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On 12 August 2025, Judge Lawrence Mintoff decided an application by Papaya... View more
Opinion: Abela’s biggest threat
Robert Abela can’t hide his authoritarian instincts. He was asked about President... View more
Sliding relentlessly to autocracy
Robert Abela’s new cabinet was sworn in. Since then, the mobile phone... View more
Standing up for human rights, only when it suits us
China’s brutal dictatorship is without doubt one of the most repressive governments... View more
Reporters Without Borders condemns coordinated attack against The Shift
International press freedom organisation Reporters without Borders (RSF) has publicly come out... View more
Malta’s top artists unite behind The Shift, art exhibition launched
Occasionally, a passing comment unexpectedly grows and develops into something you wouldn’t... View more
US Embassy presents award to Caroline Muscat on World Press Freedom Day
The US Embassy paid tribute to murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in... View more
Media bailout: a poisoned chalice
The ‘independent media’ in Malta is asking our government for a financial... View more
WATCH: Super Bowl ad in defence of press freedom – ‘Knowing keeps us free’
The Washington Post, whose columnist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated last October, a... View more
‘If the institutions did their job, journalists wouldn’t die’ – Matthew Caruana Galizia
Journalists have to investigate corruption when all else that has come before... View more
Activist group Il-Kenniesa will run the Malta marathon in aid of The Shift
Activist group Il-Kenniesa will again be running the Malta marathon in aid... View more
The Shift facing cyber attack after revelations on hospitals deal
The Shift News is experiencing a vicious cyber attack aimed at taking... View more
European Court of Human Rights slams Azerbaijan’s treatment of journalist
The European Court of Human Rights has today ruled that the authorities... View more
47 journalists killed in 2018
Forty-seven journalists, media workers and citizen journalists were killed in the first... View more
Bigger, bolder, stronger
It is going to take so much more than removing some flowers... View more
When Enough Was Enough – And Then Some More
On 12 August 2025, Judge Lawrence Mintoff decided an application by Papaya... View more
Opinion: Abela’s biggest threat
Robert Abela can’t hide his authoritarian instincts. He was asked about President... View more
Reporters Without Borders condemns coordinated attack against The Shift
International press freedom organisation Reporters without Borders (RSF) has publicly come out... View more
Malta’s top artists unite behind The Shift, art exhibition launched
Occasionally, a passing comment unexpectedly grows and develops into something you wouldn’t... View more
US Embassy presents award to Caroline Muscat on World Press Freedom Day
The US Embassy paid tribute to murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in... View more
Media bailout: a poisoned chalice
The ‘independent media’ in Malta is asking our government for a financial... View more
WATCH: Super Bowl ad in defence of press freedom – ‘Knowing keeps us free’
The Washington Post, whose columnist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated last October, a... View more
‘If the institutions did their job, journalists wouldn’t die’ – Matthew Caruana Galizia
Journalists have to investigate corruption when all else that has come before... View more