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
22 April 2021
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
15 April 2021
The Montenegro deal’s fictitious numbers
A new letter seen by The Shift reveals exactly
Jovo Martinovic
13 February 2021
Greeks bearing gifts
In the epic poem ‘Aeneid’, the Roman poet Virgil
Kevin Cassar
6 January 2021
Recall from China was a ‘coincidence’, new ambassador insists
The newly appointed non-resident Ambassador to Qatar, Joseph Pirotta,
The Shift Team
12 October 2020
Retired diplomat recalled over visas scandal now made ambassador
Senior members of Malta’s diplomatic corps are stunned at
The Shift Team
7 October 2020
Malta among countries that received faulty COVID-19 masks from China
Malta was one of the countries receiving “fake and
The Shift Team
6 August 2020
Montenegro and the unspoken threat
There was public outrage when the finance minister, Edward
Ranier Fsadni
5 July 2020
Fact-Check: Enemalta’s defence of Konrad Mizzi on Mozura wind farm
Three months ago, The Shift ran the first instalment
The Shift Team
30 June 2020
Action demanded on corrupt Montenegro deal
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation has reiterated its call
Caroline Muscat
20 June 2020
Size of Chinese embassy doubles since initial plans
The size and safety of a Chinese embassy, planned
Joanna Demarco
27 April 2020
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
25 April 2020
China lied and people died
China forgot to count and tell the world about
Caroline Muscat
17 April 2020
Prime Minister mum on investigating corruption in Mizzi’s Montenegro deal
The Office of Prime Minister Robert Abela has remained
Caroline Muscat
5 April 2020
From China, with love…
There seems to be a direct correlation between freer
The Shift Team
3 April 2020
Reporters Without Borders to track coronavirus disinformation
International press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) launched
Joanna Demarco
31 March 2020
Freedom Day: what freedom?
Forty-one years ago today, the British Navy withdrew from
The Shift Team
31 March 2020
Made in China? Perhaps not…
Just as countries around the world are rejecting and
Juan Ameen
30 March 2020
Disinformation: consolation and catastrophe during coronavirus
As COVID-19 headlines continue to dominate news cycles, pro-Kremlin
Elizabeth De Gaetano
30 March 2020
The murky energy project of Joseph Muscat and Konrad Mizzi in Montenegro
The Mozura wind farm project was haunted by allegations
Jovo Martinovic
22 March 2020
Chinese citizen journalist who shot viral video of coronavirus corpses ‘missing’
The citizen journalist who shattered the carefully crafted image
Juan Ameen
18 February 2020
The world remembers Tiananmen Square
Thirty years ago today, the Chinese government ordered soldiers
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
4 June 2019
Malta’s ally: Report on censorship, control by China beyond its borders
China is going to great lengths to create a
The Shift Team
25 March 2019
Finance Minister steps in to defend China on US concerns on project Malta embraced
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna has again raised a few
The Shift Team
14 March 2019
Pravda in the Med
“The Party is always right.” At least, that’s what
Ryan Murdock
28 February 2019
Huawei presents ‘mortal danger’ to open societies
The World Economic Forum at Davos received a stark
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
25 January 2019
Huawei faces charges of Intellectual Property theft in US 
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is experiencing yet more legal
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
18 January 2019
EU steps up scrutiny of China cyber security risks
The EU is looking to step up scrutiny of
The Shift Team
2 January 2019
5 things to look forward to in 2019
We did it. We have survived another year and
Jurgen Balzan
1 January 2019
Our favourite stories of 2018
During 2018, The Shift News conducted a number of
Alice Elizabeth Taylor
31 December 2018