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05/12/2003

Posthumous honour to brigadier Giuseppe Coletta of the Italian Carabinieri, fallen in Assyria

The Sovereign Council of the Order of Malta has posthumously conferred on Brigadier Giuseppe Coletta the Gold Medal of Merit with Swords. The Brigadier Carabiniere was among those killed during…

11/11/2003

Healthcare programmes are stepped up in Angola

Since the beginning of September, the Order of Malta German Emergency Corps (Malteser) has provided primary heathcare to 165,000 Angolans, including refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees, in Kuando Kubango…

06/11/2003

Afghanistan: health centres and schools for the badghis province

On behalf of the Afghan Interim Government, the Order of Malta German Emergency Corps (Malteser) has expanded its activities in the Badghis province in Western Afghanistan, where the team runs…

28/10/2003

Traditional pilgrimage to Loreto

Pilgrims, medics and paramedics, members and volunteers from the Order’s Italian Delegations took part in the traditional pilgrimage to the shrine of Loreto, in the province of Ancona, central Italy,…

23/10/2003

India: the Order of Malta supports child medical centres especially for the ‘untouchable’ caste

Sixty Child Development Centres are being established in the 2001 earthquake struck regions of Bachau and Rapar, where caste discrimination is a particularly big problem. The Order of Malta German…

17/10/2003

John Paul II: the Grand Master participates in the mass celebrating 25 years of papacy

On October 16th John Paul II celebrated the 25th anniversary of his papacy with solemnity along with more than 50,000 people in a mass performed in St. Peter’s Square. The…

16/10/2003

Grand Master in San Francisco celebrates fifty years of the order’s western association

The Grand Master and members of the Sovereign Council joined the Order’s Western Association in participating in ceremonies to celebrate the Association’s fiftieth anniversary. Events and religious functions commemorated a…

10/10/2003

Malteser Hilfsdienst celebrates fifty years of service

Malteser Hilfsdienst, the Emergency Corps of the German Association of the Order of Malta, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, in September in Germany and in October in Rome. The Malteser Hilfsdienst,…

30/09/2003

The Dominican Republic: the Order of Malta opens a centre for mothers and children

A new medical centre has been opened in the Monte Plata region, located in the north-eastern part of the Dominican Republic. The centre, called ‘El Cacique’ and capable of performing…