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3 unusual facts about Maltese


John Galeaa

John Galea is an award winning British singer, songwriter and record producer of Maltese descent

Morkie

Morkie appearance varies widely, some expressing more of a Yorkshire terrier appearance and some a more Maltese look.

Morkie ears can be pointed, like the Yorkie, or floppy, like the Maltese.


7th Wonder

"7th Wonder" (occasionally rendered as "Seventh Wonder") was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English by Ira Losco.

Action of 27 June 1798

The knights put up no resistance, although fighting against native Maltese troops lasted for 24 hours until the central city of Mdina fell.

Alexander Huie

He married Annie Bertha Lark, née Bartlett, a Maltese-born widow, on 1 October 1921 in a Methodist ceremony at Ashfield, where they settled; Annie would predecease him in 1948.

Ally Dawson

He signed for Limerick F.C. in 1990 and returned to Scotland later that season with Airdrie, before becoming Player/Manager of Maltese league club Luxol St. Andrews.

Andrade Antunes Anderson

On the 2nd February 2010, Valletta F.C., a Maltese Premier League team, presented the player as their new purchase, with a contract until the end of the season.

Armier Bay

Armier Bay (in Maltese: Bajjet l-Armier), is situated in the locality of Mellieħa, Malta.

Birżebbuġa

Birzebbuga St. Peters F.C. nowadays plays in the Maltese First Division after languishing at the bottom of Maltese football for years.

Brochtorff Circle

The Brochtorff Circle at Xagħra, one of possibly two stone circles at Xagħra, but also more simply known without distinction, as the Xagħra Stone Circle, is an underground Neolithic burial complex, situated in Xagħra on the Maltese island of Gozo.

Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici

Carmelo "Carm" Mifsud Bonnici (born 17 February 1960) is a Maltese politician who served in a number of Ministerial posts in the Government of Malta.

Chasing Pandora

Chasing Pandora is a Maltese musical duo coming from Gozo.

Chris Camilleri

Chris Camilleri (footballer), Maltese Association football (soccer) player, currently playing for Hibernians

Claudette Pace

Claudette Buttigieg (née Pace) is a Maltese singer born in Naxxar in 1968.

Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues

During the 2010–11 summer transfer window he signed a two-year contract until 2011–12, with Maltese Premier League club Tarxien Rainbows.

Darren Dykes

Following his release by Swindon, Dykes had an unsuccessful trial with Maltese side Marsaxlokk before returning to Buckingham Town.

Dětský Island

Until the 18th century, it was called Maltézský Island (after the owner of the Maltese monastery Panny Marie pod řetězem in the Lesser Quarter).

Diane Borg

Diane Borg (born September 12, 1990 in Pietà, Malta) is a Maltese sprinter.

Dimal

During the summer of 2012, Dimal teamed up with Maltese singer-songwriter Lyndsay Pace to release their song "Let's Make It Happen", which blends Dimal’s rapping skills and Lyndsay’s melodic vocals.

Fernando von Arb

In the 1970s Von Arb was encounter trouble finding a power voice for his band until he discovered Maltese-born Marc Storace to lead his band's vocals for years to come.

Filfla

On the Maltese coast opposite Filfla are the archeological sites of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra, the Hamrija Tower (one of 13 watchtowers that Martin de Redin built around the coast of Malta), and a memorial to Walter Norris Congreve, one of Malta's British governors, who was buried at sea in the channel between the island and Malta.

Giorgio Borġ Olivier

Water desalinisation plants, hotels, factories, villas and apartments began to provide work, host and rest to the rising number of Maltese workers, who catered for the needs of tourists and the nouveau riche.

Giovanni Bonello

However, because the propsal list of the Maltese government got rejected repeatedly by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Bonellos term of office according to Article 23 para.

Graham Bencini

A host of ex-Malta national team players were asked to join the club, and Graham was one of them, he was also joined by Maltese players Daniel Bogdanovic, Richard Buhagiar and David Carabott.

John the Merciful

John the Merciful (also known as John the Almsgiver, John the Almoner, John V of Alexandria, John Eleymon, San Ġwann t'Għuxa (Maltese) and Johannes Eleemon) (Patron of Casarano, Italy) was the Patriarch of Alexandria in the early 7th century (from 606 to 616) and a Christian saint.

