Malta
Area: 316 km
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Population: 400 000 (rounded)
Capital city: Valletta
Currency: 1 Maltese lira = 100 cents, 1 euro = 0.43 Maltese lira (MTL) (dec. 2005)
National day: Malta has several national days (31 March, 7 June, 8 September, 21 September and 13 December)
EU membership: 1 May 2004 (EU)
Head of State: President Edward Fenech-Adami
Head of Government: Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi
Foreign Minister: Michael Frendo
Government: Partit Nazzjonalista (PN, Nationalist Party, 35 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral: Il-Kamra tad-Deputati, 65 members, elections every 5 years, no threshold
GDP: €4 316 million (2004, rounded)
GDP per capita in PPS: €15 900 (2004, rounded)
Economic growth in real terms: + 0.4 % (2004, rounded)
Links:
Head of State: http://www.president.gov.mt
Head of Government: http://www.opm.gov.mt
Head of Government: http://www.gov.mt
Foreign Minister: http://www.foreign.gov.mt
Parliament: http://www.parliament.gov.mt
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