After a welcome ceremony at Riga Castle, President George Vella held official talks with the President of Latvia, Egils Levits, at the start of a two-day Official Visit to Latvia. Both Presidents welcomed the excellent bilateral relations and the constructive cooperation between the two countries on regional matters. President Vella Read more…
President of Malta George Vella and Mrs Miriam Vella left Malta for an official visit to Latvia at the invitation of the President of Latvia, Egils Levits. Official engagements will begin on Wednesday morning with a meeting with President Levits at Riga Castle. President Vella will also attend separate meetings Read more…
President George Vella received a courtesy call from Sean O’Fearghail, Speaker of the Lower House of Representatives of Ireland, who was accompanied by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anġlu Farrugia, a delegation of Irish Deputies and Caroline Whelan, Ambassador of Ireland. President Vella and Speaker O’Fearghail talked about the excellent diplomatic ties, stemming from geo-historic Read more…
The President of Malta, George Vella, said that schools are the shield against hate speech because the educators in classrooms are the ones helping in the comprehensive formation of students, which is not limited to the academic aspect. Addressing a conference entitled ‘Hate Speech – Challenged in Schools’ at Verdala Read more…
The President of Malta, George Vella, together with the administration and some of the residents of the RISe Foundation, commemorated the tenth anniversary of the establishment of this foundation which equips inmates in the last phase of their sentence to re-enter society with a solid base. On this occasion, President Vella and Read more…
President of Malta George Vella said that two of the biggest challenges psychiatric nurses must cope with are those coming from degenerative mental conditions, and those developing because of the ever-increasing stress our modern way of living is having on our mental faculties. This is not excluding conditions resulting from Read more…
High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania Mahmoud Thabit Kombo presented his Letters of Credence to President George Vella at the Grandmaster’s Palace in Valletta. President Vella welcomed the High Commissioner to Malta and expressed hope for further cooperation with Tanzania during his term in office. The President referred to the very Read more…
The Ambassador of Nepal, Gyan Chandra Acharya, presented his Letters of Credence to President George Vella at the Grandmaster’s Palace, Valletta. President Vella observed that, despite the distances, relations between the two countries have gained momentum in recent years. He referred to the sizeable Nepalese community in Malta, stating that their Read more…
Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba Mirta Aurora Granda Averhoff presented her Letters of Credence to President George Vella at the Grandmaster’s Palace in Valletta. President Vella welcomed the very good relations between Malta and Cuba notwithstanding the geographical distance that exists between our two countries. He added that there is ample Read more…
Chief Justice Emeritus Joseph Azzopardi took the oath of office as the second Commissioner for Standards in Public Life during a ceremony presided by President of Malta George Vella at Sant’Anton Palace. President Vella remarked that, apart from individual cases, the role of Commissioner for Standards in Public Life plays a Read more…
