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Times of Malta, 10th September 2008 – When Din l-Art Ħelwa celebrated the 40th anniversary of its foundation in 2005 it decided to mark the occasion by launching two annual award schemes: one for architectural heritage and another for cultural heritage journalism. Both award schemes have attracted some excellent entries. Suffice to say that 2005 saw the Valletta Waterfront Project take the...

Times of Malta, 27th August 2008 – The St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation said this afternoon that it agreed with the positions taken separately by the Church Commission on the Environment and by Din l-Art Helwa on the proposed extension of St John’s Co-Cathedral Museum. The Church Commission on the Environment in a statement issued this morning said that the next logical step...

The Malta Independent, 12 August 2008 – A new booklet entitled Naxxar – Four Walks to Discover a Village has just been published by Din l-Art Helwa in collaboration with Naxxar Local Council and is part of the series of illustrated booklets which the heritage organisation is producing to cover historic trails around Malta’s ancient towns and rural villages. The booklet...

The Malta Independent, 6th August 2008 – Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt, who reigned from 1601 to 1622, erected many fountains in Valletta for the provision of water to the inhabitants of the new city. The Wignacourt Fountain near the ruins of the Royal Opera House is one of them. By the 16th century, Valletta had grown into a sizeable city. People...

Times of Malta, 5th July 2008 The merger between Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse, that created PricewaterhouseCoopers, a global firm comprising more than 140,000 people in 149 countries, is 10 years old. In Malta the merger created a professional services firm that now has nearly 300 people on its books. Globally, the firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers decided to celebrate the 10th anniversary of...

The Malta Independent, 9th July 2008 This late 16th century Vedette, or Gardiola, on St James Bastion, Valletta is one of a number of watch posts constructed by the Order of St John at strategic points along the bastions. As their name suggests, the vedettes were used as look-outs for the early warning of any attacking fleet approaching the Maltese islands. Din...

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2nd July 2008 Din l-Art Helwa announces the launch of its 2008 Built and Natural Heritage Journalism Award Scheme for journalistic publications that have made an outstanding and significant contribution to the better appreciation of the built and natural environment of the Maltese Islands within the last year. This year two Awards have been established. The...

‘Ebba’s Sketchbook’ can be viewed until 18 September 2008 at NUVO art & dine, 104, Zonqor Street, Marsascala. All proceeds will go to Din l-Art Ħelwa. Din l-Art Helwa is grateful to Saviour Balzan and to all patrons of this exhibition.   Maltatoday, 29 June 2008, by Franica Pulis – Currently NUVO art & dine is exhibiting the first commemorative exhibition of Ebba von...