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06/11/2014

The Grand Master’s visit to Beirut fosters new hope for the Lebanese Association

On 28th October the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, returned to Lebanon, five years after his official visit in 2009. The visit took place…

31/10/2014

Iraq: Mobile clinic doctors flee persecution, treat the displaced

Dr. Nagham H., 44 , and Dr. Sinan M., 41, fled together with their families from the city of Bakhdida (also known as Karakosh) on September 6th, following its occupation…

30/10/2014

Ebola: “We must join forces and act together – the time is now!”

Interview with Dr. Marie Benner, Malteser International expert in Public Health. So far, the current Ebola outbreak has caused 5,000 deaths, and the number of new infections continues to rise. What…

29/10/2014

Third reception centre for the homeless opens in Belgium

After Brussels and Liège, another reception centre for the homeless is opening in Ghent, northern Belgium. This is the third ‘La Fontaine’ centre run by the Order of Malta’s Belgian…

28/10/2014

The Sovereign Order of Malta in Geneva: committed to promoting human dignity and religious freedom

Interview with Ambassador Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann With over 2,500 conferences organised each year, Geneva, the humanitarian capital of the world, is a centre of multilateral diplomacy. 172 Permanent Missions, 30 international…

27/10/2014

The Grand Chancellor interviewed by the Catholic Herald: “Reviving the guiding principles of humanitarian conduct has become an imperative”

In an interview with British newspaper the Catholic Herald, the Grand Chancellor illustrates the work of the Order of Malta in the violence-ridden Middle East theatre and offers an overview…

23/10/2014

Credentials presented by Cuba and Chile

The Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, received in the Magistral Palace the new Ambassadors of Cuba and Chile.

22/10/2014

Visit of the Foreign Minister of the Republic of China (Taiwan): developing cooperation in the healthcare sector

Last Monday, 20 October, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of China (Taiwan), David Yung-Lo Lin, visiting Rome for the beatification of Paul VI, was received in the Magistral Palace…

21/10/2014

For 15 years “Le Fleuron Saint Jean” on the Seine has been giving new hope to the homeless

It was 1998 when the Ordre de Malte France launched an innovative project: to transform a barge into a reception centre for those living on the streets. 15 years later,…