Voters in Malta love a good thief
I know ‘Only in Malta’ has become a cliche,
Ryan Murdock
March 18, 2022 10:33
150 direct orders, €3.5 million, in 6-month Water Services Corporation bonanza
The Water Services Corporation (WSC), under the guidance of
The Shift Team
March 18, 2022 10:26
The largest manifesto on record, stripped of the fluff: the essence of Labour’s proposals
After nine years of high-profile scandals, dozens of resignations
Julian Delia
March 16, 2022 18:03
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
The anachronistic island
On 5 March, Prime Minister Abela crossed by boat
Jacques René Zammit
March 16, 2022 11:52
Big business funds to political parties favour Labour, but party declares less donations than PN
Tista’ taqra bil-Malti Large Maltese business conglomerates, mainly in
The Shift Team
March 16, 2022 07:00
EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Portelli organises dinner for PM to meet Gozitan contractors ahead of fundraiser
The Prime Minister was the guest of honour at
The Shift Team
March 14, 2022 13:20
A Kama Sutra of a political programme
I must have missed the thunderbolt that struck Robert
Ranier Fsadni
March 13, 2022 08:18
EXCLUSIVE: Labour Party out of line – audited accounts not presented despite election requirements
The Labour Party still has to present its 2020
The Shift Team
March 10, 2022 08:46
Continuity, only worse – Ranier Fsadni
Apart from the bonanza of gifts and discounts, Labour’s
Ranier Fsadni
March 6, 2022 06:00
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
Labour pollster given 28 direct orders in four years
Labour pollster Vince Marmara has been given 28 direct
The Shift Team
March 4, 2022 12:01
Three ministers hand out €1.3 million in direct orders
Three Ministers have distributed some €1.3 million in direct
The Shift Team
March 4, 2022 09:29
Independent newspapers open floodgates to payments from political parties
Malta’s two most popular independent newspapers have opened up
The Shift Team
March 2, 2022 08:53
‘Unity in Adversity’ and the Pariah Island
It has been described as a bloodied silver lining
Jacques René Zammit
March 2, 2022 06:00
Labour pollster kept on seven year €370,000 retainer at MGA
Labour pollster Vince Marmara has been kept on retainer
The Shift Team
March 1, 2022 10:00
Clues for the clueless
If only we had some clues about Joseph Muscat,
Kevin Cassar
February 28, 2022 06:00
Robert Abela’s programme in two words
There’s a rule of thumb that distinguishes a democratically
Ranier Fsadni
February 27, 2022 06:30
Another €640,000 in direct orders to Labour election organisers
Four companies that provide logistics and organisational support to
The Shift Team
February 26, 2022 15:59
Where have we heard these before? PM launches election campaign with rehashed electoral pledges
If the first five electoral pledges by the Labour
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 23, 2022 17:46
Elections in Wonderland
We seem to have slipped through the looking glass
Jacques René Zammit
February 23, 2022 09:37
PL insider vouches for Christian Borg, raising further questions on Labour’s links to crime
One man stepped forward in court and vouched for
The Shift Team
February 22, 2022 15:21
Malta’s options are running out
The impunity enjoyed by the disgraced former prime minister
Ryan Murdock
February 18, 2022 08:36
The public, the private and the bloody rest
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s close friendship with President
Jacques René Zammit
February 16, 2022 10:04
The hunt for the brainless idiots
A survey by the Faculty of Social Wellbeing is
Ranier Fsadni
February 13, 2022 07:37
A weaponless revolution
Former Italian PM Matteo Renzi was in the news
Jacques René Zammit
February 9, 2022 07:27
Soldier fast-tracked to senior rank now leads Identity Malta despite controversy
Mark Mallia – President George Abela’s right-hand man at
The Shift Team
February 8, 2022 14:35
The oppression of silence
We have learnt nothing. We are still the same,
Kevin Cassar
February 7, 2022 09:24
Weaponising the vote
A reader has written to urge me to make
Ranier Fsadni
February 6, 2022 07:42
Probes into Kulhadd partisan supplement requested following The Shift’s report
Following a report by The Shift, Civil society NGO
The Shift Team
February 5, 2022 14:49

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