17/06/2006
The Grand Master receives the President of Costa Rica
The Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Andrew Bertie, received the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias Sanchez, on 16 June
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Read all14/06/2006
Volcano Merapi: Malteser International on emergency standby
Support for earthquake victims continues to involve the Malteser teams ‘We’re ready, if a new and stronger eruption happens at any time,’ Volker Stapke, project coordinator for Malteser International in Java declares. ‘If it blows, we’ll immediately send medical staff to an evacuation point defined by the government, ready to provide first aid for evacuees.’ […]
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Read all28/05/2006
Earthquake Indonesia: soaring toll of dead and injured
Malteser International provides 100,000 Euro for emergency aid and sends assessment team into Yogyakarta with urgently needed medicines and dressings. As the quake toll in the highly populated area around Yogyakata rises above 4,600 dead, with many thousands left injured or homeless, Malteser International assessment team members have arrived on the ground. A mobile clinic […]
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27/05/2006
Indonesia earthquake kills thousands
Malteser International team on the ground today The quake, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, struck in the early hours of this morning near the city of Yogyakarta on the southern coast of Java, killing and injuring many thousands. A Malteser International team, already working in Indonesia, will arrive in Jakarta today, as the local […]
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Read all25/05/2006
The Grand Master receives four new cardinals
Just two months after Pope Benedict XVI elevated Agostino Vallini and Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo from Italy, William Joseph Levada from the United States and Franc Rodé from Slovenia to the purple, Grand Master Fra’ Andrew Bertie conferred on them the rank of Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion in the Order of […]
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Read all19/05/2006
Relief for darfur: Malteser International calls for protection for humanitarian workers in Sudan
Malteser International has appealed to all parties involved in the conflict in Darfur to guarantee security for the humanitarian organisations working there, so that they can run relief programmes to help the local population. Two of the struggling parties signed a peace agreement on 5 May in Nigeria. Other rebel groups refuse to acknowledge this […]
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The Grand Master receives the Prime Minister of Poland
On 17 May the Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Andrew Bertie, received at the Magistral Palace the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.
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15/05/2006
Attack on un convoy – Malteser International employee killed in Afghanistan
Dr. Ezmeray, a 30-year-old doctor and head of the health care centre of Malteser International in Quala-I-Nau in the Badghis Province, died after a United Nations convoy was ambushed with rocket-propelled grenades around noon Friday. The driver of the car, an employee of UNICEF, died instantly and another UNICEF staff member was seriously injured. Dr. […]
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Read all12/05/2006
Fra’ Filippo Ferretti Grand Prior of Rome
The recently held Chapter of the Grand Priory of Rome has elected Comm. Fra’ Filippo Ferretti di Castelferretto to the position of Grand Prior for the period 2006 2012.
