‘Serious challenges’ remain in Malta’s rule of law efforts, despite reforms
Despite Prime Minister Robert Abela’s claims that the European
Alice Taylor
July 21, 2021 09:58
Disinformation Watch: power loves a bad idea
In their 2021 ‘Nations in Transit’ report, Freedom House
Elizabeth De Gaetano
May 7, 2021 18:02
European Parliament sends strong message to Maltese government: ‘End political protection and patronage of murderers’
Members of the European Parliament, including socialists, have adopted
April 29, 2021 09:31
Pulcinella’s secret
Some junior minister whose name is not worth remembering
Jacques René Zammit
April 26, 2021 06:46
An economy of authentic fakes
It’s easy to think that the Passport Papers are
Ranier Fsadni
April 25, 2021 08:16
An unsavoury business
Selling citizenship was always an unsavoury business, but surely
Ryan Murdock
April 23, 2021 08:29
Opinion: Shadow bans and shady people
What is it with Malta and shady people? The
Ryan Murdock
July 3, 2024 16:20
‘Money laundering trials set up to fail’
As questions continue to be raised about the millions
Caroline Muscat
June 3, 2024 18:00
Leisure Clothing: North Korean worker recounts her escape from Malta as directors want to get out of jail
Na Min-hee was only 25 when she tried to
Caroline Muscat
April 27, 2024 12:29
Opinion: A sunny place for shady people
Malta has learned nothing from the brutal murder of
Ryan Murdock
April 16, 2024 10:54
Opinion: An unsafe, threatening place
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti On 7 July 2017, Minister
Kevin Cassar
October 9, 2023 11:29
Enemalta CEO sacked following power outages debacle, moved to the OHSA
The Enemalta CEO Jonathan Cardona has been relieved of
The Shift Team
August 28, 2023 12:41
Zenith Finance’s Matthew Pace gets an asset freeze reprieve, to pay home loans
Zenith Finance’s Matthew Pace has been given a slight
The Shift Team
August 26, 2023 12:59
EP vote singles out Malta’s citizenship sale for ‘facilitating spyware operations’
After a year of investigations into the illicit use
The Shift Team
June 16, 2023 16:51
‘Malta’s Passeur’: second Guinean arrested in Malta-Italy trafficking ring
The Italian Guardia di Finanza has arrested a second
The Shift Team
June 16, 2023 15:33
Key global spyware figures acquired Maltese citizenship ‘to facilitate their operations within and from the EU’
Several key figures from the global spyware trade “acquired
David Lindsay
May 23, 2023 12:32
Malta ignores EP’s spyware questions as it accommodates global chiefs
The European Parliament’s Pegasus spyware committee is grilling the
The Shift Team
March 17, 2023 07:29
‘Malta’s Passeur’: Malta-Italy human trafficking ringleader arrested in France
A Guinean leader of a human trafficking ring that
The Shift Team
December 3, 2022 16:54
‘No longer fit and proper’: Zenith directors barred from financial services
Matthew Pace and Lorraine Falzon of Zenith Finance infamy
The Shift Team
November 18, 2022 16:35
EP exposes growing web of global spyware chiefs’ interests in Malta
A draft report by a European Parliament committee investigating
David Lindsay
November 12, 2022 14:46
Concerns on ‘impunity afforded’ to Muscat, Schembri, Mizzi – LIBE Committee report
Updated to include debate at the European Parliament MEPs
Joanna Demarco
July 13, 2022 12:05
New Enemalta boss Jonathan Cardona gives assistant Monica Farrugia €105,000 top post
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. Monica Farrugia, formerly
Caroline Muscat
June 2, 2022 12:52
‘Public funding for media must be transparent, must not discriminate’ – Reporters without Borders
Reporters without Borders has said that public funding for
Elizabeth De Gaetano
May 23, 2022 17:53
Evarist Bartolo blames you
The nerve of some politicians. In Evarist Bartolo’s recent
Ranier Fsadni
May 15, 2022 06:58
Police investigate fresh claims of corruption at Identity Malta
The economic crimes unit of the Malta police force
The Shift Team
April 27, 2022 07:24
It’s not me, it’s them
I can’t remember when I realised there was a
Ryan Murdock
April 22, 2022 06:02
How to brainwash partisan viewers in 3 simple steps
A new study examining the impact of partisan media
Elizabeth De Gaetano
April 8, 2022 09:30
Grey list woes – FATF assessors won’t only be looking at bank transfers and box ticking
Are you one of the many Maltese people finding
Blanche Gatt
April 7, 2022 07:47
Quiet please, we’re voting
The ‘Day of Reflection’ is upon us. No, it
Ryan Murdock
March 25, 2022 07:55
Voters in Malta love a good thief
I know ‘Only in Malta’ has become a cliche,
Ryan Murdock
March 18, 2022 10:33

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