ERA approved the axing of 3,400 protected trees in seven years
Aqra bil-Malti The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has
The Shift Team
April 25, 2024 10:15
Decision on Manoel Island development postponed following UNESCO concerns
The Planning Authority has postponed its decision on whether
Sean Montebello
March 14, 2024 13:03
Confirmed: Government takes over care of underprivileged girls after Conservatorio’s closure
The government confirmed that it had taken responsibility for
The Shift Team
January 30, 2024 13:59
GWU gets €1.6m per year off ‘unemployed’, Auditor General confirms
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. Data extrapolated from a new
The Shift Team
December 23, 2023 15:40
NGOs file judicial protest against Legal Notice ‘rewarding ODZ illegalities’
Seven environmental organisations today filed a judicial protest against
The Shift Team
June 2, 2023 14:46
Those unknowing recipients – Jacques René Zammit
What was Byron thinking? What was Graziella thinking too?
Jacques René Zammit
May 10, 2023 11:43
A Six Senses Comino hotel will ‘put the area out of reach to all but the wealthy’
A group of seven NGOs this morning staged a
The Shift Team
April 22, 2023 13:43
Desperate grandstanding: PN’s dismissal of civil society
Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday, without a
Julian Delia
June 14, 2022 10:54
NGO Repubblika calls out PN’s home affairs spokesperson, former Pilatus Bank lawyer, Joe Giglio
Following a public appearance in which the Nationalist Party’s
Julian Delia
June 11, 2022 16:00
Repubblika calls for resignation of police commissioner: ‘No credibility left’
Civil society NGO Repubblika has declared it has lost
June 8, 2022 19:37
Stakeholders put forward their election demands
As the 2022 general elections campaign is in full
Joanna Demarco
March 8, 2022 12:12
Electoral proposals worth considering
The Nationalist Party released an electoral manifesto last week
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 3, 2022 09:30
A Maltese Christmas carol
Last night, many of us celebrated Christmas Eve with
Blanche Gatt
December 25, 2021 05:40
Court’s ‘chief security officer’ harasses journalist, demands phone to delete photos
The Shift journalist Julian Delia was harassed outside the
The Shift Team
August 5, 2021 15:42
10 protests stymied during pandemic on fear of reprisals following police objections
The police have objected to ten protest applications citing
Julian Delia
July 17, 2021 15:36
Repubblika calls on Labour administration to ‘publish all government contracts since 2013’
Civil society NGO Repubblika spared no criticism for Prime
July 5, 2021 18:26
Repubblika’s president slams Rosianne Cutajar after speech in parliament targeting activists
Repubblika president Robert Aquilina has called out Labour MP
Julian Delia
June 23, 2021 12:05
Disinformation Watch: power loves a bad idea
In their 2021 ‘Nations in Transit’ report, Freedom House
Elizabeth De Gaetano
May 7, 2021 18:02
It’s not enough to ridicule absurdities
Some things are so absurd that they manage to
Ranier Fsadni
March 14, 2021 07:16
Air pollution monitoring near cruise ship dock problematic due to faults
Ever since their requested monitoring system was put in
Joanna Demarco
January 16, 2021 10:03
‘A selfish act’: Citizens protest against government granting public land to hunters
Activists gathered at Castille Square, in front of the
October 31, 2020 12:32
Labour’s pandering to hunters and trappers may backfire
Saturday’s protest in front of the Prime Minister’s office
Victor Paul Borg
October 30, 2020 16:52
Tributes pour in on third anniversary of journalist’s assassination
As tributes pour in on the day marking three
Gabriel Schembri
October 16, 2020 12:25
Free press NGOs call out Robert Abela’s interference in public inquiry
Nine international free press organisations have written a letter
The Shift Team
September 30, 2020 08:38
Thousands object for the third time to DB project despite lavish PR campaign
Over 4,400 objections have been submitted to the Planning
The Shift Team
June 26, 2020 12:09
Government says ‘no’ to Europol Joint Investigation Team
The Maltese authorities will not be requesting Europol to
May 26, 2020 19:07
Are sea rescue NGOs really a pull factor for migration?
Foreign Affairs Minister Evarist Bartolo took to Facebook last
Elizabeth De Gaetano
May 5, 2020 13:30
Surge in racist and hate speech online following government decisions
Online hate has surfaced repeatedly over the past few
The Shift Team
April 27, 2020 13:35
‘Unlawful and despicable’ – NGOs call for migrants in distress to be saved
Over 20 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have called on the
The Shift Team
April 12, 2020 18:11
10 NGOs call on Prime Minister not to open hunting season
A group of 10 environmental and cultural NGOs have
The Shift Team
April 2, 2020 11:19

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