€225,000 spent on opening party at MICAS
A lavish party held last October to mark the
The Shift Team
December 5, 2024 09:20
Government hosting exhibition of another client of culture ambassador
A new exhibition by an international artist in Valletta,
The Shift Team
November 21, 2024 14:55
Permanent Secretary mum on how she knew law would change a day before her daughter’s wedding
Permanent Secretary Joyce Dimech refuses to explain how she
The Shift Team
September 4, 2024 11:28
Prime minister backpedals on Scicluna deal following public outrage
Less than 48 hours after Prime Minister Robert Abela
The Shift Team
August 2, 2024 09:16
Standards Commissioner asked to investigate PS’ Gozo wedding after The Shift’s report
Aqra bil-Malti Arnold Cassola has reported Culture Minister Owen
Nicole Sciberras Balbi
July 29, 2024 15:08
Mosta mayorship challenger on three government jobs
Former Labour MP Anthony Agius Decelis has been appointed
The Shift Team
June 4, 2024 17:04
PBS spend questioned, as veterans say figures make no sense
An analysis by The Shift of how PBS distributed
The Shift Team
May 24, 2024 11:03
PBS blocks information on Eurovision costs
Aqra bil-Malti The state broadcaster is refusing to account
The Shift Team
March 25, 2024 18:05
State broadcaster loses €5 million in 10 years despite €40 million in subsidies
The public broadcaster, PBS, has lost a total of
The Shift Team
February 29, 2024 09:18
2013 Carnival Village Promise: Minister confirms funding still not secured
Culture Minister Owen Bonnici, who in 2013 promised carnival
The Shift Team
January 31, 2024 10:30
Removed heritage expert brought back to save Valletta’s UNESCO status
Anthony Pace, Malta’s first superintendent for cultural heritage, who
The Shift Team
January 24, 2024 18:29
Refalo, Bonnici maintain silence over stone marker, heritage register proposal
Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo and Heritage Minister Owen Bonnici
Sean Montebello
November 30, 2023 11:08
Former It-Torca editor appointed UNESCO Valletta manager
Over a decade after UNESCO – the world cultural
The Shift Team
November 8, 2023 10:49
€30,000 earmarked for children’s books slashed to refurbish Norma Saliba’s office
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti Some €30,000 of public funds
The Shift Team
October 11, 2023 07:34
Producers silent on Sette Giugno film that got €1.5 million funding
Producers of Blood on the Crown, the 2021 film
Sean Montebello
October 7, 2023 11:52
‘Tell the truth, not Castille’s propaganda’ Repubblika tells public broadcaster
“Malta deserves a national broadcaster that tells the truth,
Sean Montebello
September 29, 2023 10:35
Sette Giugno propaganda film leaves taxpayers reeling with heavy losses
Just Noise Limited, a company set up by the
The Shift Team
September 25, 2023 18:00
Open letter calls for Saliba’s resignation over ‘illegal’ government post
A Maltese linguist working at the European Commission has
The Shift Team
September 19, 2023 12:28
Norma Saliba’s new job to cost taxpayers €73,000 a year
Norma Saliba, the former Head of News at state
The Shift Team
September 18, 2023 08:06
Cabinet still delaying DLĦ guardianship of Knight’s era Qbajjar Battery
Guardianship for the restoration of the historic, Knight’s era
Sean Montebello
September 17, 2023 07:58
Permanent secretary mum on Albert Marshall’s breach of contract
The Permanent Secretary of the Culture Ministry, Joyce Dimech,
The Shift Team
September 16, 2023 17:03
Opinion: Touch Labour and burn
He who sups with the devil should have a
Kevin Cassar
September 13, 2023 12:17
Maltese Council chair will not resign despite being caught in a lie
Olvin Vella, the Chairperson of the National Council of
Sean Montebello
September 12, 2023 12:30
Albert Marshall, 75, cashing in on at least five different government jobs
Albert Marshall, the 75-year-old Labour veteran who used to
The Shift Team
September 12, 2023 10:30
Maltese Language Council files judicial protest against Minister Owen Bonnici
The National Council for the Maltese Language has filed
Sean Montebello
August 31, 2023 17:04
Opinion: Owen’s abject cronyism
“I go for those I believe have the best
Kevin Cassar
August 21, 2023 11:45
Backdated commencement notice for surprise Centre of the Maltese Language
The legislation creating the new Centre of the Maltese
David Lindsay
August 16, 2023 10:18
Former head of news at PBS bags new government job
Former PBS head of news Norma Saliba, who resigned
Sean Montebello
August 11, 2023 14:33
Ars gratia artis (Art for art’s sake)
‘Art for art’s sake’ is an expression of the
Jacques René Zammit
June 28, 2023 11:55
Drainage leaks from Valletta bastions under restoration
A section of the Valletta bastions known as the
Sean Montebello
June 15, 2023 16:00

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