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2015 In Malta
The following lists events from 2015 in Malta. Incumbents *President of Malta, President: Marie Louise Coleiro Preca *Prime Minister of Malta, Prime Minister: Joseph Muscat Events February *18 February – The Naval Service (Ireland), Irish Naval Service donated the patrol boat LÉ Aoife (P22), LÉ ''Aoife'' to the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta. April *11 April – The Maltese spring hunting referendum, 2015, spring hunting referendum and Maltese local council elections, 2015, local council elections were held. May *4 May – The Parliament of Malta moves from the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta to the purpose-built Parliament House (Malta), Parliament House. November *11–12 November – The Valletta Summit on Migration is held in Valletta. *27–29 November – The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015 is held in Malta. See also *Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 *2014–15 Maltese Premier League *2014–15 Maltese FA T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies south of Sicily (Italy), east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The official languages are Maltese and English, and 66% of the current Maltese population is at least conversational in the Italian language. Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled the islands, including the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights of St. John, French, and British, amongst others. With a population of about 516,000 over an area of , Malta is the world's tenth-smallest country in area and fourth most densely populated sovereign cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |