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...
Press Release 26th September 2014 Din l-Art Helwa commended the unanimous decisions by the Mepa board that refused applications from two Sliema hotels to develop stretches of rocky foreshore into beach concessions and lidos. Referring to the applications by the Preluna...
Press Release 20th September 2014 Din l-Art Helwa commends the government’s decision to close the hunting season following repeated instances of illegal hunting of protected birds. These persistent illegalities confirm that it is a mistake to relax hunting regulations, such as the...
Press Release 20th September 2014 Din l-Art Helwa continues to be extremely concerned that the Rural Policy and Design Guidelines as recently adopted, have not been appropriately assessed in terms of the potential negative environmental effects on our countryside. DLH favours the...
Press Release 10th September 2014 Din l-Art Helwa notes that European Commissioner-designate Karmenu Vella has been assigned a portfolio which includes the Environment. While congratulating Mr Vella on his new portfolio, Din l-Art Helwa trusts that he will now devote his...
Press Release 26 August 2014 Din l-Art Helwa expresses its concern about the recent decision by the office of the Data Protection Commissioner, as reported in the press, to charge Birdlife Malta with an alleged breach of the Data Protection Act in connection...
Press Release 23 August 2014 News continues to be published daily in the media re the increasing number of illegal developments taking place on public land and in other areas, in particular in the countryside and on the coast. Din l-Art...
Press Release 15th August 2014 Din l-Art Helwa is concerned by the government’s decision to again allow hunting until 7 pm in September, removing the 3 pm hunting curfew which was intended to protect migrating birds of prey during this period....
Press Release 15th July 2014 Din l-Art Helwa states that, no matter the environmental studies now being requested, a bridge to Gozo will have such negative visual and environmental impact it should never have been proposed in the first place and...