Press Releases

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  18/06/2018

  Malteser International calls for more humanity ahead of World Refugee Day

  Organization	Malteser International
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	18/06/2018

  Malteser International and the Order of Malta network provide help for refugees and displaced persons worldwide Cologne, 18 June 2018 – The number of refugees and displaced persons around the world continues to increase every year. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates there are now almost 70 million people forcibly displaced across […]

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  12/06/2018

  Order of Malta’s Medical Team on the Ship Dattilo to Assist Aquarius Migrants

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	12/06/2018

  Rome 12 June 2018 – A medical team of the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps has just now boarded the Coast Guard ship Dattilo to assist those migrants who will shortly be transferred from the Acquarius vessel. Dr. Maria Rita Agliozzo and nurse Marika Giustiniani will provide healthcare to migrants picked up by the […]

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  08/06/2018

  Guatemala Volcano Eruption: Order of Malta on site to provide medical assistance to victims and displaced persons

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	08/06/2018

  Rome 8 June 2018 – According to the latest information from the Guatemalan government, the death toll from last Sunday’s eruption of the Fuego volcano, 35 kilometres south-west of the capital of Guatemala, has risen to 109. Over 200 people are missing and hundreds more injured, some in very serious conditions. More than 12,000 have […]

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  29/05/2018

  “Migrants and Refugees” Conference in Rome Pope Francis’ Message and the Order of Malta’s Action

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	29/05/2018

  Rome 29 May 2018 – It was the touching testimony of Sister Angel Bipendu, doctor with the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps, to open the conference “Migrants and Refugees: Pope Francis’ Message and the Order of Malta’s Action” held this morning in the Magistral Villa, one of the Order’s extra-territorial seats in Rome. The […]

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  18/05/2018

  Ebola emergency in DR Congo. Malteser International working to prevent the spreading of the disease

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	18/05/2018

  On Thursday 17th May the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was detected in Mbandaka, a city of more than one million people, prompting fears from medical experts that the outbreak will be harder to deal with than anticipated. The Congolese Ministry of Health was able to confirm 25 deaths from Ebola […]

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  12/04/2018

  Migrants and Refugees: Rome Meeting between Order of Malta’s European Project Managers

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	12/02/2018

  Rome 12 April 2018 – In the meeting held yesterday and this morning in the Magistral Villa, operation managers of the Order of Malta’s projects in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary discussed the main challenges and best practices for long-term interventions aimed at migrants and refugees. Each representative brought the experience of […]

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  05/04/2018

  Official Visit of the President of Armenia received by the Lieutenant of the Grand Master Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	05/04/2018

  Rome 5 April 2018 – The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan was received today in the Magistral Villa by the Lieutenant of the Grand Master, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre. The official visit follows the state one that the Sovereign Order of Malta made in 2016 to Armenia, testifying to their ancient historical […]

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  21/03/2018

  Author of “The Dictator Pope” Henry Sire suspended from Order of Malta membership

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	21/03/2018

  The Order of Malta dissociates itself from the content of the book and strongly condemns the vile attack against the Pope Rome 21 March 2018 – Following the press articles reporting the name of the author of the book “The Dictator Pope” the Grand Magistry of the Order of Malta has taken the decision to […]

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  12/02/2018

  Constitutional Reform of the Order of Malta: in Rome the international strategic seminar

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	12/02/2018

  Over 140 participants. Five central themes Rome 12 February 2018 – The international strategic seminar on the constitutional reform of the Sovereign Order of Malta was held in Rome from 8 to 11 February. The event was presided over by the Lieutenant of the Grand Master Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre and saw the participation of […]

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