Malta crowned ‘SLAPP country of the year’ for abusive, deterring lawsuits
Media freedom NGO Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE)
Sean Montebello
February 6, 2024 18:29
‘Silencing Freedom. Weaponising the Law.’ SLAPP suits centre of The Shift’s conference
Tista taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. A conference held by
Sean Montebello
October 27, 2023 17:22
Reports concerning the killing of a journalist always ‘in the public interest’, court rules on The Shift’s story
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday handed down a
David Lindsay
May 4, 2023 17:26
EU Justice Minister ‘pays tribute’ to Caruana Galizia at bomb site
EU Justice Minister Didier Reynders stopped to “pay tribute”
The Shift Team
April 30, 2023 13:29
Modern lawfare: How SLAPP cases are targeting journalists across the world
A panel at this year’s International Journalism Festival in
Sean Montebello
April 21, 2023 15:08
Witches and the public interest
The Court has thrown out four libel suits brought
Ranier Fsadni
July 10, 2022 10:15
The Shift’s reporting ‘a matter of public interest done in the public interest’, court rules
The Shift’s founder and editor Caroline Muscat and Matthew
Elizabeth De Gaetano
July 8, 2022 10:43
‘We cannot continue like this’ – Friends of the Earth Malta launches climate change campaign
“We cannot continue like this. We cannot keep pushing
Julian Delia
May 21, 2022 10:30
Eleven years of silence: remembering the brutal killing of photojournalist Anton Hammerl
Thursday 19 May marks the eleventh anniversary of the
Julian Delia
May 19, 2022 18:00
‘We need the truth about who is spying on everyone in Malta’ – Daphne Foundation
Referring to yet another complaint about notorious electoral data
Julian Delia
May 3, 2022 15:24
ECtHR refers to SLAPPs, says public authorities can’t justify defamation claims against media
In a landmark decision related to a civil defamation
The Shift Team
April 4, 2022 09:30
NAO asked to investigate ‘phenomenal sum’ government spent on Malta Film Awards
Independent candidate Arnold Cassola on Tuesday wrote to Auditor
Joanna Demarco
February 1, 2022 16:35
US State Department’s ‘rare rebuke’ indicates US ‘has lost patience’ with Malta
The travel ban imposed by the US Department of
Julian Delia
December 27, 2021 17:30
Schembri, Mizzi travel ban sends ‘strong signal’ in ‘fight against corruption’ – US Embassy
In comments made following the announcement of a US
The Shift Team
December 23, 2021 10:28
Albanian authorities did ‘absolutely nothing to probe supply of bomb that killed my mother’
Speaking to The Shift in a quiet cafe in
Alice Taylor
December 23, 2021 07:21
Gas pipeline derogation is ‘moral emergency’ for EU and ‘must not happen’ – MEPs, Matthew Caruana Galizia
Public funds should not be used to enrich people
Alice Taylor
December 8, 2021 15:40
Newsrooms, press freedom organisations rally against court records law
Six Maltese newsrooms, along with the Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Shift Team
December 2, 2021 15:57
Crowd gathers for public protest calling for Speaker’s resignation despite weather
Crowds gathered in front of parliament today to call
The Shift Team
November 29, 2021 19:18
‘We knew our lives would be hell after my mother’s murder’ – Matthew Caruana Galizia
Lana Estemirova, daughter of assassinated Chechen activist and journalist
Julian Delia
September 22, 2021 16:31
Magistrate raps Yorgen Fenech’s defence team for attempting to discredit son of slain journalist
Magistrate Rachel Montebello had to intervene several times in
Julian Delia
August 12, 2021 17:45
Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination stalled revelations on Electrogas financial problems
Revelations on the Electrogas project were interrupted by the
Gabriel Schembri
January 28, 2021 15:45
The wrong of rudeness: Mercieca’s meanness
Simon Mercieca, University history lecturer, publicly accused Matthew Caruana
Kevin Cassar
December 23, 2020 07:41
A Mission to Inform: Book features one last recorded interview of assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Pressure and harassment against journalists continue to limit the
Gabriel Schembri
October 15, 2020 11:52
Accountancy board slammed by judges over lack of action against Nexia BT
Judges grew increasingly frustrated with Accountancy Board Chairman Peter
Joanna Demarco
September 30, 2020 16:03
Maltese law academic publishes paper for ‘urgent’ reform of EU defamation law
Maltese law academic Justin Borg-Barthet on Tuesday published an
Joanna Demarco
August 19, 2020 16:29
‘No major changes for journalists since Abela’ – Reporters Without Borders
International press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders has “unfortunately”
Joanna Demarco
July 24, 2020 16:49
The Guardian Award for ‘fight against fraud’ goes to Daphne Caruana Galizia
Murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been awarded the
Gabriel Schembri
July 6, 2020 17:43
The woman who will not be forgotten
As each testimony in the ongoing court trial on
The Shift Team
June 16, 2020 09:23
‘Malta needs an umbrella investigation into corruption and journalist’s murder’
Malta needs an umbrella investigation that combines strengths across
Gabriel Schembri
May 30, 2020 16:24
Online harassment suffered by murdered journalist in focus
The creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee,
Joanna Demarco
March 16, 2020 18:53

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