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Bondi Plus is a prime time discussion TV program that airs every Monday on the Maltese national television station TVM (Malta). The show is presented by renowned journalist Lou Bondi.

Malta island republic in Europe

Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta, is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. With a population of about 475,000 over an area of 316 km2 (122 sq mi), Malta is the world's tenth smallest and fifth most densely populated country. Its capital is Valletta, which is the smallest national capital in the European Union by area at 0.8 km.2 The official languages are Maltese and English, with Maltese officially recognised as the national language and the only Semitic language in the European Union.

Lou Bondì is a Maltese television broadcast journalist. He presents the programme Bondi Plus on PBS and he has been broadcasting in Maltese television since 1992. He is one of the three founders of the TV production company Where's Everybody which produces Bondi Plus. Bondi Plus won an award for Best Current Affairs programme at the Malta Television Awards in 2006, 2008 and 2010.

The Bondiplus programme originated from the Bondicini investigative journalism programme, which was co-presented by Bondi and former PL candidate Simone Cini in 2001.


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