If this is ‘normality’…
Malta is back to normality. Not. A few days
Joe Azzopardi
February 25, 2020 08:54
‘A radical and ridiculous change’
“You are born with the right to protest. Nobody
The Shift Team
February 16, 2020 18:58
Celebrating a shipwreck?
Crowds will throng the streets of Valletta today to
Jacques René Zammit
February 10, 2020 07:22
Maltese courts are a continental embarrassment
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) routinely trashes
Ryan Murdock
February 6, 2020 06:33
Will Malta’s parliamentarians begin to serve their role in a democracy?
It’s not clear whether the recent order instigated by
Victor Paul Borg
February 5, 2020 07:00
‘Our democracy will be lost if we are indifferent’ – Věra Jourová
The lack of transparency in political advertising and the
February 4, 2020 18:27
Who said what on The Shift? The 10 most memorable quotes from 2019
1. “The best way to protect journalists is to
Joanna Demarco
December 31, 2019 07:30
Joseph’s world tour of Malta
‘The lights finally dim, the applause reaches a crescendo
Tom Welch
December 17, 2019 15:00
Prime Minister still pulling all the strings of power
The Council of Europe’s Venice Commission – officially known
Victor Paul Borg
December 10, 2019 12:30
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
Where injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty
Guest commentary by environmental activist Sasha Vella. Malta is
The Shift Team
December 8, 2019 11:00
The King of Kickbackistan goes full dictator
Joseph Muscat hasn’t just stopped speaking to journalists. Now
Ryan Murdock
December 6, 2019 18:00
In the name of the people… Go!
In one of Malta’s darkest weeks, as Europe (and
Jacques René Zammit
December 2, 2019 09:53
‘The Maltese can get through this stronger, prouder than before’ – Omtzigt
The sudden, unexpected release without charge of the Prime
Caroline Muscat
December 1, 2019 13:15
Malta’s crisis of democracy
Castille Square was a sea of flags as thousands
The Shift Team
November 29, 2019 20:15
Yorgen Fenech presidential pardon denied after six-hour Cabinet meeting
Joseph Muscat’s Cabinet was summoned to Castille for an
The Shift Team
November 29, 2019 04:29
The battle for the soul of the country
Joseph Muscat clings to power under increasing pressure from
The Shift Team
November 28, 2019 19:37
Joseph Muscat’s fight for survival
There’s a hole in the space where Joseph Muscat’s
Ryan Murdock
November 28, 2019 07:52
‘Governments should be afraid of their people’
As concerned citizens gathered in Valletta for the seventh
The Shift Team
November 27, 2019 19:41
Chaos in parliament as protest rages in Valletta
Protestors filled Valletta for the sixth time in less
The Shift Team
November 26, 2019 19:28
The sanity of crowds
“What is there new to say?” asked Petra Caruana,
Ranier Fsadni
November 17, 2019 08:15
International Forum on Information & Democracy to fight information disorder
Eleven organisations from around the world unveiled the newly
November 14, 2019 07:10
The Attorney General’s unappealing intention
In this long read, Jacques René Zammit looks at
Jacques René Zammit
November 9, 2019 17:25
Two years of The Shift: Malta’s only newsroom funded by readers
The Shift is two years old. We want to
The Shift Team
November 9, 2019 08:35
Government won’t say how much is spent clearing memorial
The government has refused to answer a freedom of
Alice Taylor
November 7, 2019 16:58
You will not get away with murder
Guest commentary by Annie Game, Executive Director of IFEX,
The Shift Team
November 2, 2019 08:37
Defending precious spaces of Cospicua
On Sunday morning, residents of Senglea and Cospicua braved
Petra Caruana Dingli
October 30, 2019 08:52
‘There can be no mercy for those who killed Daphne’ – Harlem Désir
There can be no mercy for those responsible for
Caroline Muscat
October 14, 2019 11:53
The battle for our minds
Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s strategy, from a position
Ranier Fsadni
October 13, 2019 06:56

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