Malta

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…visa requirements and the establishment of Voice of the Mediterranean, a jointly administered radio station. Malta submitted an application for full membership in the European Union (EU) in 1990, and negotiations were high priority until 1996, when the newly-elected government under prime minister Alfred Sant put Malta's application on hold. Eddie Fenech-Adami again became prime minister in September 1998, and Malta reopened its bid for EU membership. In April 1999 Professor Guido de Marco was sworn in as president.