UNESCO joins growing list of international organisations calling on Malta to reform its FOI Act
UNESCO is the latest to join calls for for
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 16, 2024 15:22
There can be no security without media freedom – OSCE
The political will to improve media freedom is still
Elizabeth De Gaetano
November 3, 2022 09:21
On reform laws being rushed through parliament, Council of Europe demands international standards are met
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović
David Lindsay
October 6, 2022 12:44
Government waters down board of inquiry’s protection for journalists
Even after the government-appointed committee of media experts submitted
Elizabeth De Gaetano
October 5, 2022 15:10
Wanted: A leader to lead, starting yesterday
Our prime minister’s prolonged absence from public engagement is
Elizabeth De Gaetano
August 17, 2022 07:07
Malta: a pseudo-democracy
Britain’s chaotic exit from the EU. Putin’s war in
Kevin Cassar
August 1, 2022 07:10
Electoral Commission lacks political will, resources to regulate campaign financing – OSCE
Malta’s Electoral Commission cannot act as an effective regulator
Elizabeth De Gaetano
July 20, 2022 16:36
Electoral commission stonewalls questions about whether all candidates have filed expenditure reports
The Electoral Commission would not confirm whether all candidates
Julian Delia
May 9, 2022 12:01
Malta’s government failed to act on recommendations to improve electoral system – OSCE
The government has failed to act on recommendations to
Elizabeth De Gaetano
April 13, 2022 08:11
Right to information must be enshrined, OSCE says in government media bill critique
A report by the OSCE (Organization for Security and
Joanna Demarco
March 3, 2022 17:04
Government proposals ‘more concerned with regulating, than enabling media’
The government’s press freedom proposals have “a long way
Joanna Demarco
February 24, 2022 16:15
Defamation law in the hands of ‘malicious parties’ is chilling for journalists – OSCE
The use of criminal and civil lawsuits against journalists
Alice Taylor
November 26, 2021 10:30
OSCE: Toxic masculinity leads to rising attacks on female journalists
While both men and women in journalism and politics
Alice Taylor
November 12, 2021 15:05
‘If we don’t fight for press freedom, who will?’
The Shift News’ six-month investigation into Labour’s secret online
Julian Delia
September 16, 2021 16:58
Azerbaijan and Tajikistan block renewal of OSCE media freedom representative
Harlem Désir, an influential figure who has worked fearlessly
Gabriel Schembri
July 11, 2020 09:27
Outrage at ‘authoritarian’ Hungary after parliament endorses Emergency Bill
The Hungarian Parliament’s approval of a controversial emergency bill
Joanna Demarco
March 31, 2020 16:26
Tributes and remembrance ceremonies on two-year mark of Jan Kuciak murder
Tributes were paid and ceremonies of remembrance were held
Joanna Demarco
February 22, 2020 10:19
European Commission urging Robert Abela to continue reforms ‘not enough’
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen encouraging Prime
The Shift Team
January 31, 2020 13:42
Defamation law abuse remains a problem for journalists – Harlem Désir
Defamation law abuse and severe online harassment are two
Joanna Demarco
January 31, 2020 11:38
Well that didn’t last very long, did it?
Robert Abela cast a faint glow of hope during
Ryan Murdock
January 31, 2020 06:27
Anti-corruption protest held in Valletta
Hundreds of people stood outside Parliament to send a
The Shift Team
January 29, 2020 18:36
EXCLUSIVE: Mizzi’s nomination ‘incomprehensible and disturbing’ – OSCE
Robert Abela’s nomination of former minister Konrad Mizzi to
Caroline Muscat
January 28, 2020 17:00
UPDATED: Prime Minister stalls on Mizzi amid calls for people to return to the streets
Updated to include statement by Repubblika. After civil society
The Shift Team
January 28, 2020 05:30
Looking back at a year of press freedom attacks in Malta
2019 has been another year of attacks against press
The Shift Team
December 26, 2019 07:22
Albanian government passes law putting online media under State control
The Albanian government has passed two laws that will
Alice Taylor
December 19, 2019 13:24
Journalist Ahmet Altan’s re-arrest amounts to ‘psychological torture’
The rearrest of Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan
November 15, 2019 15:00
‘Journalists must come together, not attack each other’ – OSCE forum
The recent phenomenon of journalists attacking journalists, motivated by
The Shift Team
November 4, 2019 11:09
Justice delayed: Report stresses need for concrete action on journalist’s death
The crucial need for a truly independent and impartial
October 15, 2019 12:30
Media Freedom Rapporteurs launch joint declaration at London conference
The Media Freedom Rapporteurs of international institutions have come
The Shift Team
July 10, 2019 15:34
Opposition to forced registration of online portals in Albania
The Albanian government has presented a draft law that
Alice Taylor
July 8, 2019 10:05

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