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Tony Cassar

This author Tony Cassar has created 11 entries.

08 Nov

eNGOs unite for a proper National Environmental Strategy

ERA asked to be more courageous Nine eNGOs have joined forces to submit their responses to the draft National Strategy for the Environment. The eNGOs are Din l-Art Ħelwa, The Archaeological Society Malta, BirdLife Malta, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth Malta, Għawdix, Moviment Graffitti, Nature Trust-FEE Malta, and the Ramblers’ Association of Malta. Whilst acknowledging the work that...

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15 Oct

A Violoncello and Harp Performance

    A Violoncello and Harp Performance followed by A Lavish Reception at St John’s Cavalier on 1st December 2022   Member of Europa Nostra and the International National Trusts Organisation Patron: H.E. The President of Malta 12th October 2022   Dear Members/Friends Din l-Art Ħelwa is looking forward to bringing its cultural and social events back to normal after the enforced long lull caused by the pandemic.  We are confident...

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30 Aug

INAUGURATION OF SARRIA RESTORATION PROJECT WITH HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL MARIO GRECH

On the 12th July, His Eminence Mario Cardinal Grech presided over the inauguration of the restoration of the seven paintings by the great 17th century Calabrian painter Mattia Preti, which are located in Sarria Church, Floriana. The massive restoration project has been a flagship Din l-Art Ħelwa project over the last twelve years, coordinated by volunteers Maria Grazia Cassar, Patricia...

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22 Jul

FIGHTING FLAWED POLICIES

  Legal Challenge to Planning regulation Annex 2 formally filed in the Courts of Malta by the Coalition for Gozo Building development in Malta is governed by a set of planning policies which at the highest level are approved by Parliament and at other subsidiary levels are simply subject to Ministerial approval. Among the major policies governing development are the Local Plans...

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10 Jul

Delimara Lighthouse, Delimara

THE DELIMARA LIGHTHOUSE   Location A fifteen minute drive away from the Malta International Airport towards Delimara Point, the extreme southern tip of the Maltese archipelago, we find a landmark building that is an important testimony of Malta’s maritime history, the Delimara lighthouse. The road to the lighthouse skirts the picturesque fishing village of Marsaxlokk and many of the beautiful bays and...

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