Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Latest Embassy News
28/05/2026
The Eurovision Song Contest as a platform for high-level discussions
The Eurovision Song Contest is the world’s most watched music event. As Austria won the contest in 2025, the event took place in Vienna this year, from 19 to 23 May 2026. During the preliminary rounds and the final, the City of Vienna and Lord Mayor Michael Ludwig took the opportunity to foster international contacts.
20/05/2026
Ambassador speaks on international Human Trafficking
In addition to the already well-known aspects of this crime against humanity – such as sex work, labour exploitation, organ trafficking and child trafficking – H.E. Ambassador Sebastian Prince of Schoenaich-Carolath spoke about a new form of crime against children known as ‘grooming’ or ‘sextortion’. Children or young people are lured into, and subsequently forced to create and send increasingly intimate images or videos of themselves. This is followed by threats to publish the material or forward it to family and friends. This child pornography is then sold worldwide. Subsequently, children and young people are blackmailed (e.g. through demands for money or sexual abuse) to produce ever more images and videos.
02/02/2026
H.E. Ambassador Prince von Schoenaich-Carolath Honours Distinguished Supporters
At the start of the new year, deserving benefactors were invited to the fore and awarded the Order of Merit ‘Pro Merito Melitensi’ by H.E. Ambassador Sebastian Prince von Schoenaich-Carolath.
International News
11/06/2026
Order of Malta’s Grand Master received by President of Republic of Estonia
The Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Fra’ John T. Dunlap’s official visit to the Baltic countries ended in Estonia today. Received by the President of the…
10/06/2026
Grand Master on an Official Visit to Latvia
The Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Fra’ John T. Dunlap, was received yesterday by the President of the Republic of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, at Riga Castle,…
09/06/2026
Joint Declaration between Sovereign Order of Malta and Republic of Latvia
On the occasion of the official visit of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, Fra’ John Dunlap,…