Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated island nation consisting of an archipelago of seven islands in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Malta lies directly south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya. The country's official languages are Maltese and English. Roman Catholicism is the most common religion. The strategically located islands constituting the Maltese nation have been ruled by various powers and fought over for centuries. Malta has been a member state of the European Union since May 1 2004. It is currently the smallest European Union country in both population and area. Malta is the only nation in the world whose flags bear a decoration awarded by a foreign country, the British George Cross.

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Malta has been inhabited since around 5200 BC. A significant prehistoric Neolithic culture marked by Megalithic structures existed on the islands during its pre-history, predating the Pyramids of Giza by a millennium. Phoenicians colonized the islands around 1000 BC, using them as an outpost from which they expanded sea explorations and trade in the Mediterranean.

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RT @activismodesofa: E depois admiram-se que a malta ande deprimida nestes primeiros dias do ano http://bit.ly/4HkF3X
laginha (Diogo Laginha) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:21:08 -0000
RT @activismodesofa: E depois admiram-se que a malta ande deprimida nestes primeiros dias do ano http://bit.ly/4HkF3X
@brunomiguel o workshop acaba cedo, eu é que tenho IC as 19h45, posso é não apanhar a malta já reunida
vanessaquiterio (Vanessa Quitério) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:17:47 -0000
@brunomiguel o workshop acaba cedo, eu é que tenho IC as 19h45, posso é não apanhar a malta já reunida
uma gajo chega da hora de almoço e há malta a fazer fila para o livro amarelo... xispa!
loboastuto (Nuno Miguel Correia) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:17:07 -0000
uma gajo chega da hora de almoço e há malta a fazer fila para o livro amarelo... xispa!
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televisivos, cortinas de fumaça de reais intenções, como Malta, para parecem leis ultra fascistas que corroborem em direção aos interesses
Dr_Pikaralhu (Dr. Picaralho Canapé) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:05:09 -0000
televisivos, cortinas de fumaça de reais intenções, como Malta, para parecem leis ultra fascistas que corroborem em direção aos interesses

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