Views: 125Menorca’s organized civil society has achieved another victory in the conservation of the island’s landscape values. UNESCO has taken a position on the controversy surrounding the double-level roundabout that the Island Council intends to build at Rafal Rubí and has requested that the works be stopped and that a less impactful alternative be sought … Continue reading UNESCO halts the large Rafal Rubí bridge project
Views: 1149UNESCO has responded to the letter sent by nine social and scientific organizations regarding the project that the Consell Insular plans to build at the Rafal Rubí junction. The international body states that this double-level structure, affecting lands that are part of Menorca Talaiòtica, was already a matter of concern for the World Heritage … Continue reading International concern and appeal over Rafal Rubí
Views: 1204The Island Council of Menorca’s plan to go ahead with the construction of a two-level overpass at Rafal Rubí is turning into an international scandal. The Ministry of Culture has had to intervene, the Director of the Menorca Talaiòtica Agency has resigned, and so has the main UNESCO consultant who made the declaration possible. … Continue reading The Rafal Rubí Scandal
Views: 1297Several organisations from different fields are joining forces to call for the Rafal Rubí junction to be executed in a way that respects the heritage values of the area. Associations or individuals who wish to support this cause can submit objections until this Friday, 16 May. Attached to this note, you will find templates … Continue reading Submit objections to the Rafal Rubí project
Views: 666A brief was sent jointly to the media: “A petition to reconsider the junction of Rafal Rubí was formulated by the representatives of six entities related to the culture and land of Menorca and is part of the controversy concerning the design of the main road. We think, however, that no other point of … Continue reading Rethinking the junction of Rafal Rubí on the main road
Views: 90More than one hundred people related to cultural heritage and its management from across the State — including professors, PhDs, members of ICOMOS, landscape experts, geographers, architects and museum directors — have signed a statement asking the Island Council of Menorca to halt a project that affects an area declared World Heritage. This controversy … Continue reading Over one hundred personalities and professionals from the fields of archaeology and landscape warn the Island Council of Menorca of the serious mistake of ignoring UNESCO
Views: 55Today’s political and social debate is increasingly conditioned by polarization. The unrestrained leader of the Western bloc is setting an example with exaggerations and lies. His style has reached our lands. The new strategy is to place all opinions into only two opposing blocs, in order to try to gain legitimacy among usual followers. … Continue reading Citizen counterpower
Views: 812The recent announcement by the Consell Insular (the Island Government) to maintain the half built bridge at l’Argentina and to demolish the one at Rafal Rubí, was received by GOB with scepticism and concern. It is essential to have coordinated and urgent action between the departments in order to resolve the problems adequately.
