Maldives, with 45 sophisticated over-water villas and a serious commitment to sustainability. David Stepetic joins Gili Lankanfushi from Jumeirah Dhevanafushi in the Maldives, where he […]