You can protest, you are free(ish)
“Freedom of the press comes down to this: The
Caroline Muscat
June 15, 2019 13:09
They’re laughing at you
I thought it was a joke at first, or
Ryan Murdock
June 13, 2019 14:22
Setting the record straight
A report by Freedom House on the global decline
Caroline Muscat
June 8, 2019 12:46
A downward spiral: Global decline in democracy ‘most acute in Europe’
Elected leaders in democratic countries have made “explicit attempts
Alice Taylor
June 6, 2019 06:59
The world remembers Tiananmen Square
Thirty years ago today, the Chinese government ordered soldiers
Alice Taylor
June 4, 2019 16:47
Faulty wiring: Mizzi’s ‘sinister’ Electrogas deal
The Electrogas deal has been described as a “highly
The Shift Team
June 3, 2019 18:30
Report addresses ‘worrying’ trends of online mobs peddling hate
Malta has a problem with “xenophobic, homophobic and political
Alice Taylor
June 3, 2019 09:29
‘Inadvisable, underhand deal’ on Malta’s public hospitals
Minister Konrad Mizzi struck an “inadvisable, underhand deal with
Caroline Muscat
May 30, 2019 18:35
‘It’s time to start an independent public inquiry’ – CoE Special Rapporteur
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights within
Caroline Muscat
May 29, 2019 15:11
Five Liberian Central Bank officials in court in scandal involving Crane Currency
Five officials from the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL)
Alice Taylor
May 27, 2019 17:21
Against all odds
Posters, affixed to the closed doors of Nationalist Party
Caroline Muscat
May 27, 2019 09:51
The skill behind the billboards
Electoral results matter more than billboards, which in any
Ranier Fsadni
May 26, 2019 07:35
Defenders, deniers, traitors, avoiders: MEP candidates on press freedom
MEP candidates agree that press freedom and the rule
The Shift Team
May 23, 2019 15:17
‘A prevailing culture of impunity’
The Council of Europe’s report “paints a very worrying
Caroline Muscat
May 22, 2019 17:33
This is a safe place, racism is in our midst
These are never isolated incidents, but always connected to
Petra Caruana Dingli
May 22, 2019 06:32
An allergy to responsibility
An epidemic is sweeping across Malta. It has already
Ryan Murdock
May 21, 2019 09:12
‘What happens in Malta, stays in Malta’
“Letterbox companies, corruption, contract killings and restrictions on the
The Shift Team
May 20, 2019 12:57
‘Lack of media freedom is the first sign of a dictatorship’ – Pope Francis
Pope Francis spoke of the “pain” of hearing statistics
Alice Taylor
May 20, 2019 10:14
Bread and circuses at Ta’ Qali
The Eurovision song contest may soon be grabbing more
Petra Caruana Dingli
May 15, 2019 08:51
Egrant inquiry: Does the public have the right to know?
The court today denied the Opposition Leader’s request to
Caroline Muscat
May 14, 2019 18:22
Joseph Muscat’s ‘top priority’: The empty promise of social housing since 2013
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat declared on Sunday that there
The Shift Team
May 14, 2019 07:45
Impunity reigns in the realm of ‘il-King’
Joseph Muscat hasn’t saved a cent in the past
Ryan Murdock
May 11, 2019 09:30
Spotlight on threats against journalists in Malta in European report
“Burned in effigy. Insulted. Menaced. Spat at. Discredited by
The Shift Team
May 10, 2019 11:11
The real choices in the European Parliament election
The first leaders’ debate on TVM didn’t matter. We
Ranier Fsadni
May 5, 2019 06:30
Killing freedom, one pawn at a time
Mark Anthony Falzon insists that press freedom in Malta
Ryan Murdock
May 3, 2019 08:55
Remembering the living
The sun stung our necks last Saturday as we
Kristina Abela
May 2, 2019 09:42
The dusty road to the future
The dust and inconvenience of road works, traffic and
Petra Caruana Dingli
May 1, 2019 06:00
Politics in Malta: doing favours, winning friends
The late Labour Party strongman, and former Prime Minister
The Shift Team
April 29, 2019 10:55
The judges go marching in
When the President swore in the three new judges
Ranier Fsadni
April 28, 2019 07:14
New magistrate still registered as nominee company director
Such was the rush to appoint the new judges
The Shift Team
April 26, 2019 09:52

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