Malta is the largest island of a group of 7 in the Mediterranean Sea,  together forming the Republic of Malta. The other 2 large islands are Gozo and Comino.
Around the year 870 Malta was taken in possession by islamic Arabs and in 1091 by the Vikings. 
As from 1565 the meanwhile more christian island came in possession of the Maltese Knights. They built large settlements in amongst others Valletta, Mdina and Rabat on Gozo. From 1800 till 1964 Malta was a British colony and in 1974 it became a republic. In 2004 the country joined the European Union and on Januaru1,2008 the Euro was introduced. 

During W.W. II Malta was heavilly bombed and shooted by the German Luftwaffe, particularly during the Siege of Malta.The British King awarded the island a high decoration for bravery, the George Cross. This George Cross also appears in the upper hoist corner of the flag and in the Coat of arms.

Version: Monopoly Malta - Country Edition, Art.Nr. 41375 
Publisher: Hasbro/Winning Moves/gamebox Ltd. - dec.2008
Dimensions of the box:  27.0 x 40.2 x 5.0 cm
The game:

This is the first Monopoly edition ever published on Malta. It has the special mention "Country Edition", however in the centre of the game board only. 
The Maltese people got the opportunity to choose the best out of three pictures for the box cover. 
It was Rene Rossignaud who was commissioned by gamebox ltd to take all the photography of the Maltese Islands for a selection to be featured.
The three final options (from the selection of photos) for the front cover were shortlisted by a panel of judges and consisted of: 

Sabrina Mulligan, Director of gamebox Ltd., reports: "The result was overwhelming, over with 80% of votes in favor of L-Imnajdra Temples. The public has spoken! This front cover will be there for the next 25 years, by when the producers will have the opportunity to change this image, should circumstances be different then."
Michel Matschoss, Managing Director of Winning Moves - D remarks: "Monopoly Malta is surely one of our most exciting projects this season." 

The back side of the box tells following story:

"Monopoly now finds its home in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea with the idyllic Malthese Islands. Malta is one of the 27 European Union member states, having joined in 2004 and adopting the Euro in 2008. You can now enjoy playing the classic game buying and selling the Maltese and Gozitan Localities that give the Maltese Islands their unique and positively mythic character. The genuine friendliness the Maltese are known for welcomes you to a country with exquisite historical wealth dating back 7000 years, blended with a modern lifestyle, superbly sunny weather, expansive beaches and a thriving nightlife. The narrow meandering streets of their towns and villages are crowded with Renaissance cathedrals and Baroque palaces and as the countryside is dotted with the oldest known human structures in the world, including UNESCO World Heritage sites and grand palaces, the Islands have rightly been described as an open-air museum. The long relationship between the Islanders and the various nationalities that have occupied Malta over the centuries has created a marriage of styles and traditions, giving the Islands a facinating eclectic culture."

	The colorfull lid shows under the Monopoly bar an impressive picture of L-Imnajdra Temples, with in perspective mid-under the first and last spaces at the left and the right of IBDA.
	In the lower right corner are 6 of 10 standard tokens shown, i.e. car - boat - thimble - canon - wheelbarrow and rider-on-horse. The other tokens of the set are dog - hat - shoe and iron.
	Mr. Monopoly (who was Rich Uncle Pennybags until 2000) with his red bow tie is in the middle O of Monopoly in the red bar.
	The back of the solid game board is red.
	The Banker's tray is a square tray of red plastic on top of which the double folded game board is placed.
	A second, slightly higher tray of green plastic has 7 slots to store the banknotes during the play.
	The back side of the Is-Senduq (Community Chest) cards is blue and show the treasure chest; the Ix-Xorti (Chance) cards have a red back with a red question mark.  Both the instructions on the cards as well as the text on the spaces for these cards are bilingual (Maltese and English).
	The property cards are in Maltese only but that will bring no troubles because it are only the figures that count.
	The money consists of banknotes of 7 neutral Monopoly notes, packed in a set of "generic money" with ref.nr. 100645350021. For this edition the currency of the notes is Euro (€).
	The set is supplied with a socalled property pouch. According to Winning Moves it is to store the houses and hotels.  However, I think the small, transparant case, also going with the set is better suitable to store them.
	The well finished, hollow green plastic houses and red plastic hotels have overhanging roofs and a chimney.
	The dice are white and have black pips.
	There are 2 Rules booklets of 15 pages, one for each language. In the English version page 14 serves as a quick translated reference tool for the property deeds, while it is unused in the Maltese version. The back side of both booklets show all properties in a row and the name of the publisher in large characters.

	Xtrajt rigal tat-tieġ lill-kuġina. Ħalles €20. =  Buy your cousin's wedding gift. Pay €20.
	Mur In-Nadur. Jekk Tgħaddi minn fuq "IBDA" ħu €200. = Advance to 'In-Nadur'. If you pass "Go" collect €200.
	Tat-taxxa jagħtuk lura €50 bħala benefattur tal-YMCA. = Receive a tax refund of €50 as a YMCA benefactor.
	Ħallas €100 biex terfa' L-vara Tal-Festa. = Pay €100 to carry the 'Festa' statue.

Edition: McDonald's Promotion Junior edition M happy meal, no ref.nr.
Publisher: Hasbro/McDonald's/IPLPerseco GmbH-D - Jan. 2009
Dimensions of the box: 13.0 x 13.0 x 2.6 cm
      of the paper board:  29.6 x  41.9 cm
The game:
For a promotion activity McDonald's gave a Mini Junior Monopoly set away in many European countries and probably on Malta as well.

Because of the very small box the paper game board has to be folded 4 times. The game is somewhat simplified compared to the regular Junior editions, in such a way that:

The moment a player runs out of money the game has ended. All other players total their money and the player with the most money wins.

This set was "Made in China."