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  15/06/2017

  The Order of Malta clarifies press reported figure on passports issued: currently 500 passports in circulation

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	EN, ITA, FR, DE, ESP
  Date	15/06/2017

  Concerning the news-article reported in British daily newspaper The Sun and other newspapers over the past few days, on the number of passports issued, the government of the Sovereign Order of Malta wishes to make the following clarifications. Firstly, it is incorrect to state that “only three passports are in circulation” as reported. In 2016 […]

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  18/05/2017

  DR Congo: Malteser International helps fight Ebola

  Organization	MALTESER INTERNATIONAL
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	18/05/2017

  Two years after the Ebola epidemic claimed more than 10,000 lives in West Africa, a renewed outbreak of the disease has been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Three people have died after contracting the deadly virus in the country’s north-eastern province of Bas-Uélé. Very few aid organizations are active in Bas- Uélé, which […]

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  29/04/2017

  Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH, ITALIANO
  Date	29/04/2017

  Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto was this morning elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The electing body, the Council Complete of State, met in the Magistral Villa in Rome, one of the Order of Malta’s two institutional seats. The newly elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master […]

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  24/04/2017

  The Council Complete of State meets April 29

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH, ITALIANO
  Date	27/04/2017

  The Council Complete of State, the body responsible for electing the Grand Master or Lieutenant of the Grand Master (with the same powers as the Grand Master, but in office for a year), will take place on 29 April. The 2017 Council Complete of State, which will meet in the Magistral Villa – the extraterritorial headquarters […]

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  24/03/2017

  Clarification on the article published in the Italian ‘Settimo Cielo – L’Espresso’ online edition

  Organization	SOVREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH/ITALIANO/FRANÇAIS
  Date	24/3/2017

  Following the article ‘Knights of Malta. The mystery of those 30 million Swiss francs’ published by Sandro Magister on his blog ‘Settimo Cielo’, on March 23, the Grand Magistry’s Communications Office intends to clarify the following. To remove from office a member of the government of the Order of Malta, a two thirds approval of […]

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  24/03/2017

  The Order of Malta hosts a meeting on the humanitarian situation in Libya with Ambassadors and Representatives of International Agencies

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH, ITALIANO
  Date	23/03/2017

  A few days after the summit held in Rome between the ministers of seven European and two African countries for the first forum of the Central Mediterranean Contact Group, the Sovereign Order of Malta today hosted, again in Rome, a meeting with Libyan and European ambassadors and representatives of international humanitarian agencies to address the […]

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  11/03/2017

  The Sovereign Order of Malta signs agreement with trustees of Caritas Pro Vitae Gradu Charitable Trust

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	11/03/2017

  March 11, 2017 – The Government of the Sovereign Order of Malta is pleased to announce that it has signed on 1st March 2017 an agreement with the trustees of the Caritas Pro Vitae Gradu Charitable Trust (CPVG). CPVG is a charitable trust registered with the Charities Commission of New Zealand whose mission is to provide […]

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  22/02/2017

  Africa: Starvation threatens 1.4 million children

  Organization	MALTESER INTERNATIONAL
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	22/02/2017

  Malteser International helps children in Kenya and South Sudan   Cologne: The United Nations has reported that starvation threatens more than a million children in Somalia, Nigeria, Yemen, and South Sudan. Conditions in other countries Africa are also worsening – with growing hunger caused by months of drought leaving children amongst the most badly affected. […]

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  20/02/2017

  Il Governo dell’Ordine di Malta convoca per il 29 aprile il Consiglio Compito di Stato per l’elezione del successore del Gran Maestro

  Organization	SOVRANO ORDINE DI MALTA
  Language	ITALIANO
  Date	14/02/2017

  L’Organo costituzionale si riunirà nella Villa Magistrale a Roma Roma 14 febbraio 2017 – Si terrà il prossimo 29 aprile il Consiglio Compito di Stato, l’organo costituzionale incaricato di eleggere il Gran Maestro (o, come prevede la Costituzione, un Luogotenente di Gran Maestro, in carica per un anno) del Sovrano Ordine di Malta. Lo ha […]

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