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2025
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21
Dec
2024
Din l-Art Ħelwa, Malta’s leading heritage and environmental organization, expresses its deep concern regarding the recent post planning development permission scheduling of Villa St Ignatius. Both Villa St Ignatius and Fort Chambray were granted development permissions prior to their classification in terms of cultural value, raising pertinent questions about the current procedures and practices for protecting Malta’s historic and cultural...
19
Dec
2024
Din l-Art Ħelwa, the national trust for cultural built heritage in Malta, is urging the Opposition to take a stand on the recent development permissions issued for the demolition of the barracks in Fort Chambray and the construction of a housing estate and tourist complex. The NGO expressed concern after the Opposition issued a statement earlier this week calling for a...
16
Dec
2024
Din l-Art Ħelwa calls for accountability on Fort Chambray: Minister for Culture’s silence on development permissions unacceptable Din l-Art Ħelwa, the national trust for cultural built heritage in Malta, expresses its deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent approval by the Planning Authority for the demolition of most of the historic British Barracks at Fort Chambray, Gozo and the massive residential...
20
Nov
2024
AP VALLETTA OVERALL WINNER OF XVIII DIN L-ART ĦELWA ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AWARDS AP Valletta has been awarded the ‘Judge Maurice Caruana Curran Award’ in the XVIII Architectural Heritage Awards. The award is named after the founder of Din l-Art Ħelwa, which next year celebrates its 60th anniversary with a comprehensive list of events. The awards, sponsored by Belair Property, were held at...
15
Nov
2024
Photos by Daniel Cilia New Government proposal does not reflect discussions Din l-Art Ħelwa (DLĦ) strongly opposes the current proposal to widen the Victoria to Marsalforn road. The most recent proposal does not reflect the spirit of the NGO’s discussions with the Ministry of Gozo concerning the preservation of the natural environment in the Marsalforn valley. Despite efforts to reach a more...
04
Sep
2024
NGOs want timeframe for development planning legislation The development planning legislation needs to be amended immediately and made more equitable. While a recent press release issued by the Minister for Planning Clint Camilleri promised some changes to the legislation, there was no commitment to any timeframes. Furthermore, there are no guarantees that the new legislation will solve the problems our country and its citizens are facing. The recent...
21
Aug
2024
Din l-Art Ħelwa has filed an application for the revocation of a permit which sanctioned two penthouses in Sannat in flagrant disregard of a Court of Appeal judgment which had declared them to be illegal. The story started some years ago when an application (PA2035/21) was filed to build 29 apartments, 20 basement garages and a pool in a site in...
10
Aug
2024
Din l-Art Ħelwa is calling on the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage to issue an unequivocal public statement acknowledging that palaeontological remains and associated geological layers will be afforded protection to minimise risk of irreparable damage or permanent loss of our cultural heritage. The NGO has closely followed recent reports in the Times of Malta on the discovery of Carcharocles megalodon teeth, other fossil-containing rocks and rock-hewn spaces in Triq tal-Viani/Triq Gorg Pisani, Victoria, where road-widening works...
