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| Type | Daily (1883-1940) fortnightly (1940-1943) |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder(s) | Fortunato Mizzi |
| Editor | Fortunato Mizzi, Enrico Mizzi |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Valletta (1883-1940) Rome (1940-1943) |
| Country | Malta, Italy |
The Malta (subtitled "Quotidiano nazionalista"), sometimes also known as Gazzetta Maltese, was an Italian-language newspaper founded in 1883 in British Malta.
Fortunato Mizzi founded the newspaper as an Italian-language press outlet in Malta, at the time a British colony.
In the 1920s and 1930s, the Malta, led by Enrico Mizzi, son of Fortunato, was the press outlet of the Italophiles Maltese irredentists gathered in the Partito Nazionalista . [1]
Following the entry of Italy into World War II, in June 1940 the newspaper was transferred to Rome, where it was written by irredentist emigrants. Published by Calogero Tumminelli, its frequency changed from daily to fortnightly. [2] It stopped its publications in July 1943.
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Victoria, also known among the native Maltese as Rabat or by its title Città Victoria, is an administrative unit of Malta, and the main town on Gozo. Victoria has a total population of 6,901, and is the most populous settlement in Gozo.
Fortunato Mizzi was a Maltese lawyer and politician.
Enrico Mizzi was a Maltese politician, leader of the Maltese Nationalist Party from 1926 and briefly Prime Minister of Malta in 1950.
Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud was a Maltese politician, the 3rd Prime Minister of Malta under British home rule, and the first to serve a full term in power. He held office from 1924 to 1927 and from 1932 to 1933. He was a member of the Nationalist Party and the Maltese Italian community.
The history of the Jews in Malta spans two millennia. A Jewish community is attested on the islands by the 4th-5th century. Jews prospered in Malta under Arab and Norman rule. They were expelled in 1492, and a community could only re-establish itself after 1798 under British rule. In the 19th and 20th century, the Jewish community in Malta welcomed refugees from Italy and Central Europe, escaping Nazi rule. Today, a small community remains well established on the islands.
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Mizzi is a surname of Maltese origin. Mizzi is also a German-language diminutive of the female given name Maria. Mizzi may refer to:
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Bice Mizzi Vassallo was a Maltese pianist, considered among the foremost pianists of her generation. She is also known as the daughter of composer Paolino Vassallo and Maria Anna nee Grech, and the wife of former Maltese Prime Minister Enrico Mizzi.
The Niçard exodus was one of the first emigration phenomena that involved the Italian populations in the contemporary age. It was due to the refusal of a quarter of the Niçard Italians to stay in Nice after its annexation to France in 1861, which was decided after the Plombières Agreement.
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