On 18 May 1565 ... their fleet; and Malta did have strategic significance as a possible stepping stone to Spain. Nevertheless ...

Since the preliminary agreement had been published in October 1801, it was quite natural that the Maltese got to know about the fact that Malta would be restored to the Order of St John under the ...

Nestled in southern Europe, Malta is a sun-soaked archipelago in the Mediterranean with three main islands: Malta, Gozo, and Comino. Known for their enviable location between Sicily and North ...

Clashing civilizations, rival great powers, cutting-edge technology: we have been here before, as Marcus Bull, a professor at the University of North Carolina, shows in The Great Siege of Malta ... in ...