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The Times of Malta is an English-language daily newspaper in Malta. Founded in 1935, by Lord and Lady Strickland and Lord Strickland's daughter Mabel, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in Malta. It has the widest circulation of any Maltese newspaper. [2] The newspaper is published by Allied Newspapers Limited, which is owned ...
The Malta Independent on Sunday: Daily: English: 1992: Standard Publications: Nationalist Party: Times of Malta, Sunday Times of Malta: Daily: English: 1935: Allied Newspapers: Nationalist Party: Established in 1929 as Times of Malta Weekly: Malta Today, Malta Today on Sunday: Biweekly: English: 1999: Media Today: Malta Labour Party and ...
Between 1976 and 1981 Malta went through difficult times and the Labour government demanded that the Maltese tighten their belts in order to overcome the difficulties Malta was facing. There were shortages of essential items; water and electricity supplies were systematically suspended for two or three days a week.
Malta ( / ˈmɒltə / ⓘ MOL-tə, / ˈmɔːltə / MAWL-tə, Maltese: [ˈmɐːltɐ] ), officially the Republic of Malta, [14] is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, [15] and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya.
Year Date Event 870: Malta is conquered by Aghlabid Arabs.: The fortified Roman settlement of Melita, on the highlands in the centre of Malta, is reduced in size, further fortified, and renamed Medina, precursor to the Medieval city of Mdina.
Giovanni Bonello studied law and practiced for the first decades of his professional career, specializing in constitutional and human rights litigation in newly-independent Malta. He defended over 170 human rights lawsuits before Maltese and international courts. At a point, was also the legal adviser of Malta's Chamber of Commerce. [4]
Languages of Malta. Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English. Maltese is the national language. Until 1934, Italian was also an official language in Malta, and in the 19th and 20th centuries there was a linguistic and political debate known as the Language Question about the roles of these three languages.
Myriam Spiteri Debono. Myriam Spiteri Debono [a] (born 25 October 1952) [1] is a Maltese politician who is the 11th and current President of Malta. She is the first Gozitan woman to be elected to the position. She was also the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta [2] [3] from 1996 to 1998, the first woman to hold that position.