Join the ‘VICTORY TEAM’ and save Valletta’s first church by donating to the Din l-Art Helwa ‘Fund for Our Lady of Victory Church’: by bank payments to HSBC, Account 008-082166-001 by cheques to the Treasurer, Din l-Art Helwa, 133 Melita Street, Valletta. by direct donation using the Donation Box and Book at Our Lady of Victory Church, Victory Square, Valletta. you will automatically become...
The Bir Miftuh International Music Festival is organized annually by Din l-Art Helwa usually around the end of 23rd May and the beginning of June. This prestigious musical event takes place at the 15th Century church of Santa Marija ta Bir Miftuh, which, with its medieval frescoes and perfect acoustics, makes a delightful backdrop for the unique repertoires and talented...
Din l-Art Helwa have launched an appeal to the general public to JOIN THE ‘VICTORY’ TEAM by donating funds to the restoration project for the Church of Our Lady of Victory. This Church is pivotal to the history of Malta being the first building and the first church of Valletta. It is therefore of immense religious and...
Din l-Art Helwa, heritage NGO, is needing volunteers to help it keep the historic Red Tower in Mellieha and the Wignacourt Tower in St Paul’s Bay open for longer hours during the summer months. If you wish to volunteer a few hours a week, mornings or afternoon, if you like meeting people from different countries, these two exciting historic places...
Download Video here Will there be any fish left in the ocean in 2050? That’s the hook of a new US research study which claims that despite quotas set up to limit overfishing, the numbers of big fish are dropping. The catch we crave – salmon and tuna, halibut and cod, among others – may soon be a delicacy of the past,...
Saturday, 12th March 2011 Talking Point Tuna wars in Maltese territory Martin Galea Our appreciation for the environment has come a long way. Certainly for many of us involved with NGOs it is much easier to get our arguments across. Everyone understands our point of view and, generally, we garner sympathy from the population at large. This has made our voice stronger. The government...
Times of Malta, 19th February 2011 Plans to transform Fort St Elmo in Valletta into a tourist venue are positive but they have to be economically viable to ensure long-term success, according to hoteliers. While welcoming the recommendations listed in the recently published draft development brief for the abandoned fort, George Micallef, president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, said it...
Times of Malta, 17 October 2010, by Christian Peregin An environment management expert has called for heads to roll over the “environmental crime” committed at Dwejra where a sand-like substance made from powdered hard stone was coated over the protected fossil-rich site for filming of a TV series. “I imagined a disaster at Dwejra but not as large as your photos show. “It...