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27 Jun 2023

58th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DINNER

Patron: His Excellency George Vella, President of Malta 58th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DINNER 22nd June 2023 Dear Members and Friends,  Din l-Art Ħelwa is pleased to announce the relaunching of its traditional Anniversary Celebration Dinner after the lull enforced by the pandemic. As in previous years, the dinner will be held at the idyllic venue of San Anton Gardens, Attard. The date...

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16 Jun 2023

Work starts on restoration of Australian Bungalow

Din l-Art Ħelwa has started restoration work on the Australian Bungalow in Ghammieri, a delicate project which is expected to take at least 12 months. Similar wooden buildings are found in many areas of Australia where they were designed to make the most of the climate and environment. They were dispatched in ‘kit form’ to all Commonwealth countries – but there...

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01 Jun 2023

LAUNCH OF THE XVII DIN L-ART ĦELWA ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AWARDS COMPETITION

Din l-Art Ħelwa has launched the XVII Architectural Heritage Awards Competition, one of the many initiatives by the NGO to encourage and motivate architectural best practice. The awards come at a time when the island is irretrievably losing much of its character through insensitive construction, resulting in the demolition of buildings, rather than their restoration, and in projects which overwhelm the...

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05 May 2023

Press Release “Launch of Ghal Ghawdex”, Banca Giuratale 5th May 2023.

Gozitan civil society groups in UNPRECEDENTED unity behind ONE ENVIRONMENTAL GOZO VISION. Seven key Gozitan entities representing a broad cross section of Gozitan society, are demanding immediate action on the state of play of Gozo’s natural and built environment with firm proposals to safeguard the future of the island. Download the press release in English here and in Maltese here   ...

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03 May 2023

Press Release – Coalition for Gozo

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25 Apr 2023

DIN L-ART ĦELWA FILES OBJECTION TO VILLA ST IGNATIUS DEVELOPMENT

Din l-Art Ħelwa has filed an objection to the Planning Authority, saying that an application to redevelop the Villa St Ignatius site would overwhelm this historical property. Villa St Ignatius is an early 19th century property of distinct architectural value, believed to be the first building of note in the Balluta area and possibly the first Neo-Gothic building in Malta. The developer...

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11 Mar 2023

JOINT PRESS RELEASE – “Withdraw the outrageous Comino village plans, or the people will fight you” organisations warn Hili Group

JOINT PRESS RELEASE “Withdraw the outrageous Comino village plans, or the people will fight you” organisations warn Hili Group Seven environmental organisations today reiterated their strong objections to a complex of villas being proposed on the island of Comino as part of the plans for the new Comino Hotel proposal filed by Hili Group. The plans, currently being considered by the Planning...

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27 Feb 2023

Record 1,500 planning objections filed by Din L-Art Ħelwa

Record 1,500 planning objections filed by DLĦ Last year, Din l-Art Ħelwa filed a record-breaking 1,500 objections to individual planning applications in 2022 – close to a third of which concern proposed developments in Gozo. The NGO has a team – the Heritage and Environment Protection sub-committee – which scans all the applications and prioritises those of most concern. The sub-committee is...

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