FWA supports government’s plan to cull pigeons to control the feral bird population. Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna welcomes the government’s plan to cull pigeons to control the feral bird population that litters some of the most popular public spaces in Malta and Gozo, causing untold nuisance to many. From a cultural heritage point of view, this culling has been long overdue and FWA has for years lobbied for it. Earlier attempts to reduce the feral pigeon population by feeding it contraceptive pills...

Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna - the Malta Heritage Trust has formally written to the Planning Authority to object to development application PA/08237/25 concerning the proposed conversion of Villa Careel at 3, Triq il-Karmnu with Triq Sant'Anglu, San Giljan into a guest house and the building of two apartment blocks in its mature and spacious garden. Villa Careel stands at the heart of St. Julian's Urban Conservation Area. Besides being a traditional Maltese mansion of great architectural importance...

Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna is shocked by the announcement that a commercial application has been made to convert the lower floor—the oldest part—of the ancient Palazzo Sofia, built in 1233 in Mdina, into yet another two catering outlets in the Silent City. Palazzo Sofia is one of the oldest buildings still standing in Mdina, having survived various earthquakes, sieges, and modern depredations. Over the past decades, Mdina has been over-commercialised, which has sadly degraded its unique medieval...