Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs), as low-tax, lightly regulated jurisdictions, specialise in providing the corporate and commercial infrastructure for the formation of offshore companies and for the investment of offshore funds.
Malta – The Facts
- Full name: Republic of Malta
- Population: 407,000 (UN, 2007)
- Capital: Valletta
- Area: 316 sq km (122 sq miles)
- Major languages: Maltese, English
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 77 years (men), 81 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: Euro from 1 January 2008
- Main exports: Machinery and transport equipment
- GNI per capita: US $13,590 (World Bank, 2006)
- Internet domain: .mt
- International dialling code: +356
- President: Edward Fenech Adami
- Prime minister: Lawrence Gonzi
- The press
- Times of Malta-daily
- Malta Independent-daily
- It-Torca-weekly owned by General Workers' Union
- Il-Mument - weekly, owned by Nationalist Party
- In-Nazzjon-daily, owned by Nationalist Party
- L-Orrizont-daily, owned by General Workers' Union Malta Today
- Television
- Television Malta (TVM)-public
- Super One TV-owned by Malta Labour Party
- Net TV-owned by Nationalist Party
- Radio:
- Radio Malta-public
- Super One Radio-owned by Malta Labour Party
- Radio 101-owned by Nationalist Party
- Bay Radio-private
- FM music station
- RTK - Catholic Church station
- Internet
- MaltaMedia
- di-ve.com
- maltarightnow.com
- maltastar.com
