Speaker to address Council of Europe Seminar participants

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, The Hon. Anton Tabone will be receiving the participants of the Council of Europe Seminar on "Democracy in, for and through School" which is being held in Malta between the 8th and 12th March 1999.

This visit will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, in the course of a conducted visit of the Palace and the House of Parliament which is being organised for this specialised group of educators.

The 50 circa strong contingent includes participants from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, The Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Moldovia, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia and Malta.

The theme of The Speaker's address will be "The Parliament's Role in Democracy".