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The Lands Authority has refused a freedom of information request seeking details... View more

Commissioner orders tenor to publish contracts on public funds received
Tenor Joseph Calleja must submit all contracts related to his agreement with... View more

Information on the film commissioner’s latest spending spree blocked
The government has blocked a Freedom of Information request to provide details... View more

Lands Minister blocks information on controversial Mellieha land grab
Lands Minister Silvio Schembri is refusing to publish information on the controversial... View more

Refused: Minister blocks information on payments for MTA chairman’s family
Payments for the refurbishment of a villa owned by the family of... View more

Attard says government committed to EU SLAPP Directive as it SLAPPs The Shift
Without so much as a trace of irony, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard... View more

€150,000 and counting for Robert and Lydia Abela’s week in New York
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s week-long visit to New York last September cost... View more

L-MTA f’battalja legali biex il-miljuni ta’ Ewro li nefqet f’avvenimenti dubjużi tipprova taħbihom
Read the article in English here. Permezz tal-Malta Tourism Authority (l-MTA), il-gvern... View more

MTA wages legal war to hide millions of euros disbursed in questionable event sponsorships
Tista’ taqra l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. The government, through the Malta Tourism Authority... View more

Better than the BBC, almost as good as RT – Ranier Fsadni
In case you missed it, PBS has declared that Robert Abela’s work... View more

State agencies continue to conceal information about Robert Abela’s Zejtun house
The Planning Authority has refused to release any details about the €45,000... View more

OPM rejects FOI requests, insists that it has ‘nothing’ on Joseph Muscat’s severance package
The Office of the Prime Minister has stonewalled The Shift’s official requests... View more

PM blocks Data Commissioner’s investigation into Joseph Muscat’s golden handshake
An investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner into the €120,000 golden handshake... 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

Refused: FOI request to disclose ‘prohibitive’ €31 million MBR rental contract
Economy Minister Silvio Schembri has once again turned down a request to... View more

What are they so desperate to hide?
Someone sure doesn’t want Joseph Muscat’s resignation letter to come out. You’d... View more

Data protection laws violated 30 times in 7 years, minimal fines
The violation of Data Protection Laws in Malta resulted in 30 fines... View more

European organisation challenges Maltese government’s refusal of Freedom of Information request
An international organisation is contesting the basis on which a Freedom of... View more

Government hides €1 million spent for controversial land expropriation in Gozo
The Lands Authority has refused a freedom of information request seeking details... View more

Commissioner orders tenor to publish contracts on public funds received
Tenor Joseph Calleja must submit all contracts related to his agreement with... View more

Refused: Minister blocks information on payments for MTA chairman’s family
Payments for the refurbishment of a villa owned by the family of... View more

Attard says government committed to EU SLAPP Directive as it SLAPPs The Shift
Without so much as a trace of irony, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard... View more

€150,000 and counting for Robert and Lydia Abela’s week in New York
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s week-long visit to New York last September cost... View more

L-MTA f’battalja legali biex il-miljuni ta’ Ewro li nefqet f’avvenimenti dubjużi tipprova taħbihom
Read the article in English here. Permezz tal-Malta Tourism Authority (l-MTA), il-gvern... View more

MTA wages legal war to hide millions of euros disbursed in questionable event sponsorships
Tista’ taqra l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. The government, through the Malta Tourism Authority... View more

Better than the BBC, almost as good as RT – Ranier Fsadni
In case you missed it, PBS has declared that Robert Abela’s work... View more