BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is taking Malta to court over its tradition of trapping finches to trade between collectors or keep in cages as songbirds. The Commission, the executive ...

Malta spent €200,000 in legal fees to defend finch trapping in two doomed court cases in European courts. Malta was first taken to court by the European Commission almost a decade ago, after the newly ...

BirdLife Malta is asking the European Commission to take the government to task for again opening a derogation for finch trapping under the guise of scientific research. In an open letter to Maroš ...

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Malta’s derogation from the ban on bird trapping is illegal, yet another confirmation of the island member-state’s continued disregard of the Bird ...

In an attempt to justify a practice that has brought Malta before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) twice, Malta’s Federation for Hunting and Conservation recently published passionate views that ...

(CN) — On Thursday, the European Union's top court ruled that Malta’s law allowing the live capture of finches — a cultural tradition dating back centuries — violates the EU’s directive to protect ...

(CN) - The European Court of Justice scorched the country Malta on Thursday for its unrestrained and poorly supervised scheme that allows residents to trap seven species of finch. In Malta, an ...

BRUSSELS, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it was referring Malta to the Court of Justice of the European Union for incorrectly applying a derogation regime and authorising ...

Environment commissioner Jessika Roswall ‘confident’ a solution will be found The European Commission is “assessing” the government’s response to a judgment that found it in breach of EU bird trapping ...

BirdLife Malta slammed the government and the Opposition yesterday for vying for hunters’ votes while disregarding the overwhelming majority’s disagreement with the ongoing infringements from the EU ...

BirdLife Malta on Monday strongly condemned the Maltese Prime Minister's decision to weaken the laws regulating scientific bird ringing in a clear step to pacify the hunters' lobby and to disguise ...