Monday 21 September 2020
Malta’s Independence Day
Malta was ruled over the past 2 millennia by
the Romans, the Arabs, the Normans, the Spanish, the Knights of St John, the
French and the British. Following a Maltese constitutional referendum in 1964,
approved by 54.5% of voters, on September 21st, 1964, Malta became an
independent state as a Constitutional Monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its
Head of State. So September 21st every year is celebrated as
Independence Day or Jum l-Indipendenza in Maltese, this year being the 56th anniversary. One can say that both Labour Leader Dom Mintoff, as well as Nationalist
Leader and Prime Minister George Borg Olivier contributed towards the
attainment of Independence. On December 1st
1964, Malta was admitted to the United Nations. In 1965 Malta joined the
Council of Europe, and in 1970, Malta signed an Association Treaty with the
European Community. Malta was declared a republic on December 13th, 1974, and on May 1st, 2004, Malta
finally became the 25th nation to join the European Union.
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