Ministries spending hundreds of thousands to manipulate press reports
Government ministries are spending hundreds of thousands of euro
The Shift Team
February 12, 2024 08:14
Eliminate systemic failures or it’s ‘only a matter of time before someone else is killed’
Unless Malta undertakes urgent and extensive reforms to eliminate
The Shift Team
July 29, 2023 18:06
MBR will be forced to backtrack on UBO register as EP and Council go into talks
The Malta Business Registry’s overeager move to shut down
The Shift Team
April 21, 2023 10:55
A stark choice: effective reform or ‘perpetuate systemic failures that enabled journalist’s contract killing’
The choice the State faces as it implements the
The Shift Team
February 18, 2023 13:23
Prime minister urged to publish proposals for press freedom reform
The Shift has joined over a hundred individuals, including
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 23, 2022 10:58
Journalists killed exposing atrocities in Ukraine honoured at Daphne Caruana Galizia vigil
The speakers at a monthly vigil for assassinated journalist
The Shift Team
March 16, 2022 16:51
Labour Party electoral campaign billboard registered as threat to press freedom
The Labour Party electoral campaign billboard featuring blogger Manuel
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 4, 2022 15:54
MEP Roberta Metsola vows European Parliament ‘will not stop’ in fight against SLAPPs
“I can assure you; we will not stop,” was
Alice Taylor
November 11, 2021 15:27
Stalking the messenger: Ending impunity for illegal surveillance  
Guest commentary by Annie Game, Executive Director of IFEX,
November 2, 2021 10:11
People’s Tribunal will indict governments over failure to convict journalists’ murderers
A group of leading media organisations have launched a
Alice Taylor
October 1, 2021 16:58
Putting things in perspective
I woke up to a stream of emails this
Caroline Muscat
September 23, 2021 16:49
Freedom House: government use of spyware creates human rights crisis
Governments’ use of spyware technology is increasing, giving them
Alice Taylor
September 22, 2021 10:32
Slovak journalists to face charges for revealing spy-for-hire in Jan Kuciak case
Two journalists from Slovak independent media platform Dennik N
Alice Taylor
September 21, 2021 11:28
The enemy is the state 
The State is under siege. Its enemies are everywhere.
Jacques René Zammit
September 20, 2021 07:13
PEN Malta calls on Prime Minister to act on public inquiry report and ensure safety of journalists and civil society
PEN Malta has called on Prime Minister Robert Abela
Alice Taylor
September 10, 2021 12:56
The Shift invited to present its investigation on political propaganda and Daphne’s assassination at IPI World Congress
The findings of The Shift’s six-month investigation into the
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 7, 2021 12:41
Bedingfield’s banality
Why do ordinary people do appalling things? The political
Kevin Cassar
August 16, 2021 07:16
More journalists file legal complaints after being targeted by Pegasus surveillance software
The list of legal challenges against NSO Group continues
Alice Taylor
August 7, 2021 15:04
Pegasus surveillance software: what is it and how does it affect you?
The Pegasus Project, an international effort coordinated by Forbidden
The Shift Team
July 26, 2021 07:36
‘High risk’ threats to media pluralism in Malta highlighted in report
The Shift’s efforts to ensure financial transparency by disclosing
Elizabeth De Gaetano
July 21, 2021 11:47
More promises at international level that government will protect journalists, end impunity
The government has adopted multiple Council of Europe (CoE)
Alice Taylor
June 16, 2021 08:48
Ambitious timeline for EU anti-SLAPP directive
An ambitious timeline has been set for the introduction
May 11, 2021 13:55
Online violence: the new frontline
Online violence has become the new frontline in journalism
May 11, 2021 09:26
Maltese academic appointed to European Commission Expert Group Against SLAPP
Maltese law academic Justin Borg-Barthet, whose research has been
April 23, 2021 19:36
620 attacks on journalists during pandemic signals worsening global climate for the press
The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a significant challenge
Alice Taylor
April 18, 2021 08:28
International calls for justice for Greek journalist gunned down in ‘professional hit’
The international human rights and media community has strongly
Alice Taylor
April 10, 2021 17:15
Journalists association condemns ‘disparaging and abusive’ comments against journalist
The journalists association (IGM) has condemned the “disparaging and
March 15, 2021 04:10
Female journalists honoured on Women’s Day
International female journalists were honoured on Women’s Day, including
Gabriel Schembri
March 8, 2021 18:19
Hot under the collar
That press conference. People were still talking about it
Jacques René Zammit
March 8, 2021 08:22
New familiar patterns
The timing of the Conference for National Unity, held
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 3, 2021 08:58

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