Rift between PM and Commissioner over Joseph Muscat perks
Prime Minister Robert Abela accused Standards Commissioner Joe Azzopardi
The Shift Team
March 18, 2024 07:04
PN opposition counters Rosianne Cutajar’s questions on government jobs
Opposition Nationalist Party MPs have retaliated to a flurry
The Shift Team
January 27, 2024 17:01
ADPD deputy chair calls for legal challenge over latest privileged pensions
The former chairman of the political party ADPD, Carmel
The Shift Team
November 7, 2023 10:42
Permanent secretaries, cabinet secretary given special pension by stealth
Tista taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. Permanent secretaries in the
The Shift Team
November 5, 2023 09:55
PQs show some MPs making a killing from the State since quitting politics
A batch of parliamentary questions over the last month
The Shift Team
March 31, 2023 17:05
What assets is Robert Abela hiding?
Prime minister Robert Abela has finally submitted the declarations
Kevin Cassar
October 30, 2022 08:50
Criminal lawyer MPs: can they avoid conflicting roles?
Online commenting expressing dismay or surprise at the decision
The Shift Team
September 2, 2022 15:41
Taking us for fools
The past few days have succeeded in destroying what
Blanche Gatt
April 12, 2022 10:30
Credentialled, curated, connected – Labour’s new MPs
Meet Omar Farrugia, 27, one of Labour’s crop of
Ranier Fsadni
April 10, 2022 07:54
‘Why is Caruana contesting powers she voted for?’
Independent political candidate Arnold Cassola, who was one of
The Shift Team
December 23, 2021 12:35
King Anġlu and the Republican Constitution
The Caribbean nation of Barbados became the world’s newest
Jacques René Zammit
December 1, 2021 07:23
Voters held to ransom
As speculation about a possible November election intensifies, the
Blanche Gatt
September 9, 2021 08:35
A parliament of larcenists
Maltese taxpayers are the victims of a merciless, unending
Blanche Gatt
August 12, 2021 08:48
Heading straight for the brick wall
That famous ‘40,000’. According to The Times’ survey published
Blanche Gatt
July 27, 2021 09:32
Cabinet members declare €4.5million in savings
Cabinet members have declared over  €4.5 million in financial
Caroline Muscat
June 24, 2021 17:43
PM keeps tight lid on secretly-boosted golden handshakes to his cabinet
Prime Minister Robert Abela has refused to give taxpayers
The Shift Team
June 19, 2021 09:26
Victim or villain?
The efficient labour media, and that includes PBS, have
Joe Psaila Savona
September 1, 2020 07:47
President ‘departs from Constitution’, favours ‘stability’ and ‘continuity’ 
President George Vella announced his decision that Adrian Delia
Gabriel Schembri
July 13, 2020 19:57
MTA never commissioned the study it used to justify surge in sponsorships
The Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) has once again been
The Shift Team
July 4, 2020 07:30
A leaner, more efficient parliament
A leaner Parliament with fewer ministers and parliamentary secretaries
February 18, 2020 15:13
Will Malta’s parliamentarians begin to serve their role in a democracy?
It’s not clear whether the recent order instigated by
Victor Paul Borg
February 5, 2020 07:00
Labour MEP spins conspiracy theories to cloud facts in Malta
Labour MEP Josianne Cutajar has not been around for
Caroline Muscat
September 5, 2019 17:20
The silent coup in Valletta
Loud street protests are all over the news. People
Petra Caruana Dingli
September 4, 2019 09:01
Your MPs have to do better than that
Government politicians and their hangers on have stuck a
Ryan Murdock
August 23, 2019 11:21
Government confirms The Shift’s findings on Cabinet salaries increase
During a press briefing on Monday to which The
The Shift Team
August 20, 2019 19:43
Numbing the minds of backbenchers
Just imagine if the Environment and Resources Authority Head
Petra Caruana Dingli
July 10, 2019 07:23
It’s confidential: Ministers deny having access to Egrant inquiry
Ministers Chris Cardona, Konrad Mizzi and Edward Scicluna have
The Shift Team
June 17, 2019 18:03
Ditched MPs’ pension reform: a lost opportunity 
This week government withdrew outrageous amendments on MPs’ pensions
March 14, 2018 18:13
A pension for the gods and a pension for the animals
Economy Minister Chris Cardona this week presented amendments to
March 7, 2018 18:26

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