Malta

Malta officially known as the Republic of Malta, is an island country in the European Union consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, and considered part of Southern Europe.`{`14`}` It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Sicily (Italy), 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya.The official languages are Maltese and English, and 66% of the current Maltese population is at least conversational in the Italian language.