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  • New US envoy in Malta

    -- Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley has presented her credentials as U.S. ambassador to Malta, filling a post vacant for more than a year following the resignation of her controversial predecessor.Douglas Kmiec resigned in April 2011 following the publication of   Read more »

  • Former Maltese President Censu Tabone dies aged 98

    -- Former Malta President Censu Tabone, who hosted a U.S.-Soviet summit that declared an end to the Cold War, has died. He was 98.Tabone's family said he died at home in St. Julians on Wednesday.Tabone, an ophthalmologist by profession, was a military doctor   Read more »

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Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated island nation consisting of an archipelago of seven islands in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Malta lies directly south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya. The country's official languages are Maltese and English. Roman Catholicism is the most practised religion. The islands constituting the Maltese nation have been ruled by various powers and fought over for centuries. Malta has been a member state of the European Union since May 1, 2004, and it is currently the smallest EU country in both population and area. Malta is the only nation in the world that has collectively been awarded the George Cross for conspicuous gallantry, and its flag bears a replica of that award.

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