15th
January Poetry
evening followed by the opening of an exhibition of hand-painted
silks by Gozo resident artist Teresa Bencini
5th
February The
German-Maltese Circle gave official presentations to the delegates
taking part in the fifth session of the Cultural Mixed Commission between
the Governments of Malta and Germany
28th
February Opening
of Exhibition "Fragments of Malta" put up by Mrs. Milena
Kunz Bijno by Dame Françoise Tempra
11th
March Hosting
of a group from the Volkshochschule from Heide
26th
March Hosting
of a group from Groß-Genau
21st
April Hosting of a group from Sersheim
26th
April Full
day seminar attended by 22 teachers of German on the subject
"Videos im Unterricht" held at Messina Palace by
Frau Karin Hartmann
12th May Introductory
meeting for persons interested in co-ordinating activities to
commemorate Ferdinand's von Hompesch reign in 1798.
Formation of the
Hompesch Commemoration Committee
14th May Wilhelm
Busch Lesung with music and slides with the participation of
Uwe Lau and Jorge Laborno
15th May Launching
of the German Pavilion in the 40th edition of the Malta Trade Fair
with a Marketing Presentation and reception hosted by Mr. Alfred
Gerth, Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy
16th May Opening
by H.E. Mr. Gerhard Kunz of an Exhibition "Creatures of the
Earth" with paintings by Helene Moch
10-11th
June Dr Helmut Grau, head of the Language Department in
the Goethe Institute in Rome visited Messina Palace for talks with
officials and teachers of German
29th
June- 13th July Participation in the 40th Edition of the
International Fair of Malta with the setting up of the German
Pavilion
4th July Buffet
Dinner at the Seabank Hotel for members and their guests
29th
September Launching
of the German Language Course "Deutsch - warum
nicht?" on the University Radio
2nd October Launching
of the German language courses 1997-1998
6th
October Photographic Exhibition "Stations along the
Road to German Unification"
18th
October Opening of an Exhibition "Forests" put
up by artists members of the ARE- Gilde with interventions amongst
others by Mr Bernd Schiffarth, Mayor of Adenau
and by Prof. Kreutzberg, President of the ARE-Gilde
22nd
October A
50-strong group of Germans, members of the Una Sankta of Berlin
attend an informal
talk organised for them at Messina Palace
14th
November Opening of
an exhibition entitled "Paintings of three periods" by
Ms Petra Stümpel, Cultural Attaché at the German Embassy, with
works by Berlin artist,
Beatrice Bayr.
22nd
November Public
talk by Prof.Dr.Victor Mallia Milanes on "Hompesch - a
reassessment of the
situation" in collaboration with the Hompesch Commemoration Committee. Talk
attended by the President of Malta, Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici.
26th
November Ludwig Thoma
Abend - with the reading of short stories by Mr Uwe Lau and music
from Bavaria with Alexandra on the violin,
30th
November Reception
at Messina Palace on the occasion of the first anniversary of the
German-speaking Protestant Parish in Malta
3rd
December Certificate
Giving Ceremony along
with a recital on the piano and
violin by Tony Sammut and Alexandra
Stamatopoulou. Certificates
and book tokens were
handed by Ms Petra Stümpel.
4th
December Visit
to Messina Palace by Mrs Gabriel, the officer-in-charge of the
Malta Desk at the
Auswärtiges Amt
22nd
December
Christmas Dinner for members of the Circle and their
friends at the Coral Suite
of the Seabank Hotel in Mellieha Bay
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