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27/02/2023

Meeting between the Grand Chancellor and the Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister

The situation in the country and in Nagorno Karabakh and the prospects for peace, as well as the Order of Malta’s health and humanitarian programmes in Armenia, were the focus…

22/02/2023

War in Ukraine: The Order of Malta expands its support programmes

Since the beginning of the war one year ago, international and national entities and partners of the Order of Malta have distributed half-a-million hot meals to IDPs, provided 19,000 beds…

21/02/2023

Cardinal Fernando Vérges Alzaga Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta

This morning, the Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Order of Malta conferred the insignia of Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion on Cardinal Fernando Vérges Alzaga, President…

17/02/2023

The Order of Malta at the Munich Security Conference with a panel on “Religion, Diplomacy and Conflict”

The 59th Munich Security Conference opened this morning, bringing together heads of state and government, ministers and senior institutional representatives of the international community in the German city to take…

14/02/2023

Malteser International: Distributing aid in Syria after the devastating earthquake

One week after the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, aid organization and local units continue to work around-the-clock to provide medical and relief supply to the millions of people…

09/02/2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Concern for the Syrian population affected

The Malteser International relief team has arrived in Gaziantep, on the border between Turkey and Syria, where the Order of Malta’s international organisation has been providing aid since the outbreak…

08/02/2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Malteser International relief teams arrive in Gaziantep

The dramatic toll of the earthquake that between Monday night and Tuesday night devastated entire towns – razing them to the ground – between Turkey and Syria, the latter already…

07/02/2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: statement from the Lieutenant of the Grand Master

Following the terrible earthquake that struck in south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, causing thousands of deaths, Fra’ John Dunlap, Lieutenant of the Grand Master, issued the following statement:

06/02/2023

Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria: Malteser International sends emergency relief team

After the severe earthquake in Türkiye and Syria last night, the Turkish government asked the international community for help. The quake had a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale.