10 January 2015 Din l-Art Ħelwa is thrilled that a victory for the democratic process has been struck today with the decision by the Constitutional Court that is to allow the referendum against spring hunting to take place later this year. The right to allow this ignoble and outdated practice will no longer be in the hands of our politicians who...
DIN l-ART HELWA PRESS RELEASE MORE DIALOGUE WITH ENVIRONMENTALISTS IS A GOOD RESOLUTION FOR 2015 says Din l-Art Helwa In his New Year’s address to the nation, Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat said one of the key learnings for his government in 2014 was the need to have more dialogue with environmentalists. Din l-Art Helwa has taken this up requesting that...
Din l-Art Helwa has announced the winners of its 2014 Architectural Heritage Awards Scheme organized with the support of the Kamra tal-Periti. Now in its tenth edition, the Din l-Art Helwa Awards Scheme is intended to give public recognition toprojects that contribute to architectural excellence in a Maltese context through the rehabilitation and reuse of built heritage and encourage those active in its...
PRIME MINISTER ANSWERS THE OPEN LETTER FROM DIN L-ART ĦELWA The Prime Minister has confirmed that the new Strategic Plan will be brought before Parliament for debate and approval and that there is no intention to amend legislation which will enable approval by the Minister alone. This was confirmed by the Prime Minister in his response of the 17th November to...
Press Release – 25th November 2014 Information about the permanent link to Gozo has not been handled in a transparent manner, says Din l-Art Helwa. In August of this year the organisation had requested the government to make the feasibility study on the proposed Gozo bridge by China Communications Construction Company available to the public. Yet despite information being given to the media...
Press Release 13th November 2014 The government’s proposal to change the regulations governing planning control (PC) applications will erode the current rights of persons with property in the same location. A PC application is submitted to request an alteration in street alignments or zoning, such as the use of a site. An applicant currently requires the...
8th November 2011 Din l-Art Helwa has launched a new campaign called Save the Countryside – ‘Kampanja ghall-Kampanja’ – which highlights the importance of the countryside, and the biodiversity that it sustains, to the daily lives of the Maltese community and for future generations. The campaign aims to inspire people to take action to conserve the...
31st October 2014 For the first time in the fifty years of Din l-Art Helwa’s work to protect Malta’s environmental and cultural heritage, all six serving and former Presidents of the association since its foundation have written a joint Open Letter addressed to the Prime Minister. The Open Letter expresses a deep concern at the current...
Press Release 9th October 2014 In December last year, Transport Malta had confirmed that a full nautical risk assessment would be carried out on the proposed gas storage tanker to be berthed at Delimara. A nautical risk assessment studies the possible impacts that the gas storage tanker and its supply ships could have on nautical traffic within this bay, including on recreational...
