
FOI Act

Several countries have urged Malta to take concrete steps to ensure a... View more

PBS blocks information on Eurovision costs
Aqra bil-Malti The state broadcaster is refusing to account for the hundreds... View more

Council of Europe calls for prompt action as Malta fails its latest anti-corruption assessment
Malta has still only satisfactorily implemented four of the 23 recommendations outlined... View more

UNESCO joins growing list of international organisations calling on Malta to reform its FOI Act
UNESCO is the latest to join calls for for Malta to reform... View more

Goverment still refusing to detail payments to Saviour Balzan despite The Shift winning all cases
The Maltese Labour Party government is ignoring scores of court decisions ordering... View more

Reporters Without Borders urges government to publish FOI study
Reporters Without Borders has urged the government to publish the report on... View more

Freedom of Information requests almost double in a single year
Freedom of information requests almost doubled between 2020 and 2021, according to... View more

‘Climate for freedom of information in Malta has deteriorated’ – RSF
The default position for Freedom of Information (FOI) should be one where... View more

Your Right to Know: The Shift, RSF and Daphne Foundation to debate FOI abuse
The Shift will be holding a public debate on 5 October on... View more

Identity Malta gives in, reveals €56,000 to Saviour Balzan’s newspapers
Identity Malta has paid Saviour Balzan’s media house over €56,000 for advertising... View more

Sliding relentlessly to autocracy
Robert Abela’s new cabinet was sworn in. Since then, the mobile phone... View more

International Press Institute urges reform to Freedom of Information Act, supports legal challenge
The International Press Institute (IPI) has expressed its support for the legal... View more

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 Joe Gerada, is... View more

Former Central Bank Governor gets lucrative sweetener for role in PM’s Finance Ministry shuffles
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s decision last year to oust former Finance Minister... View more

Mario Cutajar refuses to explain why he lied about Muscat’s resignation letter
Mario Cutajar, head of the civil service, is refusing to explain why... View more

UN tells Malta to take concrete steps to implement Caruana Galizia public inquiry
Several countries have urged Malta to take concrete steps to ensure a... View more

PBS blocks information on Eurovision costs
Aqra bil-Malti The state broadcaster is refusing to account for the hundreds... View more

Goverment still refusing to detail payments to Saviour Balzan despite The Shift winning all cases
The Maltese Labour Party government is ignoring scores of court decisions ordering... View more

Reporters Without Borders urges government to publish FOI study
Reporters Without Borders has urged the government to publish the report on... View more

Freedom of Information requests almost double in a single year
Freedom of information requests almost doubled between 2020 and 2021, according to... View more

‘Climate for freedom of information in Malta has deteriorated’ – RSF
The default position for Freedom of Information (FOI) should be one where... View more

Your Right to Know: The Shift, RSF and Daphne Foundation to debate FOI abuse
The Shift will be holding a public debate on 5 October on... View more

Identity Malta gives in, reveals €56,000 to Saviour Balzan’s newspapers
Identity Malta has paid Saviour Balzan’s media house over €56,000 for advertising... View more