Government proposals ‘more concerned with regulating, than enabling media’
The government’s press freedom proposals have “a long way
Joanna Demarco
February 24, 2022 16:15
As Suisse Secrets scandal breaks, Labour’s election poster girl trumpets new role at Credit Suisse
In yet another seismic development in international finance and
Julian Delia
February 22, 2022 14:22
‘A strong democracy needs a strong press’: Tributes to Ján Kuciak mark four years since assassination
Political leaders, journalists and press freedom organisations on Monday
Joanna Demarco
February 21, 2022 16:10
The two faces of the government’s attitude towards media freedom
You’d be forgiven for thinking that something, somewhere, got
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 18, 2022 10:49
‘We feel betrayed by the very slow wheels of justice’ – SOS Malta Head at monthly vigil
SOS Malta head Claudia Taylor East expressed a sense
The Shift Team
February 16, 2022 20:14
Konrad Mizzi mum on how he met Yorgen Fenech
Disgraced former energy minister Konrad Mizzi did not provide
The Shift Team
February 9, 2022 17:49
Press freedom groups urge government bodies to drop appeals in The Shift’s fight for public information
Seven international media freedom organisations are urging the 30
The Shift Team
February 7, 2022 13:28
Five international eNGOs call on EU parliament to object to ‘outdated’ energy project guidelines
Five international eNGOs issued an urgent statement to call
Julian Delia
February 2, 2022 14:04
Government’s press freedom proposals ‘not enough’
The media experts committee appointed by Prime Minister Robert
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 2, 2022 11:56
EXCLUSIVE: €84 million gas pipeline payout to be tax free for Electrogas, emails show
Electrogas secured a sweetheart deal with the taxman on
Caroline Muscat
January 30, 2022 10:45
It’s not about money
The government has no intention of debating the Opposition’s
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 20, 2022 11:58
Stream of congratulations for Roberta Metsola, European parliament’s new president
After a plenary session which saw Maltese MEP and
The Shift Team
January 18, 2022 17:44
Roberta Metsola secures European Parliament presidency in landslide victory
Securing 67% of all votes, Roberta Metsola became the
The Shift Team
January 18, 2022 12:29
The press needs good faith not just new laws
What’s needed to implement the Caruana Galizia public inquiry’s
Ranier Fsadni
January 16, 2022 06:52
9 international press freedom organisations react to PM decision on committee of experts: ‘Malta must do better to guarantee media freedom’
International press freedom organisations have said in a statement
The Shift Team
January 14, 2022 12:15
Patterns of resistance
The government’s reluctance, verging on recalcitrance, for meaningful reform
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 13, 2022 07:04
Reform committee should be ‘independent, chosen through transparent consultation with civil society’ – Reporters Without Borders
The committee appointed by the government to guide the
Caroline Muscat
January 11, 2022 16:30
Opposition presents draft bill to parliament: ‘An opportunity to take things forward’
In what is perhaps the first and most tangible
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 11, 2022 07:17
A broad phantom consultation
There’s a Muriel Spark story where an elderly spinster
Ranier Fsadni
January 9, 2022 08:01
Opposition not consulted on composition of commission to implement public inquiry findings despite government claims of ‘broad consultation’
Updated to include the reaction of the Daphne Caruana
The Shift Team
January 8, 2022 16:26
Solving crimes, the Maltese way
Victoria Buttigieg and Angelo Gafa have some explaining to
Blanche Gatt
January 8, 2022 10:45
Joe Gerada, of FKK Acapulco fame, demands tribunal ban The Shift from asking questions
The former aide of disgraced ex-minister Chris Cardona, teacher-turned-lawyer
The Shift Team
January 5, 2022 11:19
Looking back to move forward
Injustice, in one form or another, is the subject
The Shift Team
December 31, 2021 12:00
Schembri, Mizzi travel ban sends ‘strong signal’ in ‘fight against corruption’ – US Embassy
In comments made following the announcement of a US
The Shift Team
December 23, 2021 10:28
Albanian authorities did ‘absolutely nothing to probe supply of bomb that killed my mother’
Speaking to The Shift in a quiet cafe in
Alice Taylor
December 23, 2021 07:21
Schembri, Mizzi slapped with US travel ban
Former energy minister Konrad Mizzi and former OPM chief
Julian Delia
December 22, 2021 16:00
It should have been the other way around, Owen
If an apology must come with a caveat, then
Elizabeth De Gaetano
December 21, 2021 07:48
The secrets on Keith’s phone
Something’s afoot in the land of misrule. Again. (And
Blanche Gatt
December 18, 2021 07:56
Bangladeshi businessman contradicted by Yorgen Fenech chats
Bangladeshi businessman and Cabinet advisor Salman Rahman’s comment to
The Shift Team
December 16, 2021 14:55
Murder on his watch
The political assassination was the beginning of the end
Kevin Cassar
December 13, 2021 07:31

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