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Freedom Day Monument, Vittoriosa
President of Malta George Vella, representative of the Prime Minister, and representative of the Leader of the Opposition participate in a wreath-laying ceremony on the occasion of Freedom Day.
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PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Shortly after the Leader of the Labour Party Robert Abela officially announced that the Labour Party had won the General Election by an absolute majority of votes, the President of Malta, during a short telephone call, congratulated him and wished him well in this responsible role.
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PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
After the Leader of the Nationalist Party Bernard Grech conceded defeat, the President of Malta called him to thank him for his contribution to a democratic election campaign and wished him well in the coming years as Leader of the Opposition.
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President George Vella talks with students at Queen Mary University in Gozo
The President of Malta George Vella and Mrs Miriam Vella visited the campus of the Queen Mary University in Gozo for the first time. During a question and answer session with the students, which focused on medicine and leadership, the President told the students that medicine and politics aim to be of Read more…
Speeches
Speech by H.E. George Vella for Nunzio’s Farewell, 22 March 2022
Excellencies Distinguished Guests My first meeting with His Grace Mgr Alessandro D’Errico was shortly after he arrived in Malta in April 2017, when he was introduced to me during a National Day reception. I was still Foreign Minister then. We had been missing the presence of an Apostolic Nuncio for Read more…
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Closing speech by H.E. George Vella, President of Malta, during an evening in memory of Joe Borg, the first Mayor of Mellieħa, 20 March 2022 , (Speech in MT)
Onorevoli Ministru Bartolo, Onorevoli Robert Cutajar, Arnold Hoffmann – Bürgermeister Adenau Sinjuri, L-ewwel nett nixtieq nirringrazzjakom u nixtieq nirringrazzja b’mod partikolari lill-Onorevoli Cutajar għax kien hu, kif qal, li stedinni biex inkun preżenti llejla għal din l-okkażjoni. U rrid ngħid li okkażjoni bħal din tispikka għaliex hija xi ħaġa li Read more…
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Speech by H.E. George Vella during the I.N.T. Award Ceremony, 18th March, 2022, (Speech in MT)
Il-lejla t-tajba, Irrid nibda billi niskuża ruħi magħkom għaliex ma nistax inkun personalment hemmhekk minħabba appuntamenti oħra. Però ħassejt li hekk kif qed tiċċelebraw l-inizjattiva u l-premju Irrid Nikber fit-Tjubija, ħassejt li għandi ningħaqad magħkom biex inwassal dan il-messaġġ qasir ta’ awguri, u anki ta’ riflessjoni. Wara ż-żminijiet diffiċli li Read more…
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Message by H.E. George Vella, President of Malta on the National Day of Ireland and Feast of St Patrick, March 17, 2022
On the occasion of the National Day of Ireland, I welcome the opportunity to address you through this short message. I convey my sincere greetings to His Excellency, the Ambassador, all his team at the Embassy, as well as all the members of the Irish community working and living in Read more…
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The President meets with residents following the Caritas Malta Prison Inmates Programme
The President of Malta George Vella and Mrs Vella met with 11 residents currently following a Caritas drug rehabilitation programme – the Prison Inmates Programme – outside the Corradino Correctional Facility. Some residents shared with the President and Mrs Vella their experiences and the difficulties they faced due to drug Read more…
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Closing remarks by His Excellency George Vella, President of Malta, at the 2nd World Forum for Culture and Peace, 4 March 2022
Excellencies, Dear guests, Allow me first of all, to extend my warm thanks to all of you who made this Forum for Culture and Peace in Malta, possible. I start with Mr Abdul Aziz Albabtain and his team for the cooperation extended to my Office before and during this event. Read more…