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12/01/2013

‘Order of Malta Soup 2012’: caring for society’s weakest link

Charity campaign organised in Lithuania for seventh year running Colourful events were held in the heart of 26 Lithuanian cities throughout December. For the seventh year in a row, the…

08/01/2013

Address of the Grand Master to the diplomatic corps

The Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, received today at the Magistral Villa on the Aventine the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta…

07/01/2013

Leprosy: no longer a forgotten disease in Mozambique

Support plans supported by the Order of Malta and the State Mozambique is the fourth most disease-afflicted country in the world. Whilst the focus of health care is towards the…

04/01/2013

Earthquakes, Floods, Snow, Fires: a year of unremitting emergencies in Italy

2012 was an extremely demanding year for the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps (CISOM). Twelve months of incessant interventions in which the corps gave the best of itself.  Starting…

15/12/2012

Malteser International appoints new president

The Order of Malta’s relief service for humanitarian aid, Malteser International, will bid farewell to Johannes Freiherr Heereman, and welcome Thierry de Beaumont-Beynac as its new president. Beaumont-Beynac, 59, is…

14/12/2012

Sleeping rough in freezing temperatures: care for the homeless in Hungary

For Hungary’s homeless population the Christmas period is about survival. Temperatures in Budapest average between -1 and 3 degrees but can fall as low as -20 when the Siberian High…

10/12/2012

Philippines: Typhoon Bopha leaves path of destruction

The Philippine Association of the Order of Malta is responding to the humanitarian crisis More than 400 people have died and nearly 400 remain missing after Typhoon Bopha swept by…

05/12/2012

The Order of Malta’s voluntary service projects receive prizes in Germany

In Berlin, the German Minister of Home Affairs, Hans-Peter Friedrich, awarded prizes to three projects of the Order of Malta in Germany in the annual  “Helfende Hand” (“Helping Hands”) competition…

04/12/2012

Hungary: Order of Malta’s work commemorated two years after toxic sludge disaster

Two years after a flood of toxic sludge from an alumina plant engulfed parts of Western Hungary contaminating the River Danube, the central square of the town of Devecser has…