President Vella likely to stay put after end of term
Tista taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. President George Vella could
The Shift Team
December 27, 2023 09:25
Court finds FIAU fines unconstitutional for the third time in a row
The constitutional court has ruled against the Financial Intelligence
Sean Montebello
June 5, 2023 17:53
Landmark judgement rules FIAU anti-money laundering fines unconstitutional
In a landmark judgement that is expected to catalyse
The Shift Team
March 30, 2023 14:52
Court orders PBS, BA to pay damages for unconstitutional, partisan broadcasting
In a scathing judgement against the Broadcasting Authority, Public
Sean Montebello
February 27, 2023 14:34
Government waters down board of inquiry’s protection for journalists
Even after the government-appointed committee of media experts submitted
Elizabeth De Gaetano
October 5, 2022 15:10
The Revised (Abridged) Constitution of the Republic
I managed to get my hands on a copy
Jacques René Zammit
August 17, 2022 10:33
PM manoeuvre to get IVF bill enacted is a page out of his father’s playbook
The controversial IVF law was signed yesterday by Acting
The Shift Team
July 28, 2022 07:12
Less legroom in parliament to accommodate bulging chamber
Malta’s parliament is facing the conundrum of every budget
The Shift Team
April 9, 2022 11:29
The many elephants in the election room
On the eve of election day, I was out
Jacques René Zammit
March 30, 2022 09:56
Government’s press freedom proposals ‘not enough’
The media experts committee appointed by Prime Minister Robert
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 2, 2022 11:56
Newsrooms, press freedom organisations rally against court records law
Six Maltese newsrooms, along with the Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Shift Team
December 2, 2021 15:57
The phenomenon of ‘self-suspension’
“Self-suspension” has become a bizarrely fashionable move for public
The Shift Team
November 24, 2021 15:26
The Constitution and its enemies
For over a decade I have been advocating wholesale
Jacques René Zammit
October 4, 2021 07:06
Constitutional reform process dormant as committee fails to meet for nine months
A bipartisan committee set up under the auspices of
The Shift Team
August 26, 2021 12:08
Our rights are at stake
The main difficulty with Bill 198 of 2021, a
Prof. Kevin Aquilina
March 17, 2021 09:18
Dodger’s gone, Dodge City remains
Babylon had Hammurabi. Judaism had Moses. Classical Athens had
Ranier Fsadni
March 7, 2021 06:57
Calling political party station case a ‘PR stunt’ misunderstands positive impact for democracy
To dismiss online news portal Lovin Malta’s court case
Joanna Demarco
February 3, 2021 09:27
No time for a weak constitution
Parliament. They’re are at it again. The two Parties
Jacques René Zammit
January 18, 2021 05:53
‘Let’s not reduce our sovereignty for money’ – Tonio Borg
Former Foreign Minister Tonio Borg believes the government should
Gabriel Schembri
September 29, 2020 16:54
A Constitution for the Parties
I write this article 1000 days since a particularly
Jacques René Zammit
July 13, 2020 08:32
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
Seize the moment
Sunday afternoon turned out to be quite surreal. As
Jacques René Zammit
December 10, 2019 06:50
A living Constitution, a petrified President
I am still bewildered by the President’s inaction, by
Mark A. Sammut
December 9, 2019 17:52
Blame the system, not just the crooks
With the spotlight on the rot surrounding Joseph Muscat,
Ranier Fsadni
December 8, 2019 07:02
‘What worked in the past may no longer be valid today’
The Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal by
The Shift Team
September 27, 2019 11:30
Constitutional reform: The case for a process led by citizens
Guest commentary by Marion Pace Asciak, President NGO Repubblika
The Shift Team
August 13, 2019 09:14
‘The government is deliberately acting in bad faith’ – law professor
Law professor Kevin Aquilina agrees with the Council of
Caroline Muscat
June 12, 2019 17:00
Corruption destroys unity
Malta’s significant drop in the Corruption Perceptions Index has
Ranier Fsadni
February 3, 2019 08:25
Democracy is dead, long live democracy
Word has it that when the Venice Commission report
December 18, 2018 17:33
Venice Commission report shows ‘Malta is not a functioning democracy’
No country that calls itself a democracy can live
Caroline Muscat
December 16, 2018 13:21

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