George Camilleri

The Malta Independent on Sunday, 8th June 2008, by Noel Grima – It is all so easy to come up with a catchphrase for an election and declare that your aim is to turn Gozo into an ecological island. But then it’s much harder to actually do that. This, and more, emerged on Thursday at a Civil Forum held by the European...

The Malta Independent on Sunday, 8th June 2008, by Noel Grima –   On one and the same day, the soon-to-go Mepa board postponed the approval of a 341-apartment development at Tigne and approved one for 868 apartments at Xemxija. This was not the only difference between the applications. Earlier, the board had gone ahead with an outline approval of the Fort Cambridge...

The Malta Independent, 7th June 2008 – Din l-Art Helwa condemned the approval by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority of the “massive 11 storey development on the Mistra ridge, which will dominate the northern coastal skyline”. The development proposes 868 new residential units and was approved without a proper assessment of the visual impact of the project, and without a photomontage...

The Malta Independent, 7th June 2008 – Heritage Malta said that the vault painting in the Main Hall of Verdala Palace, Buskett, which depicts eight mythological figures and two virtues, all framed within a fictive architectural and vegetal decoration, can for the first time after 70 years, be viewed in its entirety. The painting is traditionally dated to the late 16th...

Times of Malta, 4th June 2008 – The newly restored façade of Our Lady of Lilies Musical Society of Mqabba was inaugurated last Sunday. The façade underwent extensive restoration over the past 18 months. The highlight of the inauguration ceremony, held under the patronage of Martin Galea, executive president of Din l-Art Ħelwa, was a musical programme performed by the Madonna tal-Ġilju...

DOI PRESS RELEASE NO. 0794   3rd June 2008 – Illum tista’ titqies bħala ġurnata storika għaliex illum saret l-ewwel reġistrazzjoni minn meta għadda l-att ta’ l-organizzazzjonijiet volontarji. Fl-2007 bdew jintlaqgħu l-applikazzjonijiet għall-Organizzazzjonijiet li riedu jingħaqdu taħt organizzazzjoni waħda biex ikun hemm aktar koordinazzjoni bejniethom. L-Onor. John Dalli, Ministru għall-Politika Soċjali qassam iċ-ċertifikati lil dawk...

Sunday, 1 June 2008 – Press release issued by Birdlife Malta Foresta 2000 Ranger and long time BirdLife member Ray Vella’s farm is the latest victim of the serial attacks on birdwatchers in Malta as three of his rooms containing farming equipment and five rabbits were torched by unknown individuals early this morning. Mr. Vella who went to his field at Ta...

The Malta Independent, 27 May 2008 – The Kamra tal-Periti applauded the government’s recent decision to call for the withdrawal of the development application for the demolition of what was formerly known as Rediffusion House in Gwardamangia. The recent planning application by the Public Broadcasting Services calling for the demolition of an integral part of the complex was withdrawn by PBS...

Times of Malta, 26th May 2008 – A violin and harpsichord recital by Sarah Spiteri and Alexander Vella Gregory on Saturday marks the second concert in this year’s Bir Miftuħ Music Festival organised by Din l-Art Ħelwa. The concert is being supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Germany. The bill includes Tartini’s Violin Sonata in G Minor, a very dynamic...