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Malta, island state in the central Mediterranean, with the islands of Malta, Gozo (Maltese Ghaudex) and Comino. The islands are the remains of a land bridge between Sicily and North Africa. They have bays rich in coasts and are heavily karstified inside. Tourism is of great economic importance. The Maltese are a mixed Mediterranean people with Arabic language (Maltese). According to COUNTRYAAH, Malta is a nation in Southern Europe, the capital city of which is Valletta. The latest population of Malta is 441,554. MYSTERYAROUND: Lists and descriptions of main religions and beliefs in Malta, including religion demographics and statistics on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.

History: Malta, since about 5000 BC Settled, was one of the centers of the megalithic culture and from 1000 BC. Phoenician colony. Around 400 BC It became Carthaginian, 218 BC. AD Roman, AD 870 Arabic, and 1090 Norman; later it was part of the Kingdom of Sicily. From 1530 Malta belonged to the Order of St. John (Maltese). In 1798 it was conquered by Napoleon I, in 1800 from Great Britain, who turned the island into a military base. Malta has been independent since 1964 and a parliamentary republic since 1974. In 2004 Malta joined the European Union.

Prime Minister Gonzi’s government resigned in December 2012 following the failure of the 2013 draft budget in parliament. In the new parliamentary elections on March 9, 2013, the opposition Labor Party was able to achieve a clear victory with 54.8% of the vote. The Gonzis Nationalist Party won 43.3% of the vote. J. Muscat became the new prime minister, the leader of the Labor Party. At the beginning of August 2013 there was a conflict with the EU Commission when Malta refused to accept 102 shipwrecked migrants. These had been rescued by a Liberian freighter, which was prevented from entering by the Maltese Navy. Italy eventually took in the asylum seekers. The incident highlighted the difficult problem of the numerous boat refugees who have been coming to Malta from Africa or the Middle East for years. On 4th April 2014 the PL politician M.-L. Coleiro Preca the presidency. In the European elections on May 24, 2014, the Labor Party was able to prevail with a result of 53.4% ​​of the votes against the Nationalist Party, which received only around 40% of the votes. In November 2015, Valletta hosted the refugee summit between the EU and the African states, at which the negotiating partners agreed on a joint action plan. In the same month, the heads of government of the Commonwealth countries met in Malta for a summit. The main topics were climate change and international terrorism.

In connection with revelations about so-called offshore business by the Panama Papers, the government led by J. Muscat ran into difficulties in 2016. During mass protests on April 10, 2016, demonstrators called for the cabinet to resign. On April 18, 2016, the opposition submitted a motion of no confidence, which was rejected by 38 votes to 31. Against this background, J. Muscat reshuffled the government on April 28, 2016. After that also against Muscat’s wifeAllegations were made in connection with offshore business, he set early elections for June 3, 2017, which his party won surprisingly with 55% of the vote. The opposition electoral alliance made up of the Nationalist Party and the Democratic Party, which was founded in 2016, received 43.7% of the vote. On June 5, 2017, J. Muscat was sworn in again as Prime Minister. On July 12, 2017, parliament passed a legislative reform with just one vote against, which made marriage possible for same-sex couples.

On October 16, 2017, journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia (* 1964, † 2017), who was critical of the government , was killed in a car explosion. She had researched money laundering, corruption and tax evasion and evaluated the Panama Papers for Malta. Her research in political circles brought the investigative journalist repression and 47 defamation suits. Her murder was neither independently investigated nor fully investigated, and the perpetrators of the attack remained in the dark. When the EU Parliament made a public inquiry into the case into an ultimatum, Prime Minister J. Muscat announced his resignation for January 2020 in early December 2019. In January 2020, Robert became Abela (* 1977) elected the new head of the Labor Party and thus the new Prime Minister.

On April 4th, 2019, the Eurosceptic physician George Vella was sworn in as President of the Republic.