Tag Archive: European Court of Justice
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Illegal killing of birds remains rampant during 2021
February 4, 2022 10:04 amDuring 2021 the number of protected birds known to BirdLife Malta that have been diagnosed as illegally shot stood at...
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Following fresh legal action by the EC, Government should close smokescreen ‘research’ trapping season immediately
November 12, 2021 12:46 pmFollowing the legal action announced today against Malta by the European Commission (EC) in regard to the smokescreen finch trapping...
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BirdLife Malta initiates legal action as finch trapping Framework Law enacted without public consultation
November 5, 2021 11:00 amBirdLife Malta has today filed a Judicial Protest against the Minister for Gozo, the Minister for the Environment, the Wild...
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Framework Law allowing finch trapping repealed
October 14, 2021 5:31 pmBirdLife Malta has just found out that following yesterday’s decision by the ORNIS Committee not to recommend the opening of...
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Finch trapping in Malta coming to an end after EC’s final warning
June 9, 2021 2:07 pmBirdLife Malta welcomes today’s news that the European Commission has once again stepped in to protect birds in our country....
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Spring hunting season 2021 – a summary of illegalities
May 20, 2021 9:36 amBirdLife Malta has published its video summary of the illegalities witnessed during the 2021 spring hunting season. This year, due...
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Protected Ospreys shot down by hunters, illegal finch trappers caught
March 22, 2021 1:51 pmIn the past days, with the first signs of spring migratory birds flying over the Maltese Islands, BirdLife Malta witnessed...
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First year of PM Abela’s rule stained with worst record for illegal hunting
February 1, 2021 9:25 amThe first year of Prime Minister Robert Abela’s rule will be a year stained with the worst record for illegal...
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BirdLife International and 24 EU BirdLife partners support BirdLife Malta request to European Commissioner for Environment to intervene on finch trapping
November 20, 2020 11:10 amFollowing the re-opening of a finch trapping season by the Maltese Government in defiance of the 2018 judgement by the...
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Opening the trapping season is a desperate and defiant move by Prime Minister Robert Abela
October 19, 2020 12:02 pmBirdlife Malta has written to EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius pointing out the desperate and defiant move by Prime Minister Robert...
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