ECtHR refers to SLAPPs, says public authorities can’t justify defamation claims against media
In a landmark decision related to a civil defamation
The Shift Team
April 4, 2022 09:30
Enemalta shareholder Shangai Electric declares $1.5 billion in losses in 2021
Shanghai Electric, which owns a third of Malta’s state
The Shift Team
April 3, 2022 08:40
Robert Abela’s cabinet to cost €100 million
Malta is again set to register a new EU
The Shift Team
April 2, 2022 11:49
Maltese reporter abandons Russian news agency over Ukraine war
Former Lovin Malta reporter Sam Vassallo’s brief position at
Caroline Muscat
Joanna Demarco
April 2, 2022 10:00
Disgraced assistant police commissioner still on half pay
Ian Abdilla, the disgraced assistant commissioner of police who
The Shift Team
April 2, 2022 08:41
Silence over government’s ‘odd’ appointment of architect to run air traffic company
Experienced air traffic controllers have told The Shift they
The Shift Team
April 1, 2022 12:31
COVID concerns mount as health minister tests positive ahead of Pope’s visit
Health Minister Chris Fearne yesterday announced that he’d tested
The Shift Team
April 1, 2022 10:01
A window into Mario Azzopardi’s dark, dark soul
Before I read the script for Mario Azzopardi’s foul
Blanche Gatt
April 1, 2022 08:16
Malta listed as ‘inactive’ country on Open Government Partnership platform
Following initial warnings from the Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Julian Delia
March 31, 2022 12:52
Appeals Tribunal rules in favour of international NGO, extends the right to information to non-residents
The Information and Data Protection Appeals Tribunal has ruled
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 31, 2022 10:59
10 more government ministries and bodies join effort to hide payments to Saviour Balzan
A further 10 government entities, including several ministries, have
The Shift Team
March 31, 2022 10:33
NSO confirms €1.2 billion deficit in 2021
Government finances remained under heavy pressure last year, with
The Shift Team
March 30, 2022 17:56
ADPD takes Electoral Commission, State Advocate to constitutional court over electoral discrimination
ADPD, Malta’s longest-standing alternative to PL and PN, held
Julian Delia
March 30, 2022 13:59
The Pope is coming….no time for planning permits
Planning laws have been brushed aside in Gozo in
The Shift Team
March 30, 2022 13:27
Former UCM director-general was employed despite ongoing fraud, embezzlement charges in Italy
Concerns about Malta’s reputation as an educational hub have
Julian Delia
March 30, 2022 07:57
Portelli hotel handed another €0.5 million from public funds three days before election
Gozitan construction magnate Joseph Portelli was the recipient of
The Shift Team
March 29, 2022 16:09
National debt skyrockets to €8.4 billion, up by €266 million in first 2 months of year
Malta’s national debt soared by a further €266 million in
The Shift Team
March 29, 2022 13:11
Stonewalling politicians and word salad manifestos
One of the most striking aspects of Malta’s 2022
Julian Delia
March 29, 2022 10:24
Saviour Balzan has to go
Waking up this morning to the prospect of a
Caroline Muscat
March 28, 2022 11:17
Not-so-silent day: social media, Google ads flooded with propaganda on ‘day of reflection’
Labour Leader and Prime Minister Robert Abela is at
Julian Delia
March 25, 2022 14:13
Farmer Chloe gets second ODZ store after Portelli-Abela dinner
Tista’ taqra bil-Malti Chloe Portelli, the daughter of Gozitan
The Shift Team
March 24, 2022 08:16
Beneath contempt – Kevin Cassar
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. What was the
Kevin Cassar
March 23, 2022 17:23
Do polls produce self-fulfilling prophecies?
As the electoral campaign comes to the end of
Julian Delia
March 23, 2022 14:33
Taxpayers to foot bill for Labour’s final mass rallies
Tista’ taqra bil-Malti Labour’s extravagant final electoral events at
The Shift Team
March 23, 2022 11:08
Minister gives wife €14,000 promotion, increasing her annual salary to €50,000
Economy Minister Silvio Schembri, currently seeking a third term
The Shift Team
March 22, 2022 14:54
Gozo Minister employs Labour stalwart to support campaign, paid by taxpayers
A move by Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri to put
The Shift Team
March 22, 2022 08:32
Ram Tumuluri sends legal threat to The Shift objecting to being called ‘an international scammer’
Ram Tumuluri, the former face of the “fraudulent“, failed
Julian Delia
March 21, 2022 16:57
Abela evades Russian rent income in his declarations
Tista’ taqra l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. None of the thousands
The Shift Team
March 21, 2022 11:05
Labour can’t deliver a clean-up or stability
Repeat after me Labour’s electoral message: Malta needs Labour
Ranier Fsadni
March 20, 2022 08:45
Court declares Transport Malta action over Grand Harbour concession ‘scandalous’
Malta’s highest court has declared Transport Malta’s actions over
March 19, 2022 17:35

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