Appeal to EU leaders to address the need for justice at summit in Malta
Seven international press freedom and human rights organisations have
The Shift Team
June 14, 2019 08:46
‘The government is deliberately acting in bad faith’ – law professor
Law professor Kevin Aquilina agrees with the Council of
Caroline Muscat
June 12, 2019 17:00
No explanation in parliament on Ministers’ access to secret Egrant inquiry
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici has failed to answer questions
Caroline Muscat
June 12, 2019 12:04
Russian police drop charges against investigative journalist
Investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was released from house arrest
The Shift Team
June 12, 2019 08:31
Proposed law on State Advocate ‘falls short of Venice Commission requirements’
As Parliament was debating a Bill on Tuesday to
Caroline Muscat
June 11, 2019 19:24
Latvian bank linked to criminal network was pitching Maltese passports
Latvian bank ABLV, linked to money-laundering activities with Pilatus
Caroline Muscat
June 11, 2019 16:01
Decline in press freedom linked to State capture of institutions in Europe
One of the biggest threats to press freedom in
The Shift Team
June 11, 2019 08:49
Incompetent workers, lack of regulation leading to construction industry ‘chaos’
The Chamber of Architects has described the collapse of
Alice Taylor
June 10, 2019 14:53
Maltese among those named in Caruana Galizia family’s report to Latvian authorities
Maltese citizens are among those named as members of
Caroline Muscat
June 10, 2019 09:52
Indictment and arrest of Wikileaks founder ‘a threat to press freedom’
A United Nations expert on torture who visited Wikileaks
The Shift Team
June 8, 2019 07:27
Casa and Gomes refuse to meet brothers accused of journalist’s death
PN MEP David Casa and former Socialist MEP Ana
The Shift Team
June 6, 2019 14:35
European court rules against disgraced former Commissioner John Dalli
The European Court of Justice has concluded that there
The Shift Team
June 6, 2019 14:30
A downward spiral: Global decline in democracy ‘most acute in Europe’
Elected leaders in democratic countries have made “explicit attempts
Alice Taylor
June 6, 2019 06:59
‘We won’t forget journalists who have been silenced’ – IPI World Congress
“When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole pay
The Shift Team
June 5, 2019 14:52
Truth slips: Is the Egrant inquiry the worst kept secret in town?
In the response filed in court by three Ministers
Caroline Muscat
June 4, 2019 18:25
The world remembers Tiananmen Square
Thirty years ago today, the Chinese government ordered soldiers
Alice Taylor
June 4, 2019 16:47
Faulty wiring: Mizzi’s ‘sinister’ Electrogas deal
The Electrogas deal has been described as a “highly
The Shift Team
June 3, 2019 18:30
Report addresses ‘worrying’ trends of online mobs peddling hate
Malta has a problem with “xenophobic, homophobic and political
Alice Taylor
June 3, 2019 09:29
Former AUM staff member says project was ‘designed to fail’
A former staff member of the American University of
Lizzie Eldridge
June 1, 2019 11:49
250 arrests for help to migrants – report
Over the last five years, at least 250 people
Alice Taylor
June 1, 2019 09:43
‘Inadvisable, underhand deal’ on Malta’s public hospitals
Minister Konrad Mizzi struck an “inadvisable, underhand deal with
Caroline Muscat
May 30, 2019 18:35
‘Visions for the Future’ project selects 28 women, one from each EU country
The Shift News’ founder Caroline Muscat is one of
Alice Taylor
May 30, 2019 12:48
UPDATED: International community reacts to scathing report on Malta
Updated to include the government’s reaction. “Evil tends to
Alice Taylor
May 30, 2019 06:09
‘It’s time to start an independent public inquiry’ – CoE Special Rapporteur
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights within
Caroline Muscat
May 29, 2019 15:11
International NGOs call for support of Council of Europe report on Malta
Eight leading press freedom and human rights watchdogs have
The Shift Team
May 28, 2019 18:09
Five Liberian Central Bank officials in court in scandal involving Crane Currency
Five officials from the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL)
Alice Taylor
May 27, 2019 17:21
‘A prevailing culture of impunity’
The Council of Europe’s report “paints a very worrying
Caroline Muscat
May 22, 2019 17:33
‘What happens in Malta, stays in Malta’
“Letterbox companies, corruption, contract killings and restrictions on the
The Shift Team
May 20, 2019 12:57
‘Lack of media freedom is the first sign of a dictatorship’ – Pope Francis
Pope Francis spoke of the “pain” of hearing statistics
Alice Taylor
May 20, 2019 10:14
Big fish in a small pond
The permit given by the Planning Authority to Azzopardi
Caroline Muscat
May 18, 2019 08:57

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