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Times of Malta, 30th March 2008 Limestone is one of Malta’s few natural resources. From our magnificent Stone Age temples, to the building of the impressive fortifications of Valletta and Mdina, it has always been a vital element in...

Times of Malta, 5th March 2008 The exchange of opinions in The Times of February 5, 8 and 21 between Martin Scicluna and George Pullicino are of great interest to the Chamber of Architects and its members, also because they inevitably...

Times of Malta, 14th March 2008 – Much has been said lately about the Dwejra boathouses. There were those who wrote out of genuine environmental interest and those whose aim seemed to be only to damage the environmental NGOs and...

June 2006   The government has opened a veritable can of worms. To say that one is correcting anomalies and injustices are fine words. But is this the whole story? Whenever limits to development are set, people will feel aggrieved. These were being...

In the last three years, the government has most commendably tackled the country’s economic deficit. While there is still a worrying gap between revenue and public expenditure, the annual deficit has been considerably reduced...

When Peter the Great developed his vision for Russia he turned to the Western model of a modern state as a source of inspiration, opening a window to the West, and took his country out of isolation and into a...

It is inevitable in a small country like Malta, where everybody knows or is acquainted with everybody else, that the pressure from politicians, developers or other clients, as well as environmental NGOs, on those making planning or environmental judgements is...

The best way to protect an interesting or important old building is to include it in the list of scheduled properties. Just over 1,700 sites and monuments have been scheduled so far since the list was established in 1992, of...

When I was young I used to go and visit my old aunt and uncle. They lived in a rambling two terraced house in Tarxien. One of the dark rooms upstairs (for the rooms were always...