New museum for Malta’s most lucrative industry
Malta is finally getting a museum celebrating its most
Ryan Murdock
May 20, 2022 10:00
Enemalta paying ‘Muscat’s man’ unique termination bonus plus €160k a year
Jonathan Cardona has been given the entitlement to claim
The Shift Team
May 18, 2022 06:00
End times for the passport programme – Ryan Murdock
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has put the final
Ryan Murdock
March 11, 2022 08:36
Trying to make hay while bombs rain down
Robert Abela is so far out of his depth
Ryan Murdock
March 4, 2022 06:00
Passport Papers shortlisted for IJ4EU award
The Passport Papers joint investigation by The Shift and
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 3, 2022 15:46
‘Unity in Adversity’ and the Pariah Island
It has been described as a bloodied silver lining
Jacques René Zammit
March 2, 2022 06:00
Will Malta keep playing both sides?
Robert Abela took an evening off campaigning this week
Ryan Murdock
February 25, 2022 06:29
Malta’s options are running out
The impunity enjoyed by the disgraced former prime minister
Ryan Murdock
February 18, 2022 08:36
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
Bulgaria’s cash for passports scheme under EU scrutiny
After Bulgaria pledged to end its ‘golden passport’ scheme
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
December 27, 2021 14:33
Someone better wake up Alex Muscat
Alex Muscat is either fast asleep or seriously deluded,
Ryan Murdock
October 29, 2021 07:21
Freedom House: government use of spyware creates human rights crisis
Governments’ use of spyware technology is increasing, giving them
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
September 22, 2021 10:32
With passport sales, we undermine our sovereignty
Many readers of The Shift will already be sympathetic
Ranier Fsadni
September 19, 2021 07:28
More journalists file legal complaints after being targeted by Pegasus surveillance software
The list of legal challenges against NSO Group continues
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
August 7, 2021 15:04
PN agrees with passport scheme, subject to an ‘open and transparent’ process
The findings that emerged from a joint media investigation
Caroline Muscat
April 27, 2021 09:37
An unsavoury business
Selling citizenship was always an unsavoury business, but surely
Ryan Murdock
April 23, 2021 08:29
Passport Papers: Henley and Partners’ leaked documents show most applicants are from countries where dual citizenship is not permitted
Most applicants for Malta’s cash-for-passports programme who applied for
The Shift Team
April 22, 2021 06:00
‘Transparently yours, Joseph’
For a man who campaigned on a promise of
Ryan Murdock
August 28, 2020 06:00
IMF warns Malta must address anti-money laundering deficiencies in light of economic risk
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Malta to
Joanna Demarco
April 12, 2020 19:44
Company marketing COVID-19 spyware linked to Maltese citizen arrested in US
An Israeli cyber-security company whose owner bought a Maltese
Joanna Demarco
April 4, 2020 16:43
Report slams ‘weak’ response by Identity Malta on shady passport clients
Malta’s lack of enforcement in the highly-controversial Individual Investor
Joanna Demarco
March 27, 2020 06:01
Defamation law abuse remains a problem for journalists – Harlem Désir
Defamation law abuse and severe online harassment are two
Joanna Demarco
January 31, 2020 11:38
Flat needed for Maltese passport client…who ‘will never live there’
An estate agent was seeking a one-bedroom apartment to
The Shift Team
January 22, 2020 19:05
Dutch MPs file joint PQs on Malta’s golden passport scheme
Four Dutch MPs joined forces and took their Prime
December 31, 2019 15:19
Qatari royal family members gained Maltese citizenship in 2018
Five family members of the extensive Qatari royal Al
The Shift Team
December 28, 2019 16:29
2019 in numbers
Joanna Demarco
December 27, 2019 06:28
Cash-for-passport schemes raise issues of ‘conflict and cooperation’
An economic study into citizenship-for-sale schemes within the European
November 4, 2019 16:53
WhatsApp sues Israeli spy company linked to Maltese citizen
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit against the NSO Group,
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
October 30, 2019 17:04
Casa calls for end to cash-for-passports following fifth arrest of Maltese citizen
David Casa, Quaestor and Maltese Member of European Parliament,
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
October 25, 2019 13:06
Identity Malta and Hitchens’ Razor
The late Christopher Hitchens, scourge of humbuggery, once formulated
Ranier Fsadni
October 20, 2019 07:46

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