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The island state is one of the ten smallest countries in the world. The largest, the island of Malta, the island of the same name, reaches 27 km in length, and in width - 15 km.
Malta takes the fifth place in the world in terms of population density. There is an opinion that Malta is a fragment of the legendary sunken Atlantis.
Since 1964, more than 300 films have been shot in Malta, including “Gladiator”, “Troy”, “Asterix and Obelix”, “Count Monte Cristo”, “Code of Da Vinci”, episodes from Bond and “Game of Thrones”.
🌎 Wrapped in mystery, the Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni in Malta is a subterranean temple complex carved around 4000 BCE. Archaeologists have uncovered elaborately decorated chambers and passageways, but the original purpose—whether burial, ritual, or both—remains uncertain. The site also contains a unique “oracle chamber” with acoustic properties that amplify sound. ✨
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Nella mattinata di oggi, Papa #LeoneXIV ha ricevuto in udienza, in Vaticano, la Presidente della Repubblica di #Malta, Myriam Spiteri Debono, la quale ha successivamente incontrato il Cardinale Pietro Parolin, Segretario di Stato di Sua Santità, accompagnato da mons. Paul R. Gallagher, Segretario per i Rapporti con gli Stati e le Organizzazioni Internazionali.
"Nel corso dei cordiali colloqui in Segreteria di Stato - si apprende dalla Sala Stampa vaticana -, vi è stato uno scambio di vedute sull’attualità internazionale, con particolare attenzione alle situazioni in #MedioOriente e in #Ucraina. Nel prosieguo della conversazione, sono state sottolineate le buone relazioni bilaterali e la proficua collaborazione tra la Chiesa e lo Stato in vari ambiti, soffermandosi su temi di comune interesse, quali la situazione demografica e le migrazioni".
Questa mattina Papa #LeoneXIV ha ricevuto in udienza il Primo Ministro di #Malta, Robert Abela, il quale si è successivamente incontrato con il Cardinale Pietro Parolin, Segretario di Stato di Sua Santità, accompagnato da mons. Paul Richard Gallagher, Segretario per i Rapporti con gli Stati e le Organizzazioni Internazionali.
"Nel corso dei cordiali colloqui in Segreteria di Stato - si legge in una nota diffusa dalla Sala Stampa della Santa Sede -, sono stati sottolineati i buoni rapporti bilaterali e la proficua collaborazione tra la Chiesa e lo Stato. Sono state, altresì, trattate tematiche di comune interesse, quali le migrazioni, che vedono fortemente impegnati la Chiesa e il Governo. Nel prosieguo della conversazione, si è fatto riferimento alla situazione europea ed internazionale, con particolare attenzione all’#Ucraina e al #MedioOriente".
St. John’s Co-Cathedral is the most visited landmark in Valletta and one of Malta’s greatest treasures. Built by the Knights of St. John in the 1500s, it represents the island’s rich history and faith. Behind its simple stone walls lies a world of gold, marble and art, a masterpiece of Baroque style that still amazes visitors centuries later. #DiscoverEU cities with us!
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Әулие Иоаннның соборы - Валлеттадағы адамдар ең көп баратын орын, әрі Мальтаның ең көне тарихи мұраларының бірі. Ол XVI ғасырда Иоанн батырлары күшімен салынған және аралдың тарихы мен рухани өмірінің белгісіне айналған. Сыртынан қарапайым көрінгенімен, ішінде алтынмен көмкерілген барокко сәні мен ғасырлар бойы сақталған көркем орын. Eуроодақ қалаларын бізбен бірге ашыңыз!
#DiscoverEU#Valletta#Malta
Papa #LeoneXIV ha accettato la rinuncia all’incarico di Nunzio Apostolico in #Siria, presentata dal Cardinal Mario Zenari, e la rinuncia all’incarico di Nunzio Apostolico in #Malta e #Libia presentata da mons. Savio Hon Tai‑Fai, Arcivescovo titolare di Sila, entrambi "per raggiunti limiti di età". Lo si apprende dal bollettino quotidiano della Sala Stampa vaticana.
Greece, Malta and the Sanctions Revolt of the Minions
Brussels wants to blow up the old “price cap” compromise and move to a full services ban on Russian oil: no insurance, no shipping, no port access — a financial airstrike on Moscow’s tankers wrapped as the 20th sanctions package. Greece and Malta, whose flags and companies quietly move a huge slice of that oil, just pulled the handbrake. They’re not reciting Kremlin talking points; they’re asking the only forbidden question in today’s EU: who exactly pays for our moral clarity this time — Russia, or our own industries?
