The transport system in Malta is small but extensive, and the islands' domestic system of public transport is reliant on buses and taxis, although there were both a railway and a tramway in the past.
Malta has a long history and was first inhabited in around 5900 BC. The first inhabitants were farmers, and their agricultural methods degraded the soil until the islands became uninhabitable. The islands were repopulated around 3850 BC by a civilization which at its peak built the Megalithic Temples, which today are among the oldest surviving buildings in the world. Their civilization collapsed in around 2350 BC, but the islands were repopulated by Bronze Age warriors soon afterwards.
The Labour Party, formerly known as the Malta Labour Party, is one of the two major political parties in Malta, along with the Nationalist Party. It sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
The Archdiocese of Malta is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Malta.
Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, is a Maltese politician and was the fifth president of Malta from 1994 to 1999.
Islam in Malta has had a historically profound influence 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.
Maltese literature is any literature originating from Malta or by Maltese writers or literature written in the Maltese language.
The 2009 European Parliament election in Malta was the election of the delegation from Malta to the European Parliament in 2009. The elections were held on 6 June on the same day as the 2009 Maltese local council elections.
David Aldus is a Welsh painter. Much of his work depicts landscape scenes but he is equally known for his maritime scenes having sold one to the President of Malta Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici. The painting "A Tribute to the People of Malta" sold for £10,000. The President of Malta gave the painting to the people of Malta and is in the Museum of Malta in Valletta where it is on display.
The Centenary Stadium is a stadium located in Ta' Qali, Malta. The stadium, which is situated next to the National Stadium, houses the headquarters of the Malta Youth Football Association. It seats 3,000 and serves as the home stadium of the Malta national under-21 football team. The stadium, together with three other stadiums, also hosts matches of the Maltese Premier League, Maltese First Division and Maltese FA Trophy.
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, is a Maltese politician who served as Prime Minister of Malta from December 1984 to May 1987.
Owen Bonnici is a Maltese politician who is currently serving as the Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government.
Giovanni Bonello is a Maltese judge, judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 1 November 1998 until 31 October 2004. As the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe rejected the names proposed by the Maltese Government, Bonello's term was extended, in terms of article 23 para. 1 3 CON of the European Convention on Human Rights, until 19 September 2010. In 1990, he was nominated Chief Justice and President of the Constitutional Court but declined the appointment.
Auberge d'Allemagne was an auberge in Valletta, Malta. It was built between 1571 and 1575 to house knights of the Order of Saint John from the langue of Germany.
The Democratic Party was a centrist to centre-left political party in Malta. It was founded in 2016 after a split from the Labour Party. It elected Malta's first two third party MPs for the first time since the country's Independence. In August 2020 the party announced an agreement to merge with the green Democratic Alternative party to form a new party called AD+PD. The merger was conducted on 17 October 2020.
Reginald Vella Tomlin was born in Malta to E.B. Vella and Precedes Tomlin.
Mario Buhagiar is an author, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) and member of the National Order of Merit (MOM). He is professor in history of art at the University of Malta and was for 25 years head of the History of Art Department, which he founded.
The 2019 European Parliament election was held in Malta on 25 May 2019. 8 different political parties took part in the election, of which, only 2 won seats in the European Parliament; the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party, with 4 and 2 seats respectively.
Albert Ganado MOM is a Maltese lawyer and historian. He is a past president of the Malta Historical Society and the founder and president of the Malta Map Society. He released his memoirs in 2020. Some of his publications have won awards in different categories of the National Book Prize by the National Book Council.
Godfrey Wettinger was a Maltese historian. He is known for his discovery, together with Fr. Mikiel Fsadni, of Il-Kantilena, a document that is widely considered to be the oldest work of Maltese literature.
