Friday, 10th October 2008
EU approves funds for Tarxien Temples shelter
A €2.2 million project to erect a shelter over the Tarxien Temples has been approved by the European Union, Heritage Malta said yesterday in reaction to criticism that nothing was being done to protect this historic site.
Owen Bonnici, Labour spokes-man for youth and culture, complained last week that advice to build a shelter to protect the Tarxien Temples from harsh weather conditions had been ignored. Part of a wall in one of the apses of the temples collapsed during heavy rain earlier this month.
Heritage Malta explained that, after the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of the Megalithic Temples last year concluded that a protective shelter should be installed over the temples, it had submitted an application for €2.2 million to be granted from the European Regional and Development Fund.
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Comments
You are mistaken.
When you consider everything we are receiving less than we are sending and spending because of eu membership.
It is true that Malta pays its share into EU coffers, but this is only the partial truth
What is forgotten to be said is that Malta takes more out of it under the current budget period