Joseph Muscat, is a Maltese politician who served as Prime Minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020, and Leader of the Partit Laburista (PL) from June 2008 to January 2020. Muscat was re-elected as prime minister in the elections of 3 June 2017. Previously he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2008. He was Leader of the Opposition from October 2008 to March 2013. Muscat identifies as a progressive and liberal politician, with pro-business leanings, and has been associated with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies.
The Maltese are a nation and ethnic group native to Malta who speak Maltese, a Semitic language. Malta is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Included within the ethnic group defined by the Maltese people are the Gozitans who inhabit Malta's sister island, Gozo.
Islam in Malta has had a historically profound impact upon the country—especially its language and agriculture—as a consequence of several centuries of control and presence on the islands. Today, the main Muslim organizations represented in Malta are the Libyan World Islamic Call Society and the minority Ahmadiyya.
Giovanni Caruana was a Maltese lawyer and minor philosopher. He was mostly interested in the philosophy of law and in political economy. At least two portraits of Caruana exist, both by the renowned early 20th century Maltese artist Edward Caruana Dingli. Both were displayed at an exhibition on Caruana Dingli at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta, in 2010.
Bakhshi is a Dari, Persian, Pakistani and Indian surname.
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Daphne Anne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese writer, blogger and anti-corruption activist, who reported on political events in Malta. In particular, she focused on investigative journalism, reporting on government corruption, nepotism, patronage, allegations of money laundering, links between Malta's online gambling industry and organized crime, Malta's citizenship-by-investment scheme, and payments from the government of Azerbaijan. Caruana Galizia's national and international reputation was built on her regular reporting of misconduct by Maltese politicians and politically exposed persons.
Irmer is a surname of German origin. It has emerged from the Old German first name Irminher. Outside of Germany the surname is most often found among German Americans and German Brazilians.
Marzo is an Italian and Spanish surname. Marzo in both languages means March and the name originally indicated a special connection of its bearer to the third month of the year. Besides Spain and Italy its area of distribution includes most of the Spanish-speaking world and all countries with a considerable Italian diaspora.
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Cucchiara is an Italian surname which is most prevalent in the region of Sicily and is also to be found among the American, Argentinian, German and French Italian diaspora. Notable people with the surname include:
Menga is a Kongo and Italian surname. Notable people with this family name include:
Simari is an Italian surname which is most prevalent in the southeastern region of Calabria and is also to be found among the American and especially Argentinian Italian diaspora. Notable people with the surname include:
Quintrell is an English surname originally from Cornwall, where it appeared after the Norman conquest of 1066 as the anglicisation of either the old french name Cointerel or – less likely – a toponymic surname derived from the French place name Chantarel. Notable people with this name include:
Hembree is an English surname almost exclusively found in the (southeastern) United States, where it represents an altered spelling of the English family name Hembr(e)y, which may be traced to one of at least three Germanic compound personal names. Notable people with this name include:
Brenneis is a German language occupational surname for a blacksmith and may refer to:
Capano is a variant of the more numerous Italian surname Capuano. It is most prevalent in the southeastern regions of Calabria and Campania and is also to be found among the American, Brazilian and Argentinian Italian diaspora. Notable people with the surname include:
Zago is an Italian surname derived from the Greek word διάκος and originally referred to a religious authority of the minor orders. It is most prevalent in the northern regions of Veneto, Lombardia and Piemonte and is also to be found among the Brazilian, French and Argentinian Italian diaspora.
The Turkish Military Cemetery, also known as the Ottoman Military Cemetery, is a cemetery in Marsa, Malta. Commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz to replace an earlier Muslim cemetery, it was constructed between 1873 and 1874. The cemetery was designed by the Maltese architect Emanuele Luigi Galizia, and it is built in an exotic orientalist style. It is maintained by the Turkish government. Originally the cemetery was referred to as the Mahomedan Cemetery such as on documents, and also referred to as the Martyrs’ Cemetery in Turkey such as on a historic painting.
Saygın and the related Saygun are Turkish surnames and the version Saygın also a male given name with the literal meaning "reputable", "respectable" and may refer to:
Horning is a German language surname. Like the related Hörning and Hornung it may either be derived from the term hornung and in this case be used as a nickname for someone with a relationship to the month of February or derived from Middle Low German hornink and then used for a person born out of wedlock or a topographic name referring to the hornlike shape of a property.
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Tagliaferro is an Italian occupational surname which is most prevalent in the regions of Veneto, Piedmont and Lombardy and is also to be found among the Argentinian, Brazilian, Venezuelan and the American Italian diaspora. Notable people with the surname include:
