Reduction in hunting enforcement officers last straw for migratory birds – BirdLife
The number of police officers deployed to enforce hunting
Sean Montebello
September 18, 2023 17:33
Migration, enlargement, women high on EC agenda, but democracy is elephant in the room
In her annual State of the European Union (SOTEU)
Alice Taylor
September 13, 2023 16:33
SLAPP ‘bad actors include governments’ – EPP calls for stronger legislation
MEPs David Casa and Ramona Strugariu have called for
Sean Montebello
August 25, 2023 14:53
‘Gap between values-based narrative and reality’ in EU press freedom – CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that
Sean Montebello
April 27, 2023 11:23
EU tax havens review a ‘total whitewash’ since Malta was allowed to ‘escape’
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti International charity Oxfam has
David Lindsay
October 5, 2022 13:45
Malta needs to find at least €48 million to close environmental financing gap
Malta will need to scrape together another €48 million
David Lindsay
September 14, 2022 15:29
‘Full justice must not be denied’ – reactions to European Commission’s rule of law report on Malta
Following the publication of the European Commission’s annual rule
Julian Delia
July 14, 2022 17:33
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
‘We got the impression that without external pressure reforms would not have been done’ – MEPs
From their latest fact-finding mission in Malta, six civil
Joanna Demarco
May 25, 2022 14:45
Sea rescue group claims Frontex complicit in violating human rights in Malta search and rescue zone operation
Frontex, the border agency of the European Union, is
The Shift Team
April 28, 2022 17:05
The court decides: spring hunting to kick off as planned
The spring hunting season will be kicking off as
The Shift Team
April 15, 2022 10:44
Spring hunting season on hold as court provisionally accepts Birdlife’s ‘urgent’ request
The spring hunting season for turtle-dove will not be
The Shift Team
April 13, 2022 11:32
Malta gets closer to facing legal procedures in EU Court over cash-for-passports scheme
Malta is a step closer to facing EU court
The Shift Team
April 6, 2022 14:52
ECtHR refers to SLAPPs, says public authorities can’t justify defamation claims against media
In a landmark decision related to a civil defamation
The Shift Team
April 4, 2022 09:30
A low, dishonest decade
“Uncertain and afraid of a low dishonest decade,” WH
Kevin Cassar
March 14, 2022 07:30
Pointing to Malta, Justice Commissioner calls for ‘complete abolition’ of golden passports
Malta must not only act to stop Russian and
Joanna Demarco
March 8, 2022 14:33
UPDATED: Maltese government defiant on ending passport sales to Russians as pressure increases
Updated to add government’s change in decision.  The Maltese
Joanna Demarco
March 1, 2022 16:54
Abela borrowing €3.7 million per day
Prime Minister Robert Abela has increased Malta’s debt by
The Shift Team
February 28, 2022 15:38
Clues for the clueless
If only we had some clues about Joseph Muscat,
Kevin Cassar
February 28, 2022 06:00
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
‘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
Roberta Metsola pays tribute to Daphne Caruana Galizia on first visit as EP President
Newly-appointed President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, on
Joanna Demarco
February 10, 2022 17:49
Malta has highest rate of SLAPP cases per capita
Malta had the highest rate of SLAPP cases per
Julian Delia
January 14, 2022 07:18
Bulgaria’s cash for passports scheme under EU scrutiny
After Bulgaria pledged to end its ‘golden passport’ scheme
Alice Taylor
December 27, 2021 14:33
Gas pipeline derogation is ‘moral emergency’ for EU and ‘must not happen’ – MEPs, Matthew Caruana Galizia
Public funds should not be used to enrich people
Alice Taylor
December 8, 2021 15:40
EU ‘complicit’ in secretive Libyan prison and shadow immigration systems
An investigation by The New Yorker has shone a light
Alice Taylor
December 3, 2021 16:14
Illegal bird trapper arrested 24 hours after being convicted of same offence – CABS
A poacher was caught trapping birds illegally yesterday morning,
The Shift Team
November 6, 2021 11:17
‘Killing the truth appears to be the safest crime in the world’ – Caroline Muscat
“As things stand now, killing the truth appears to
Julian Delia
November 4, 2021 17:26
Government’s trapping derogation for ‘research’ a ‘short-lived distraction’ – Mark Anthony Falzon
An anthropologist who specialises in hunting and conservation has
Julian Delia
October 26, 2021 08:30
Malta ranked worst in the EU for money-laundering risk: Basel AML Index 2021
Malta is the riskiest jurisdiction in the European Union
Blanche Gatt
September 15, 2021 12:40

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