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
A weaponless revolution
Former Italian PM Matteo Renzi was in the news
Jacques René Zammit
February 9, 2022 07:27
Weaponising the vote
A reader has written to urge me to make
Ranier Fsadni
February 6, 2022 07:42
Stream of congratulations for Roberta Metsola, European parliament’s new president
After a plenary session which saw Maltese MEP and
The Shift Team
January 18, 2022 17:44
Finance Minister warns businesses about tax dues, while political parties allowed to defy rules
Not a single company owned by the political parties
The Shift Team
January 14, 2022 18:11
Opposition presents draft bill to parliament: ‘An opportunity to take things forward’
In what is perhaps the first and most tangible
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 11, 2022 07:17
Legal experts slam ‘reprehensible’ new law on court judgements
Two legal experts condemned as “wholly reprehensible” a new
Julian Delia
November 29, 2021 16:46
October’s media circus: how politicians dominate coverage
It is no secret that political parties in Malta
Julian Delia
November 4, 2021 12:14
Peregin’s PN pitch: lesser evil revisited
The Nationalist Party’s latest election strategist has begun to
Jacques René Zammit
July 19, 2021 10:29
Keeping things in check #2
We at The Shift were not exaggerating when we
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 8, 2021 13:31
That sense of resignation
The temperature climbed to 27 degrees this Sunday in
Jacques René Zammit
May 10, 2021 10:32
Keep your enemies close
With a government in office threatening to outdo the
Blanche Gatt
May 8, 2021 07:56
Here we go again
The time for platitudes is over. As yet another
Blanche Gatt
May 6, 2021 07:09
We are not OK
It is enough to drive you insane. That feeling
Jacques René Zammit
April 12, 2021 07:15
Frying pans and fire
What a disappointment Bernard Grech is turning out to
Blanche Gatt
February 20, 2021 07:04
Reconcile this
The buzzword in Pieta’ late on Saturday night was
Jacques René Zammit
October 5, 2020 09:35
A tale of wilful blindness
Electrogas director and shareholder Paul Apap Bologna was cautioned
The Shift Team
October 2, 2020 14:00
The Importance of Being Bernard
Barring any last-minute surprises, the race for nationalist party
Jacques René Zammit
August 10, 2020 10:18
Melvin Theuma and the State
It is natural to entertain the worst suspicions when
Ranier Fsadni
July 26, 2020 06:00
Another vote against PN Leader Adrian Delia who still refuses to leave
Updated to include the statement by Louis Galea: Opposition
The Shift Team
July 15, 2020 05:33
A Constitution for the Parties
I write this article 1000 days since a particularly
Jacques René Zammit
July 13, 2020 08:32
Labour’s Church of Victimology
“Don’t blame the victim”. Finance Minister Edward Scicluna’s comments
Jacques René Zammit
June 29, 2020 08:43
If Miżieb and l-Aħrax are to be run by an NGO, why not give it to conservationists?
The Nationalist Party is open to Mizieb and L-Ahrax
Joanna Demarco
June 5, 2020 16:19
Chamber of Advocates slams Labour media for ‘attack’ directed at lawyer
The Chamber of Advocates has called out Labour Party
Joanna Demarco
May 23, 2020 10:41
Opposition and civil society raise the stakes on rule of law reforms
In a move that raises the stakes on rule
Victor Paul Borg
May 21, 2020 07:24
Opposition demands government withdraw direct order on Electrogas deal
The Opposition has called on Energy Minister Michael Farrugia
April 13, 2020 18:13
Third economic measures package gets first nod by Chamber of SMEs
Following scrutiny of the government’s last two business assistance
Joanna Demarco
March 25, 2020 10:56
A complex landscape for new political forces to navigate
As the PN settles into a stasis – another
Victor Paul Borg
February 26, 2020 06:00
Celebrating a shipwreck?
Crowds will throng the streets of Valletta today to
Jacques René Zammit
February 10, 2020 07:22

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