President celebrates Europe in Brussels

President Eddie Fenech Adami yesterday attended celebrations organised by the Belgian authorities in Brussels commemorating the 50th anniversary from the signing of the Treaty of Rome.

Dr Fenech Adami was invited to join the Belgian celebrations by King Albert II, who presided over the celebrations at Europe's "capital".

The Maltese President joined other EU leaders and prominent EU figures in a symposium at the Royal Palace in Brussels which discussed 'The significance of European integration'. The symposium was addressed by King Albert, the president of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pöttering, Dr Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia, and Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato.

Later in the day, Dr Fenech Adami attended a concert by the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra in the prestigious Henry Le Baeuf concert hall in Brussels, which was also attended by the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.

During his visit Dr Fenech Adami also paid a visit to the new Air Malta offices in Place Brouckere, where an exhibition by artist Cedric Galea Pirotta was on show as part of the festivities marking the EU's golden jubilee.