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04 Aug 2010

Conservation of Great Siege Monument, Valletta

Valletta, 4 August 2010 The monument commemorating the Great Siege of 1565, an Antonio Sciortino masterpiece, is set to become the focus of a conservation initiative which aims to preserve this major Valletta landmark for future generations. The project is sponsored by Malta-based trade finance institution FIMBank plc and coordinated by heritage NGO Din l-Art Ħelwa. This well-known sculpture, which is located...

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06 Jul 2010

Eco-Comino could be within reach, by Petra Bianchi

Times of Malta, 6th July 2010 On March 11, 1960, The Times of Malta reported that a press conference was held at the Palace in Valletta by Barker-Benfield, then chairman of the Tourist Board, to announce new plans to develop Comino into a tourist resort by the entrepreneur John Gaul. Apart from the hotel and bungalows, which were eventually built, the...

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14 Jun 2010

Hondoq ir-Rummien, by Stanley Farrugia Randon

Times of Malta, 14 June 2010 Letter to the Editor – Environmental Saviour or Destroyer (2) It is no surprise that the meeting on the Ħondoq ir-Rummien project ended in a row. On one side, we have the developers who are looking at the project as another opportunity to make money at a time when business is low; the strongest point in...

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13 May 2010

Stop killing immature swordfish!, by Stanley Farrugia Randon

Times of Malta 13 May 2010 Din l-Art Ħelwa is pleased to hear that the EU is proposing new measures to protect diminishing stocks of swordfish. According to regulations issued by ICCAT (2007/01) it is prohibited to fish for swordfish between October 1 and November 30. This will allow stocks to build up by allowing breeding and the swordfish will be...

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25 Apr 2010

Foresta 2000 site vandalised again

26 April 2010 Joint Press Release – BirdLife Malta & Din l-Art Helwa The Foresta 2000 afforestation site in Mellieha was once again the target of vandalism when 104 pine trees were cut down in two main areas on a hill on the east side of the nature reserve. The pine trees were left scattered on the ground, with most of them too...

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25 Apr 2010

Hypocrisy killed the tuna, by George Camilleri

Sunday Times of Malta, 25 April 2010 The vote on the proposal to ban international trade in the Atlantic bluefin tuna was soundly defeated last month at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting. Originally tabled by Monaco and supported by both the EU and the US, conservationists sought an outright ban at CITES because they are...

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12 Apr 2010

Environment NGOs condemn government’s decision on spring hunting

Press Release 12 April 2010 The NGOs Din l-Art Helwa, Flimkien ghall-Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth Malta, Malta Organic Agriculture Movement, Nature Trust (Malta) and Ramblers’ Association Malta support BirdLife Malta in condemning the government’s decision to open another spring hunting season despite the European Court of Justice ruling of last September which concluded that Malta’s past Spring Hunting derogations...

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