Patterns of resistance
The government’s reluctance, verging on recalcitrance, for meaningful reform
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 13, 2022 07:04
Fearne puts his campaign manager on €163,000 ‘irregular’ contract
Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne has put one of
Caroline Muscat
January 12, 2022 13:20
Ghasri local council, residents raise concerns over poultry farm application
An application to convert an agricultural field in a
Julian Delia
January 12, 2022 08:43
The people’s president has left us
The tag line on David Sassoli’s Twitter account read,
Jacques René Zammit
January 12, 2022 07:06
Reform committee should be ‘independent, chosen through transparent consultation with civil society’ – Reporters Without Borders
The committee appointed by the government to guide the
Caroline Muscat
January 11, 2022 16:30
‘Persons of trust’ go beyond Malta’s borders: Arts Council appoints one in New York
The government’s practice of appointing those loyal to the
The Shift Team
January 11, 2022 12:43
New PBS editor is former head of engineering at One Productions 
Charles Dalli, who has just taken on the role
Joanna Demarco
January 11, 2022 07:51
Opposition presents draft bill to parliament: ‘An opportunity to take things forward’
In what is perhaps the first and most tangible
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 11, 2022 07:17
Ombudsman slams civil service chief on ‘insinuations, half truths and allegations’
The Office of the Ombudsman has reacted strongly to
The Shift Team
January 10, 2022 17:41
Application for tourism complex on site of former explosives factory in Dingli withdrawn
The controversial planning application aiming to convert an abandoned
The Shift Team
January 10, 2022 12:22
New moves in court to fight DB project
Three Local Councils together with several organisations and residents
The Shift Team
January 10, 2022 09:07
Infrastructure Malta admits blacklisting measure ‘limited’ as Polidano set to win €40 million in contracts despite tax arrears
Infrastructure Malta last year awarded Polidano Brothers, supposedly blacklisted,
The Shift Team
January 10, 2022 08:08
The oligarchic amoralist
Might is right and rules are made by weak
Kevin Cassar
January 10, 2022 06:42
A broad phantom consultation
There’s a Muriel Spark story where an elderly spinster
Ranier Fsadni
January 9, 2022 08:01
Opposition not consulted on composition of commission to implement public inquiry findings despite government claims of ‘broad consultation’
Updated to include the reaction of the Daphne Caruana
The Shift Team
January 8, 2022 16:26
Solving crimes, the Maltese way
Victoria Buttigieg and Angelo Gafa have some explaining to
Blanche Gatt
January 8, 2022 10:45
Chambray restoration stalled since 2015, PA took six years to issue permit
Much needed restoration works on the fortifications of Fort
The Shift Team
January 8, 2022 08:28
Remembering them
On 5 January the mother of Justin Plette posted
The Shift Team
January 7, 2022 16:57
Gozo Channel’s unused, leased premises belongs to former client of chairman Joe Cordina
The building leased as offices by Gozo Channel in
The Shift Team
January 7, 2022 11:15
Accusations of intimidation leveled at The Shift are ‘absolutely ludicrous’ – Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders has slammed a government lawyer’s assertions
The Shift Team
January 7, 2022 09:51
The latest attempt to castrate the press
Poor little Joe Gerada doesn’t want to be accountable
Ryan Murdock
January 7, 2022 07:45
‘Government contracts should have National Audit Office approval’ – Joe Giglio
Lawyer and PN candidate Joe Giglio told The Shift
Julian Delia
January 6, 2022 17:20
Malta’s newest batch of citizens: Putin insiders, a game hunter, and an oilman facing sanctions
An analysis of the list published by the government
The Shift Team
January 6, 2022 12:08
Transport Minister Ian Borg keeps disgraced former MFSA boss on board
Transport Minister Ian Borg has decided to retain disgraced
The Shift Team
January 6, 2022 09:17
Maghtab gets third waste mountain, Wasteserv CEO says it’s ok
With works for another extension to the ever-growing landfill
The Shift Team
January 6, 2022 08:28
It’s not getting better
It is incredibly hard to write about violence against
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 5, 2022 15:09
Gozo Square project riddled with shortcomings, final bill more than €2 million over budget – NAO
A small, supposedly uncomplicated project in Gozo – the
The Shift Team
January 5, 2022 12:27
Joe Gerada, of FKK Acapulco fame, demands tribunal ban The Shift from asking questions
The former aide of disgraced ex-minister Chris Cardona, teacher-turned-lawyer
The Shift Team
January 5, 2022 11:19
‘Police force facing strong political pressure’ to halt Labour MP prosecutions – Repubblika
Thirty-two months after an inquiry into the hospitals concession
Julian Delia
January 5, 2022 10:09
Farewell to welfare
The welfare state sees the government as the guarantor
Jacques René Zammit
January 5, 2022 07:26

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