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BirdLife International and BirdLife Malta have said that they welcome today's decision by the European Commission to take Malta to the European Court of Justice, regarding the practice of spring hunting and trapping of wild birds, which is illegal under EU law. Every spring since its accession to the EU in 2004, ...

Due to Carnival activities on Friday 1st, Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th February, three letterboxes in Nadur and four in Victoria will be collected at 6pm instead of the customary 7pm clearance. Maltapost will be affixing notices on each effected letterbox, denoting new collection time cut-off and the nearest 7pm collection letterbox. The letterboxes ...

The environment NGOs Din l-Art Helwa, Flimkien ghal-Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth (Malta), Gaia, Light Pollution Awareness Group, Nature Trust Malta and Ramblers Association of Malta welcome the decision taken by government to amend the Development Planning Act regulations and give a stronger voice to civil society in such issues. ...

In terms of Government Notice 1000 of 2007, MaltaPost notifies the public of the withdrawal from circulation of Lm - denominated stamps (i.e. those stamps denominated in just Lm) and their exchange for dual currency ( €/Lm) denominated stamps. As from the 1st of February 2008 only dual-denominated (€/Lm) stamps are to be ...

At a press conference yesterday, the Green Party leader, Dr. Harry Vassallo said that "The European Commission has just announced that it will be taking the Maltese government to court over its failure to apply EU directives regarding hunting in spring." AD spokespersons on sustainable development architect Carmel Cacopardo and on agriculture and ...

During the months of October to December of last year 979 persons had an accident in the course of their work. Accordingly, the number of accidents in the fourth quarter of last year decreased by 46 (-4.5 per cent) over the same period in the preceding year. Many work-related accidents ...

59 year-old Paul Muscat from Nadur has been found guilty of cultivating cannabis in his fields and the surrounding area in Wied Bingemma in Nadur. He has been sentenced to 18 years in prison and fined €45,000. The juries verdict was reached by seven votes to two. He was also found guilty of trafficking ...

HSBC's Gozo Service Centre at the Xewkija Industrial Estate was officially inaugurated yesterday by Investment, Industry and Information Technology Minister Austin Gatt, Gozo Minister Giovanna Debono and HSBC Chief Executive Officer Shaun Wallis. The new centre will be employing 50 full-time workers. The service centre's main role will be to take care of the ...

The Gozo Cultural Council within the Ministry for Gozo would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Margaret Camilleri, the Gozitan singer hailing from the village of Sannat, artistically known as Morena, who last Saturday won first prize with her song 'Vodka' in the Malta Song for Europe Festival. It is without ...

The Wistin Camilleri Gozo Centre for Art and Crafts has recently been accepted to participate in a project under the Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013 of the Leonardo da Vinci, Multilateral Transfer of Innovation project. The project, entitled 'Blended Learning Environmental Studies' (BLES), focuses on the development and testing of new ...