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An eight-storey block is threatening the bird sanctuary at Simar, located just 20 metres away from the site managed by BirdLife Malta

Comino represents the last frontier to many Maltese, epitomising the last vestige of wilderness on these largely gentrified islands. So much so that the number of campers who seek to get away from the maddening crowd by living it rough on the islet has swollen in recent years. As far as local jurisdictions are concerned, Comino is ‘annexed’ to Gozo, given that it is directly administered by the Ministry of Gozo. It comes as no surprise therefore that the ministry was behind the latest unilateral move to scarify the islet by summoning heavy machinery in order to formalise the main dust-bea...

Roman-era olive grove to be protected through close collaboration between Ambjent Malta and Heritage Malta Posted by Vento on Ambjent Malta and Heritage Malta have been collaborating closely to ensure the protection and upkeep of an olive grove with significant importance in Bidnija, with trees as old as 1,800 years.  This was announced by Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia and Minister for National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government José Herrera during the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two entities.  The Con...