MBR will be forced to backtrack on UBO register as EP and Council go into talks
The Malta Business Registry’s overeager move to shut down
The Shift Team
April 21, 2023 10:55
Blundering Byron
The day after Malta police went on a rampage,
Kevin Cassar
October 2, 2022 11:08
State of the nation – Andre Delicata
It’s no figure of speech to say that the
Andre Delicata
July 12, 2022 10:21
Repubblika calls for resignation of police commissioner: ‘No credibility left’
Civil society NGO Repubblika has declared it has lost
June 8, 2022 19:37
Evarist Bartolo blames you
The nerve of some politicians. In Evarist Bartolo’s recent
Ranier Fsadni
May 15, 2022 06:58
Why PN lost
Now we know. Labour’s Desmond Zammit Marmara has all
Kevin Cassar
April 10, 2022 09:16
Twisted perspectives
Uniformity of thought and behaviour is a dangerous thing,
Caroline Muscat
September 25, 2021 08:19
Repubblika warns prime minister to keep promises made after publication of public inquiry report
Civil society NGO Repubblika called on prime minister Robert
Julian Delia
August 28, 2021 09:57
Marsascala marina protest draws hundreds as speakers demand bay is defended from attacks from rich people
“This whole issue has served one, good purpose: many
Julian Delia
August 27, 2021 21:21
Court’s ‘chief security officer’ harasses journalist, demands phone to delete photos
The Shift journalist Julian Delia was harassed outside the
The Shift Team
August 5, 2021 15:42
Protest calls for resignation of justice minister
In a protest calling for the resignation of Justice
Julian Delia
August 3, 2021 20:05
NGOs, local councils file crowdfunded appeal against DB Group’s Pembroke towers
After four years of appeals and demonstrations against DB
July 27, 2021 13:29
10 protests stymied during pandemic on fear of reprisals following police objections
The police have objected to ten protest applications citing
Julian Delia
July 17, 2021 15:36
Repubblika calls for interim government to see through FATF changes until next election
Civil society NGO Repubblika called for an interim government
June 28, 2021 13:09
Repubblika’s president slams Rosianne Cutajar after speech in parliament targeting activists
Repubblika president Robert Aquilina has called out Labour MP
Julian Delia
June 23, 2021 12:05
‘Worrying degree of democratic backsliding’ – Council of Europe report
The latest annual report on the state of democracy,
Elizabeth De Gaetano
May 17, 2021 17:12
Party financing must be overhauled if Malta’s to emerge from its distorted democracy – Graffitti
Malta is suffering from a “distortion of democracy” whereby
Alice Taylor
April 4, 2021 07:49
Autocratic and abusive
The government is targeting its critics again. This time
Ryan Murdock
March 12, 2021 07:26
The hill we climb
Young Amanda Gorman delivered a magnificent speech at President
Jacques René Zammit
January 25, 2021 07:50
Am I next?
The language of violence has increased at an alarming
Isabelle Vella Gregory
January 23, 2021 09:03
The politics of anger 
Maybe Aristotle was the first philosopher to say that,
Ranier Fsadni
January 10, 2021 09:50
Three years on, The Shift’s role is more urgent than ever
Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination just over three years ago
Blanche Gatt
November 25, 2020 06:04
By popular opinion
I was proud to be among the contributors to
Jacques René Zammit
October 19, 2020 12:45
WATCH: ‘When they come undone’
Daphne Caruana Galizia did not give up despite the
The Shift Team
October 16, 2020 19:20
Breaking news shouldn’t break us
“It is institutions that help preserve decency. They need
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 26, 2020 08:58
A call for wider, deeper reforms in Venice Commission’s guarded opinion
In an 18-page report filled with caveats, subtleties and
Victor Paul Borg
June 21, 2020 16:30
Get off that high horse, Bobby
Repubblika, the civil society organisation that has become Prime
Caroline Muscat
April 22, 2020 10:06
Our second-hand-for-new salesman
Joseph Muscat used to take pride in being dubbed
The Shift Team
February 22, 2020 06:35
Seize the moment
Sunday afternoon turned out to be quite surreal. As
Jacques René Zammit
December 10, 2019 06:50
‘Time for national unity’
Opposition Leader Adrian Delia’s decision to cancel the PN
The Shift Team
November 27, 2019 15:18

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