European Parliament approves anti-SLAPP directive
On Tuesday, the European Parliament voted on a more
Elizabeth De Gaetano
July 12, 2023 12:43
Daphne’s Law – Jacques René Zammit
The European Parliament has voted in favour of an
Jacques René Zammit
July 12, 2023 11:57
MEPs want answers on Malta’s migrant pushbacks, torture and EU funding
MEPs from the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and
The Shift Team
July 10, 2023 10:02
EP vote singles out Malta’s citizenship sale for ‘facilitating spyware operations’
After a year of investigations into the illicit use
The Shift Team
June 16, 2023 16:51
Attard brags of ‘proactive SLAPPs role’ as government wages war on The Shift
Justice Minister Jonathan Attard was in Brussels this week
The Shift Team
June 10, 2023 15:37
Malta slips Msida school project into post-Covid funding despite warnings
Malta has slipped the new €7 million price tag
The Shift Team
June 2, 2023 13:09
MEPs want ‘urgent protection’ from foreign interference ahead of elections
With the European Parliament elections just one year away,
The Shift Team
June 1, 2023 15:04
Two young politicians – Joe Azzopardi
Roberta Metsola and Joseph Muscat are two of the
Joe Azzopardi
May 30, 2023 15:11
Key global spyware figures acquired Maltese citizenship ‘to facilitate their operations within and from the EU’
Several key figures from the global spyware trade “acquired
David Lindsay
May 23, 2023 12:32
Post-Qatargate lobbying: MEPs will have to ‘cool off’ for six months after office
The Bureau of the European Parliament yesterday adopted its
Elizabeth De Gaetano
April 19, 2023 15:03
EP wants beneficial owners register reopened for journalists and civil society
Two different European parliamentary committees are of the joint
David Lindsay
April 1, 2023 14:59
‘Gross and intentional incompetence’ in Malta, David Casa tells the EP’s plenary
MEP David Casa described “gross and intentional incompetence” throughout
Sean Montebello
March 30, 2023 16:12
Malta tried, but MEPs warn about using RRF funds to replace state expenditure
MEPs expressed concern over “first indications” that “some EU
The Shift Team
March 26, 2023 17:54
Malta ignores EP’s spyware questions as it accommodates global chiefs
The European Parliament’s Pegasus spyware committee is grilling the
The Shift Team
March 17, 2023 07:29
Rights groups call on MEPs to end ‘abuse of state funds for clientelist media’
With independent media under growing economic and political pressure
The Shift Team
February 10, 2023 13:16
Political advertising for European Parliament elections is about to change
The stricter rules on political advertising adopted by MEPs
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 7, 2023 12:29
Qatar in context
“The events of the past month have led to
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 17, 2023 14:59
Belgian MEP resigns as EP human rights chair over Qatar flight and hotel freebies
Belgian MEP Maria Arena’s position as Chair of the
The Shift Team
January 13, 2023 15:11
Courting Qatar: President invites alleged terrorism financiers to invest in Malta
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti When President George Vella
Caroline Muscat
January 1, 2023 07:54
European Parliament insists on reforms following Qatar scandal
MEPs overwhelmingly voted in favour of a resolution for
Michael Kaden
December 16, 2022 13:02
Governing under influence
Sam Bankman-Fried is currently facing charges in The Bahamas
Jacques René Zammit
December 14, 2022 15:02
The European Parliament’s Qatar World Cup scandal explained
On Monday, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola
Elizabeth De Gaetano
December 14, 2022 12:30
Labour MEPs clock 384 meetings with lobbyists in a year, PN MEPs report 16
Labour Party MEPs held a total of 384 lobby
Elizabeth De Gaetano
December 5, 2022 12:30
EU’s Media Freedom Act ‘to set the cat among the pigeons’ – Roberta Metsola
The European Union’s forthcoming EU Media Freedom Act has
October 21, 2022 13:38
EP sends strong message on impunity afforded to high-level officials
European Parliament members have sent an unequivocal message to
Elizabeth De Gaetano
October 20, 2022 15:06
S&D endorses resolution for government to drop 40 lawsuits against The Shift
The Socialists & Democrats Group has said it will
David Lindsay
October 18, 2022 13:04
European Parliament resolution calls for withdrawal of FOI appeals against The Shift
Members of the European Parliament are calling on the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
October 18, 2022 08:50
Brussels names Muscat, Malta shrugs
This week we had two EU reports on Malta’s
Ranier Fsadni
July 17, 2022 07:24
Echoing concerns: 3 high profile reports on Malta’s rule of law in 2 days
Three analyses on the rule of law in Malta
Joanna Demarco
May 28, 2022 17:14
Will we ever learn? – Paul Bonello
Guest post by financial services practitioner Paul Bonello Earlier
March 12, 2022 12:48

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