Status: Free
Political Influences: 5
Economic Pressures: 8
Total Score: 13
Population: n/a
GNI/capita: n/a
Life Expectancy: 77
Religious Groups: n/a
Ethnic Groups: Maltese (mixed Arab, Norman, Spanish, Italian, and English)
Capital: Valletta
The government continued its decade-long effort to diversify the news media. The constitution provides for freedom of the press. Several Maltese-language newspapers and a few English-language papers are published. To promote their political views, two main political parties own newspapers, television, and radio stations. There are 6 TV stations and 19 radio stations. Malta has one of the lowest rates of Internet usage in Europe, with only 4 percent of the population online.
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