Minister spends €93,000 on media services and polls in a few weeks
Aqra bil-Malti In a matter of weeks, Lands Minster
The Shift Team
October 2, 2024 18:01
New ‘independent’ newspaper funded by Gozo minister
Aqra bil-Malti Gozo Today, a new ‘independent’ newspaper published
The Shift Team
September 1, 2024 07:09
Gamblers livid at Vince Marmara as surveys off the mark
Labour’s pollster Vince Marmara made some very unhappy today
The Shift Team
June 9, 2024 18:20
Taxpayers paid €611,000 for Saviour Balzan’s TV programmes for PBS
Over €600,000 have been used by the state broadcaster
The Shift Team
May 5, 2024 08:08
Tribunal warns Malta Enterprise ‘law not to be used to limit transparency, accountability’
The government agency tasked with attracting foreign direct investment
Elizabeth De Gaetano
April 5, 2024 17:28
Auditor General ignored as tourism agency persists in breaching rules
A tourism-related government agency persists in breaching public procurement
The Shift Team
March 28, 2024 17:51
Print newspapers given €150,000 in fresh public funds
The government has handed out some €150,000 of public
The Shift Team
February 2, 2024 10:53
Tweets revealing Yorgen Fenech and Malta Today co-owner’s networks deleted
Leaked WhatsApp messages, apparently from businessman Yorgen Fenech’s phone,
Sean Montebello
January 22, 2024 17:49
Chief civil servant using MITA to buy positive government ‘news’
Tony Sultana, the principal permanent secretary who holds a
The Shift Team
January 18, 2024 08:24
Opinion: The worries about the new Association of Media Owners
A new lobby group – Association of Media Owners
Arnold Cassola
January 13, 2024 10:50
Opinion: Triple whammy
Elwyn Brooks White is probably best known as the
Kevin Cassar
December 18, 2023 10:53
‘Media Experts Committee’ journalists made €18,000 each from still-hidden ‘reforms’ report
The nine members of the ‘Media Experts Committee’, tasked
The Shift Team
September 9, 2023 10:48
Taxpayers footing thousands to keep Saviour Balzan’s public payments secret
The conclusion of 10 court cases the government filed
Caroline Muscat
May 7, 2023 11:06
Media experts committee ignored Saviour Balzan’s conflict of interest
The Media Experts Committee has said that there was
Sean Montebello
March 11, 2023 11:15
Balzan was justice ministry paid adviser while on media experts committee
MediaToday co-owner Saviour Balzan was on a paid contract
The Shift Team
March 7, 2023 17:26
Don’t ask questions if you don’t want lawsuits, PA lawyer tells The Shift
A lawyer for the Planning Authority suggested in court
David Lindsay
December 14, 2022 18:21
The Importance of Being Saviour
My attention was drawn to the fact that government-handout
Jacques René Zammit
November 30, 2022 10:32
Government attacks The Shift with legal Groundhog Day
Forty separate branches of the government are attacking another
Ryan Murdock
August 5, 2022 08:51
Government launches new attempt to cripple The Shift with FOI appeals
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn The government has
David Lindsay
August 3, 2022 07:14
The Shift wins another six challenges to Freedom of Information requests
Six more government entities resisting a decision by the
Caroline Muscat
July 15, 2022 10:24
The Shift rebħet l-ewwel erba’ appelli FOI li għamel il-gvern biex il-pagamenti lil Saviour Balzan jaħbihom
Read the article in English here. The Shift għadha
Caroline Muscat
June 15, 2022 12:43
The Shift wins first four FOI appeals by government to hide payments to Saviour Balzan
Tista’ taqra l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. The Shift has won
Caroline Muscat
June 12, 2022 06:58
Help or leverage? Government’s opacity with media funding raises questions
The news that an Italian court handed a prison
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 9, 2022 10:49
10 more government ministries and bodies join effort to hide payments to Saviour Balzan
A further 10 government entities, including several ministries, have
The Shift Team
March 31, 2022 10:33
Saviour Balzan has to go
Waking up this morning to the prospect of a
Caroline Muscat
March 28, 2022 11:17
Do polls produce self-fulfilling prophecies?
As the electoral campaign comes to the end of
Julian Delia
March 23, 2022 14:33
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
Saviour Balzan given premises at industrial park for 15 years starting at €1 a month
Business 2 Business Ltd, a company solely owned by
Julian Delia
February 24, 2022 09:32
Robert Abela promised an Xtra full explanation – but full of what?
On Monday, during two excruciating minutes of dodging questions
Ranier Fsadni
February 20, 2022 07:46
Government refused to ‘include a reference to journalism as the fourth pillar of democracy’ – IGM co-founder resigns
One of the co-founders of the IGM (journalists’ association)
Julian Delia
February 17, 2022 17:14

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