At the ambassadors’ meeting, Athens and Valletta reportedly balked: a blanket services ban could hammer European shippers, jack up costs, and push more business into the hands of non‑Western insurers and flags. They also want to know what it means to “sanction foreign ports” that handle Russian oil, and how far Brussels plans to go in policing ship sales so they don’t end up in Russia’s shadow fleet. Translation: before you destroy our leverage, kindly show us the fine print. Everyone loves sanctions until it’s their harbor that goes dark.
On paper, the Commission’s logic is simple: the G7 price cap didn’t really gut Russia’s oil revenue, so now you go after the plumbing — services — as the new choke point. In practice, it’s another round of sanctions theater that assumes the rest of the world will sit still while Europe moralizes itself out of market share. The U.S. line on the change is “unclear,” which usually means Washington is happy to watch Brussels tighten the screws while American players stay flexible, nimble and mysteriously “compliant.” When Europe sanctifies a sector, someone else quietly takes the profit.
Meanwhile, the package that’s supposedly about punishing Moscow is already being carved into side deals. Brussels is considering lifting sanctions on two Chinese rural banks after “commitments” from Beijing, even as the same officials admit China is Russia’s main war‑time enabler, providing the critical inputs for weapons. So the EU will go hard on ship registries in Piraeus and Valletta, but tiptoe around Beijing so as not to upset “bilateral relations” and export figures. Germany is even nervous about using the anti‑circumvention tool on Kyrgyzstan and floats quotas instead of a ban, to keep the paperwork tidy and the diplomacy polite.
Somewhere in this mess appears a line about quotas on ammonia and bans on fertilizers and chemicals — the same sector a pro‑Trump “America First” outfit calls “selfish and dangerous for the U.S.” because cutting fertilizer supply in the name of punishing Russia also hits farmers and global food security. It’s a rare moment when a nationalist think tank says quietly what a lot of European policymakers know but won’t admit: sanctions have a boomerang setting, and it’s locked in the “on” position.
So we end up with a familiar EU ritual: a “historic” sanctions package that must be unanimous, southern shipping states asking not to be sacrificed on the altar of Brussels’ virtue, Germany fretting about tiny Central Asian trade flows, Beijing negotiating exemptions, and Washington keeping its options open. The official story is that Europe is tightening the noose around the Kremlin. The unofficial story is that everyone in the room is bargaining over how much of their own economy they are willing to strangle in the process — while telling voters it’s all for justice, not for positioning in the next commodities reshuffle.
#eu#russia#oil#greece#malta#sanctions#energy#fakeDemocracy
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Israel’s attack on an unarmed humanitarian vessel in European waters, and the government silence that followed, is part of a wider pattern: 19 months of Israel's relentless violence in Gaza and 77 years of impunity across occupied Palestine.
While Malta’s newly released report confirms what we already knew, there has still been no condemnation issued. No investigation. No accountability.
As we prepare to sail again with ‘Madleen’, we do so knowing our ships remain targets, not only of Israeli aggression but of global inaction.
We call on governments to guarantee safe passage, on media to report the truth, and on people everywhere to demand an end to Israel’s siege and ongoing genocide:
– Share this post and tag the EU Commission and your MEPs
– Sign our petition to demand an independent investigation
– Demonstrate at weapons manufacturers
– Keep #AllEyesOnDeck as ‘Madleen’ sails
#BreakTheSiege#EndTheBlockade#StandWithGaza#StandWithPalestine#EU#Malta#Conscience
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Hundreds of migrants are vanishing in the #Mediterranean. Authorities are withholding information
Bodies washing ashore day after day. Phone calls from relatives going unanswered. #Migrants’ tents abandoned overnight.
Migrants trying to reach #Europe are vanishing in droves in what are known as “invisible shipwrecks” but governments responsible for search and rescue are withholding information about what they know.
The beginning of 2026 ranks as the deadliest start to any year for people trying to cross the Mediterranean — an unprecedented 682 confirmed missing as of March 16 — according to the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration. But the real death toll is almost certainly much higher.
Human rights groups are increasingly struggling to verify tolls as #Italy, #Tunisia and #Malta have quietly restricted information on migrant rescues and shipwrecks along the....
https://apnews.com/article/migrants-vanishing-missing-mediterranean-authorities-silent-ee527d91dc96550685c88e87c1ce4e6b