The government wants to 'declassify' the Sliema Chalet site, now earmarked for privatisation in a recently issued call for bidders, from the Public Domain Act, which stipulates that the first 15 metres of foreshore should be public and not be commercialised
In an age when Planning Authority decisions always seem to go in the clean opposite direction… there can be no doubt that Thursday’s decision really does mark a significant turning-point, in the ongoing struggle against over-development
Environmental NGOs such as Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) are palpably relieved by the final rejection of a 20-year-old application to build a tourism village in Gozo’s pristine Ħondoq ir-Rummien valley. But as campaigner ASTRID VELLA warns: the real battle to save our environment is far from over