Standing up for human rights, only when it suits us
China’s brutal dictatorship is without doubt one of the
Blanche Gatt
July 10, 2021 08:50
Suspected Indian fraudsters on the run used Henley and Partners to seek foreign passports
Two Indian fugitives suspected of involvement in a €640
The Shift Team
July 9, 2021 08:31
€90 billion European Social Fund Plus approved for Member States
The European Parliament has endorsed almost €90 billion for
June 9, 2021 12:46
‘It’s time for the EU to walk the talk’ on sanctions against Belarus following kidnap of journalist
Following the publication of a “confession” video from kidnapped
Alice Taylor
May 25, 2021 16:15
Outrage, demands for action after Belarusian journalist arrest on hijacked Ryanair flight
The international political, media, and human rights communities are
Alice Taylor
May 24, 2021 12:18
New digital COVID certificate will be recognised throughout EU
Hopes for a European COVID certificate that will facilitate
May 21, 2021 15:00
Maltese academic appointed to European Commission Expert Group Against SLAPP
Maltese law academic Justin Borg-Barthet, whose research has been
April 23, 2021 19:36
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
April 22, 2021 06:00
Doctors dispute government forecast for herd immunity from COVID vaccine
December was the darkest month when it comes to
Joanna Demarco
January 5, 2021 17:34
Machiavelli: The Princess
The meteoric Miriam Dalli has landed back in Malta.
Kevin Cassar
November 7, 2020 07:42
Cyprus Papers leak renews EU scepticism on cash for passports
New findings on irregularities with the sale of passports
Gabriel Schembri
October 13, 2020 15:00
Migration, rule of law and equality among European Commission priorities
On 16 September, President of the European Commission Ursula
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 18, 2020 07:25
A step closer to an ‘EU Magnitsky Act’
Individuals who committed crimes against humanity, genocide and torture
The Shift Team
September 15, 2020 07:48
Malta risks losing €5 million EU funds for ‘unbuilt’ migrant centre, PM to detain migrants offshore
The government’s delay in building a €7 million migrant
Joanna Demarco
September 4, 2020 09:23
Joseph Muscat advisers dominate board supervising €400m gas pipeline project
Individuals closely connected to disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph
The Shift Team
August 31, 2020 17:00
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister to spend €1m a month to detain migrants on ship
The government will be paying €33,500 a day, or
The Shift Team
August 31, 2020 08:32
Offers for detention vessels for migrants amount to tens of thousands per day
The government’s latest idea to re-introduce the detention of
The Shift Team
August 11, 2020 10:01
Malta among countries that received faulty COVID-19 masks from China
Malta was one of the countries receiving “fake and
The Shift Team
August 6, 2020 15:07
Let them eat baked beans
The last few months have been tough and the
Julia Baldock
July 11, 2020 08:37
SLAPP threat from Azerbaijani – British national Turab Musayev
Turab Musayev, the Azeribaijani-British National who was SOCAR Trading’s
Caroline Muscat
July 7, 2020 14:30
Action demanded on corrupt Montenegro deal
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation has reiterated its call
Caroline Muscat
June 20, 2020 13:52
Carry on as ‘normal’
The Prime Minister has tried hard to reach the
Jacques René Zammit
June 15, 2020 07:11
Věra Jourová stresses importance of journalism amid COVID-19 ‘infodemic’
The unprecedented “infodemic” that emerged during the pandemic has
Joanna Demarco
June 9, 2020 10:30
Weaponisation of the law suppressing scrutiny of power
Over 25 press freedom organisations have written to the
Joanna Demarco
May 21, 2020 09:13
The Disgraced Offices of Joseph Muscat
Europe Day came and went with a quiet whimper
Jacques René Zammit
May 11, 2020 08:27
A hierarchy of rights 
In many places across the world, we are witnessing
Jacques René Zammit
May 4, 2020 08:30
The real game in the migrant saga
Is it legal, the way that Malta is treating
Ranier Fsadni
May 3, 2020 06:42
The snake in the grass
The “wave of racism” spreading across the country does
Andre Delicata
May 2, 2020 09:02
Over 20 press freedom NGOs present rule of law recommendations to Commission
The European Commission must effectively capture the challenges that
The Shift Team
April 23, 2020 13:04
Letter to my future child
Dear child, God willing you will be breathing your
Jacques René Zammit
April 20, 2020 10:30

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