Journalist’s detention in Hong Kong raises international concern
An event in London this week focused on the
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Pilatus Bank case being heard behind closed doors for fear of ongoing ICSID dispute
The court case dealing with how and why senior
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November 8, 2022 14:39
‘Sospiżi’ l-proċeduri kriminali kontra Ali Sadr
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September 18, 2022 07:14
Government’s chief ‘golden visa’ salesman sets up shop one month after leaving office
The man who for three years led the government’s
The Shift Team
March 12, 2022 07:22
Government silent on China’s project in Gozo
As both local and Chinese dailies were flooded with
Julian Delia
January 13, 2022 08:22
24 journalists killed, 293 journalists currently in prison in 2021 – CPJ
In its annual prison census, the Committee to Protect
The Shift Team
December 9, 2021 10:18
Crisis looming as government’s electricity tariffs lock coming to an end
Energy Minister Miriam Dalli is refusing to say whether
The Shift Team
November 16, 2021 11:15
One regime, many scandals
Last week, Malta’s President George Vella and Foreign Minister
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
October 8, 2021 07:46
UK government to investigate over 6,000 ‘golden visas’ over threats to national security
The British government has announced the review of more
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
July 14, 2021 17:59
Standing up for human rights, only when it suits us
China’s brutal dictatorship is without doubt one of the
Blanche Gatt
July 10, 2021 08:50
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
Montenegro risks losing a slice of its territory on Chinese ‘initiative’ Malta also joined
Following a string of scandals in Montenegro, linked to
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
April 15, 2021 19:08
The Montenegro deal’s fictitious numbers
A new letter seen by The Shift reveals exactly
Jovo Martinovic
February 13, 2021 17:26
Greeks bearing gifts
In the epic poem ‘Aeneid’, the Roman poet Virgil
Kevin Cassar
January 6, 2021 07:38
Recall from China was a ‘coincidence’, new ambassador insists
The newly appointed non-resident Ambassador to Qatar, Joseph Pirotta,
The Shift Team
October 12, 2020 07:30
Retired diplomat recalled over visas scandal now made ambassador
Senior members of Malta’s diplomatic corps are stunned at
The Shift Team
October 7, 2020 08:22
Malta among countries that received faulty COVID-19 masks from China
Malta was one of the countries receiving “fake and
The Shift Team
August 6, 2020 15:07
Montenegro and the unspoken threat
There was public outrage when the finance minister, Edward
Ranier Fsadni
July 5, 2020 09:08
Fact-Check: Enemalta’s defence of Konrad Mizzi on Mozura wind farm
Three months ago, The Shift ran the first instalment
The Shift Team
June 30, 2020 08:38
Action demanded on corrupt Montenegro deal
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation has reiterated its call
Caroline Muscat
June 20, 2020 13:52
Size of Chinese embassy doubles since initial plans
The size and safety of a Chinese embassy, planned
Joanna Demarco
April 27, 2020 19:15
Konrad Mizzi’s trips to Montenegro and the birth of a dirty energy deal
Former Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi visited Montenegro no less
Caroline Muscat
April 25, 2020 18:31
China lied and people died
China forgot to count and tell the world about
Caroline Muscat
April 17, 2020 10:24
Prime Minister mum on investigating corruption in Mizzi’s Montenegro deal
The Office of Prime Minister Robert Abela has remained
Caroline Muscat
April 5, 2020 18:10
From China, with love…
There seems to be a direct correlation between freer
The Shift Team
April 3, 2020 18:00
Reporters Without Borders to track coronavirus disinformation
International press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) launched
Joanna Demarco
March 31, 2020 18:24
Freedom Day: what freedom?
Forty-one years ago today, the British Navy withdrew from
The Shift Team
March 31, 2020 14:39
Made in China? Perhaps not…
Just as countries around the world are rejecting and
March 30, 2020 20:08
Disinformation: consolation and catastrophe during coronavirus
As COVID-19 headlines continue to dominate news cycles, pro-Kremlin
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 30, 2020 06:00
The murky energy project of Joseph Muscat and Konrad Mizzi in Montenegro
The Mozura wind farm project was haunted by allegations
Jovo Martinovic
March 22, 2020 17:49

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