Passport Papers shortlisted for IJ4EU award
The Passport Papers joint investigation by The Shift and
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 3, 2022 15:46
Passport Papers: A fugitive’s quest for a European passport
In November 2019, a copy of an invoice was
Alice Taylor
April 24, 2021 14:34
Passport Papers: oligarchs, royalty and fugitives
The Passport Papers shed light on the applicants for
The Shift Team
April 24, 2021 06:39
Passport Papers: Henley and Partners’ leaked documents show most applicants are from countries where dual citizenship is not permitted
Most applicants for Malta’s cash-for-passports programme who applied for
The Shift Team
April 22, 2021 06:00
Cyprus Papers leak renews EU scepticism on cash for passports
New findings on irregularities with the sale of passports
Gabriel Schembri
October 13, 2020 15:00
Malta’s passport sales in crosshairs of new EU anti-corruption directive
The Committee of Civil Liberties in the European Parliament
Alice Taylor
February 1, 2024 16:54
End times for the passport programme – Ryan Murdock
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has put the final
Ryan Murdock
March 11, 2022 08:36
Overwhelming majority votes in favour of EU report to abolish ‘golden passport’
A European Parliament vote to ban citizen by investment
Joanna Demarco
March 9, 2022 16:57
€3 million in passport funds diverted to parliamentary secretary’s district
Proceeds from the notorious cash for passports scheme are
The Shift Team
February 10, 2022 11:25
Four years after promised divestment, passports fund retains majority share of Lombard Bank
Malta’s passports fund, known formally as the National Development
Julian Delia
February 9, 2022 07:01
Bulgaria’s cash for passports scheme under EU scrutiny
After Bulgaria pledged to end its ‘golden passport’ scheme
Alice Taylor
December 27, 2021 14:33
With passport sales, we undermine our sovereignty
Many readers of The Shift will already be sympathetic
Ranier Fsadni
September 19, 2021 07:28
Cash-for-passports watchdog eight months late on annual report
The government-appointed cash-for-passports watchdog has missed the publication deadline
The Shift Team
July 31, 2021 10:04
Suspected Indian fraudsters on the run used Henley and Partners to seek foreign passports
Two Indian fugitives suspected of involvement in a €640
The Shift Team
July 9, 2021 08:31
Passport perfidy
“We have to agree that the passport programme is
Kevin Cassar
May 4, 2021 07:54
PN agrees with passport scheme, subject to an ‘open and transparent’ process
The findings that emerged from a joint media investigation
Caroline Muscat
April 27, 2021 09:37
‘Never lived in apartment’ rented out to passport buyer sheds light on rental sham
An advert on Facebook promoting the sale of an
Gabriel Schembri
April 22, 2021 17:46
Cyprus Auditor General faces removal after publishing report on abuse in passport sales
Cyprus’ Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides could be removed from
Joanna Demarco
December 9, 2020 13:33
Armenian founders of company fined €700,000 acquired Maltese passports
The founders of Vivaro Ltd, the gaming company that
The Shift Team
September 12, 2020 17:40
Probe reveals over €2 million in direct orders to Panama Papers’ firm in Malta
The firm that set up the Panama companies for
The Shift Team
March 22, 2019 17:46
Passport-selling patriots
May’s MEP elections are expected to pit liberal democratic
Ranier Fsadni
January 27, 2019 08:30
‘Fantastic Malta’ exposed in Paradise Papers
When confronted by the news that the European Parliament
James Debono
November 8, 2017 18:59
Opinion: Another attack on Malta?
One Saturday morning in August 2021, the secretary of
Kevin Cassar
August 28, 2023 10:51
Wanted: An Opposition to oppose, start date also yesterday
In-fighting, contradictory statements, backtracking, debts. These are just some
The Shift Team
August 25, 2022 17:36
UPDATED: Ukrainian president addressed Maltese parliament while government seeks compromise on Russian oil transport ban
Updated with Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Parliament. In another
Julian Delia
May 10, 2022 11:40
Trying to make hay while bombs rain down
Robert Abela is so far out of his depth
Ryan Murdock
March 4, 2022 06:00
Joseph Muscat’s legacy of failure
As disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat pulls strings
Julian Delia
March 2, 2022 16:02
Will Malta keep playing both sides?
Robert Abela took an evening off campaigning this week
Ryan Murdock
February 25, 2022 06:29
Someone better wake up Alex Muscat
Alex Muscat is either fast asleep or seriously deluded,
Ryan Murdock
October 29, 2021 07:21
One regime, many scandals
Last week, Malta’s President George Vella and Foreign Minister
Alice Taylor
October 8, 2021 07:46

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