Blood Money For The Destruction Of Our Heritage
Last Thursday Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar and Ramblers’ Association of Malta objected to MEPA’s approval of abusive works on a 24 house project on an ‘Area of High Landscape Value’ at the Victoria Lines, on the sides of the valley...
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Is MEPA Reform Working?
During this week’s MEPA hearing on the Xewkija supermarket, members of the Environment and Planning Commission (EPC) raised three fundamental objections: – The LIDL store is going to be situated on a main road which is going to create a...
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MEPA Recommends Approval of Supermarket in Water-Valley
The NGOs Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Ramblers Association of Malta, Din l-Art Ħelwa, Friends of the Earth (Malta), Malta Organic Agriculture Movement, Gozo University Group and NatureTrust Malta are concerned about the number of...
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MEPA’s idea of Environmental Justice
At a time when MEPA has been taking some sensible decisions, it was extremely disappointing to see the Planning Directorate recommend approval of a block of apartments that, if built, would wall up the windows of the block behind it....
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Gambling Shops in the Three Cities
PROLIFERATION OF GAMBLING SHOPS IN THE THREE CITIES A betting shop has been applied for in a historic palazzo on Senglea’s main road, a location that hundreds of children pass by on their way to school, church or the Legion of Mary...
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Safeguarding the rural areas
The smallness of the islands, the high population density and the transition experienced in the last decades from a predominantly agrarian society to industrialised and urban communities have led to significant change in land use...
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Change At MEPA
As part of its role to raise awareness of developments in the environmental field, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) reminds members of the public that they are now able to take a much more active role in the processing of permits; where in...
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Ongoing Heritage Abuse
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) is outraged at the latest destruction of Malta’s heritage carried out by a developer at the Palazz ta’ Rohan, Main Street Balzan, where a development application that was hotly contested by Balzan...
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FAA welcomes Urban Regeneration Scheme that helps Create Employment
Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) welcomes the scheme that has just been launched promoting sustainable urban regeneration. The scheme encourages investment in restoration, conservation and maintenance of privately-owned Grade 1 and Grade 2...
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