A public consultation to reform the Constitution of Malta has been launched, inviting NGOs and members of the public to make their recommendations for changes to the supreme law of the land. The FAA committee sees this as an unmissable opportunity to strengthen the protection of Malta’s environment and cultural heritage…
After weeks of protest and activism, organised by a group of Cottonera residents “Tuna Artna Lura” (Give us back our Land), spearheaded by Dr Joseph Tonna, Dr Andrea Dibben & Rebecca Cremona with support from 11 NGOs and hundreds of residents from the Cottonera, the Planning Board today refused planning permission…
After weeks of protest and activism, organised by a group of Cottonera residents “Tuna Artna Lura” (Give us back our Land), spearheaded by Dr Joseph Tonna, Dr Andrea Dibben & Rebecca Cremona with support from 11 NGOs and hundreds of residents from the Cottonera, the Planning Board today refused planning permission…
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA), Tuna Artna Lura, NatureTrust Malta and Inhobbu l-Gzira Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA), Tuna Artna Lura, NatureTrust Malta and Inhobbu l-Gzira express outrage that the Gzira end of Sliema Creek has turned milky white, due to the volume of dust caused by works on the Gzira…
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) condemns Thursday’s Planning Authority decision to permit an 11-storey hotel in a narrow Sliema residential street. This application has been hotly opposed by Sliema residents who had joined FAA’s press conference against this hotel development, saying that it would further aggravate traffic congestion in the area,…
In spite of politicians’ promises, eNGO Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) feels obliged to remind politicians that Malta’s well-being can be only achieved through sustainable development and the protection of open spaces. Ongoing construction is producing dusty, noisy, unliveable neighbourhoods, causing an alarming rate of respiratory diseases and killing people in…
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar calls on the authorities to use this time to plan for a better, healthier, post-COVID Malta. The Malta Developers Association’s demands for less bureaucracy to increase investment in development and Minister Ian Borg’s dreams that more Maltese will want to work in construction, show that they are…
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar welcomes Government’s purchase of the Baroque palazzo, Villa Guardamangia, the Queen’s only place of residence outside the UK, which is to be restored and opened to the public by Heritage Malta. FAA is particularly heartened by Minister José Herrera’s assertion that Government will acquire more assets with…
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar and the Inħobbu l-Gżira group welcome the PA appeals tribunal’s decision that MIDI is to prepare a new Environment Impact Assessment re its Manoel Island project due to the conflict of interest of one of the consultants involved. EIA consultants assessing the potential heritage and environment damage…
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar together with St Julian’s residents and Mayor have roundly condemned the application for a massive project comprising some 57 apartments, shops and offices on a site in between St Elias Street and B’Kara Hill, the narrowest streets of the St Julian’s Urban Conservation Area. Astrid Vella, FAA…