Karl Schembri

Fellow Maltese writer and critic Mario Azzopardi (born in 1944 in Ħamrun Malta) describes Schembri as 'a pioneer in his generation that has assaulted his nation that is lubricated on hypocrisy, nepotism and corruption.

Kevin Casha

Furthermore, under his guidance, the foremost photographic association in the UK, the SWPP, later recognized the standards of the Maltese qualifications and agreed to give reciprocal qualifications.

L-Innu Malti

In 1850 Ġan Anton Vassallo composed Innu Lil Malta, which used to be played during many Maltese political manifestations and meetings.

Lampione

laurentimulleri,(also found on Linosa) which is a subspecies of Maltese Wall Lizard, numerous migrating birds and the Armadillidium hirtum pelagicum, a land crustacean.

Lanfranco

Guido Lanfranco (born 1930), Maltese writer on natural history and folklore

Languages of Malta

The local television channels in Malta are broadcast mainly in Maltese and sometimes English.

Leonardo Ferrulli

On 11 July 1941, with fellow pilots of his Gruppo, Ferrulli took part to the attack against the Maltese base of Mqabba.

Malta Song for Europe 2008

And Australian Idol winner Natalie Gauci of Maltese descent performed during the national finale.

Maltese in Egypt

Maltese immigrants joined the many others who flocked to the area for work in 1859 with the construction of the Suez Canal.

Maltese local council elections, 2005

This decision has been strongly criticized and many Nationalists too did not agree with such 'strategic measures', as quoted by the Maltese Prime Minister, Lawrence Gonzi.

Maltese people

Another study carried out by geneticists Spencer Wells and Pierre Zalloua of the American University of Beirut showed that more than 50% of Y-chromosomes from Maltese men could have Phoenician origins.

Marija l-Maltija

This was Malta's debut Eurovision entry and consequently the first time that the Maltese language or any other Semitic language was heard at the Contest.

Mystery Scene

:Articles focus on writers (Stuart Neville, Edgar Allan Poe, Daphne du Maurier), characters (Trixie Belden, Jack Reacher), films and TV shows (“The Three Maltese Falcons”, Rockford Files, David Simon, humorous mystery movies), and subgenres (legal thrillers, romantic suspense, crime novels of the Civil Rights era), among other topics.

Pellegrino Albanese

Pellegrino Albanese (born 4 February 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Maltese Maltese First Division club Msida Saint-Joseph F.C.

Philip Mizzi

Philip Mizzi (born 27 August 1945, Qormi, Malta) is a Maltese actor with a varied body of work on stage, television and film.

President of Malta

The Role of the President is detailed in a publication (in the Maltese language) called Il-Manwal tal-President tar-Repubblika written by former President Ugo Mifsud Bonnici.

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire

Signor Ferrari and Ugarte, characters portrayed by Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in the movie Casablanca appear in Raseir, as does the Maltese Falcon from the movie of the same name which also featured Greenstreet and Lorre in other roles.

Renzo Spiteri

He is the musical director and drummer/percussionist of the Maltese folk band Walter Micallef u l-Ħbieb, and works very closely with Contact Dance Company (Malta), writing music and performing live on stage with the company in Malta and across Europe.

Rużar Briffa

The Maltese town of Mosta contains a road named in his honour, Triq Rużar Briffa.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Fontana

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church is in Fontana, Gozo Island, part of the Maltese Archipelago.

Saint Joseph's Day

However, the city of Rabat celebrates the traditional Maltese feast on the 19th of March, where in the evening a procession is also held with the statue of St Joseph.

Spiteri

Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer (of Maltese ancestry) and frontwoman of the band Texas

The Maltese Falcon

The Black Bird, a 1975 comedic sequel film to The Maltese Falcon

Maltese Falcon Society, an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel The Maltese Falcon, and hard-boiled mystery books and writers in general

Times Three

Times Three were formed specifically in order to enter the 1999 Maltese Eurovision selection with the song "Believe 'n Peace", written by Christopher Scicluna and Moira Stafrace (elder sister to Diane) who, as Chris & Moira, had represented Malta in the 1994 Eurovision.


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