Repetition and negativity: propaganda tools designed to stick
The wave of disinformation in the week that immediately
Elizabeth De Gaetano
April 5, 2022 18:29
Cannabis boss Mariella Dimech on €82,000 a year
Tista’ taqra l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. Mariella Dimech, a former
Caroline Muscat
April 5, 2022 11:49
Beyond the euphoria – Noel Grima
After the euphoria and the back-slapping, maybe it is
Noel Grima
April 4, 2022 18:17
New tax commissioner also refuses to explain inaction on prime minister’s Zejtun property
Inland Revenue Commissioner Joseph Caruana, who replaced Marvin Gaerty
The Shift Team
April 4, 2022 16:27
€30 million in EU funds at risk as Polidano tax dispute escalates
Malta may be in danger of losing more than
The Shift Team
April 4, 2022 12:00
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
Saviour Balzan’s attempt to discredit independent reporting ‘troubling’ – RSF
Reporters without Borders said Saviour Balzan’s attempt to discredit
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 29, 2022 13:41
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
Election 2022: Out with the old, in with the new
Parliament will look very different in a few weeks’
The Shift Team
March 28, 2022 17:26
Traditional parties in difficulty as Labour endorsed by less than half voting population
While Labour celebrates its third consecutive victory at the
The Shift Team
March 28, 2022 12:41
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
OPM rejects FOI requests, insists that it has ‘nothing’ on Joseph Muscat’s severance package
The Office of the Prime Minister has stonewalled The
Caroline Muscat
March 25, 2022 07:33
Over 100 billboards on 50km stretch, at least €670,000 spent on digital advertising
The Labour Party campaign dominates political advertising on both
The Shift Team
March 24, 2022 16:24
Lanqas id-disprezz ma ħaqqu
Read this article in English here. Kemm ġew jiswew
Kevin Cassar
March 24, 2022 13:49

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