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Malta has been shaped by centuries of foreign rule. Its independence from Britain was achieved 1964, after the maltese people defended the island during the second World War and therefore were awarded with the George Cross. For fourty years Malta was the smallest of the ten other countries joining the European Union in 2004. Over centuries Malta’s strategic position helped its development as a trading post and still remains one of the leading centres for container and freight transshipment worldwide.