Projects

A major historical development - Poste of Castille
View Album	Today, the 31st of October, 2008, the Mayor, Mr. John Boxall, together with Mr. Lino Bugeja accompanied by the staff of the Birgu Local Council, visited the Poste of Castille.

Participation in the II Seminar of "l'Etoile de Bethleem", 2008

Being part of the Association of Historic Cities in the Mediterranean, the Mayor of Birgu, Mr. John Boxall, was invited by the Mayor of the City of Bethlehem, Dr. Victor Batarseh to participate in the Conference of this association that was held in Bethlehem between the 19th and 23rd December, 2008.

The main theme of this conference was "The International and Constitutional Role of the Historic Cities of the Mediterranean".

Oralites Project

In the end of November, the Birgu Local Council joined in the European Union project “Oralites”. This programme lead by the City of Evora, will be for four years and will help the eight participating cities to share and exchange cultural values through music and language. The Cities that are participating in the “Oralites” project are the City of Arles in France, Sliven in Bulgaria, Mertola, Evora and Idanha-a-Nova in Portugal, Orense in Spain, Ravenna in Italy and Birgu, Malta.

Works at Poste of France - Couvre Porte

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The Birgu Local Council has currently undertaken another job to restore to its original state and clean the Poste of France at Couvre Porte.

This work is being done by the Council's private contractor and the Local Council's workers assigned by IPSL and ETC.

The Second Conference of the Oralities Project - Sliven, Bulgaria

The Mayor, Mr. John Boxall, together with the Vice-Mayor, Mr. Christopher Cassar attended the second conference of the Oralities Project, which was held in Sliven, Bulgaria, between the 12th and 15th February, 2009.

During this conference, the outcomes of this project together with the implemenation of the project were further discussed.

Beyond Signs in the City - Kick off Meeting
View Album	‘Signs in the city’ is one of the EU projects that the Birgu Local Council is participating in. this project is to promote foreign languages through city signs. These include signs in the streets of the city, historical heritage, architecture artistic features, graffiti, sports, leisure, traffic, transport, maps, events, shops and restaurants etc….

New railing installed in Triq San Duminku

The Birgu Local Council has just installed new railing at the staircase found in Triq San Duminku after various pleas from the residents.

HSBC sponsors the restoration works at the Melitensia Section of the Vittoriosa Regional Library
View Album	The HSBC Bank plc, honouring a request done by the Birgu Local Council, today presented the Council with a cheque of 2329.27 euros equivalent to Lm 1000, to sponsor the restoration works recently done at the Melitensia Room at the Birgu Regional Library situated at the authentic Auberge D'Angleterre.

The Three Cities Foundation - Auberge d'Angleterre

The Birgu Local Council has recently entered into an agreement with "The Three Cities Foundation" to use the Front Office situated at Auberge D'Angleterre in Triq il-Majjistral, Birgu, as their permanent office.

The Three Cities Foundation is a non-governemnt organisation set up to provide free support, counselling services, training and education opportunities, based on the individual needs of its clients.

Works related to the MedCOAST.net project at Il-Mandragg finished
View Album	The works done at il-Mandragg area in relation to the MedCOAST.net project.These works included the embelisshment of the area and the wall surrounding it, the re-construction of the deteriorated columns, the installation of a new lighting system and new lanterns and the cleaning of the whole area.