Tag: Moviment Graffitti
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Moviment Graffitti leads protest in Valletta for Eurovision boycott
Earlier today, Moviment Graffitti lead a protest in Valletta urging the authorities and the public broadcaster to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation. The group is arguing that Israel should not be allowed to participate for its genocide in Gaza in Gaza just as Russia has been refused participation over its invasion of…
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Moviment Graffitti wants Malta to boycott Eurovision over Israel: government committed to participate
NGO Moviment Graffitti is currently conducting a campaign to pressure the Public Broadcasting Services to withdraw its official participation from the Eurovision Song Contest. The calls for boycott are being made due to Israel’s participation and Moviment Graffitti is arguing that Israel should be banned in he Eurovision over its genocide in Gaza. The group…
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Ramblers and Moviment Graffitt take to Mellieħa as part of their campaign Ä ustizzja Għal Artna
The Ramblers Organisation and Moviment Graffitti have continued their tour in Malta called Ä ustizzja Għal Artna. The NGOs are travelling to every locality to campaign against what they describe the most corrupt planning reforms in history. The first visit was in the town of BirżebbuiÄ¡a and last Sunday, Moviment Graffitti was at the belvedere of…
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Environmentalists begin nation-wide campaign to inform citizens about the government’s planning reform
Environmental NGOs, Ramblers Associations and Moviment Graffitti have kickstarted a nation-wide campaign to inform residents about the government’s proposed planning reforms, which they describe as the most corrupt planning reforms in the country’s history. The campaign has started today in BirżebbuÄ¡Ä¡a and is called “Ä ustizzja Għal Artna”. Representatives of the groups, Ingram Bondin for Ramblers…
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Budget Day overshadowed by protests and party rebellion
While Parliament convenes for the Finance Minister’s budget speech, demonstrators camping outside parliament will be protesting against the government’s proposed planning reforms, described by NGOs as the most corrupt planning reforms in history. The protest movement against the government’s proposed planning reforms is significantly more numerous than protest movements in the recent past, with many…
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Moviment Graffitti camps out in front of Parliament ahead of tomorrow’s protest
Moviment Graffitti has camped out in front Parliament in preparation for tomorrow’s protest against the government’ proposed planning reform, which environmentalists are describing as the most corrupt planning reform in history. The proposed government planning reform will give unprecedented powers to the Planning authority to disregard and flout all environmental regulations implemented in the last…
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Environmental NGOs announce national protest against planning reforms
Most of the environmental groups and NGOs in Malta held a press conference earlier today in front of the Planning Authority building in Floriana to announce a national protest against the government’s proposed planning reforms. The organisations include the Ramblers Association, Din L-art Ħelwa, Moviment Graffitti, BirdLife Malta and Nature Trust Malta. The protest will…
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Parliament opens with a protest against Planning Reforms: Alex Borg takes an environmentalist turn
Yesterday, as Parliament opened after recess, environmentalists took to the streets of Valletta to protest against what they describe as the most corrupt planning law in history. Enviriomental groups and NGOs are demanding the government to withdraw the bills and are also stating that the consultation process that took place in Summer was meaningless. The…
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Controversial planning reforms spark backlash from ADPD and Momentum
Major concerns have been raised by ADPD and Momentum in reaction to two proposed planning law reforms set to be discussed in Parliament. Both parties claim the legislative changes, tabled by the government shortly before the summer recess, undermine public participation, weaken environmental safeguards, and give unprecedented leeway to powerful developers. Deputy Chairperson of ADPD,…
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Moviment Graffitti and ADPD push for ethical, inclusive end-of-life reform
Malta’s public debate on assisted voluntary euthanasia (AVE) is intensifying, with Moviment Graffitti and ADPD – The Green Party submitting critical but divergent feedback to the government’s ongoing consultation. Moviment Graffitti declared its full support for the legalisation of AVE, citing the right to personal autonomy and dignified death for those with terminal or incurable…
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Calls mount for urgent reform of planning appeals lawÂ
A coalition of environmental, civil society organisations and pressure groups, is once again demanding urgent reform of Malta’s planning appeals law, branding it “absurd” and “grotesque” for allowing construction to proceed, even be completed, while appeals are still pending. In a statement they emphasised how more than two years have passed since Prime Minister Robert…
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Blue Lagoon overrun again as promised reforms fail to materialise, says Moviment Graffitti
Despite earlier promises by Minister Ian Borg to curb overcrowding and commercial exploitation at Comino’s Blue Lagoon, pressure group Moviment Graffitti has sharply criticised the lack of meaningful action ahead of the peak summer season. In a strongly worded statement, the group expressed concern that the situation at Comino has already reached unsustainable levels in…
