More taxpayer money sent Saviour Balzan’s way
The co-owner of Media Today, Saviour Balzan, has been
The Shift Team
January 19, 2022 09:24
New PBS editor is former head of engineering at One Productions 
Charles Dalli, who has just taken on the role
Joanna Demarco
January 11, 2022 07:51
Government in desperate legal scramble to hide Saviour Balzan deals in defiance of FOI order
At least 29 government entities, ranging from the Education
Caroline Muscat
January 4, 2022 09:00
Sister of new education minister pocketed at least €25,000 from government jobs since 2020
The sister of new Education Minister Clifton Grima, Charlene
Julian Delia
January 3, 2022 16:00
Education Minister Clifton Grima’s canvasser: a sports official suspended over a death threat
Clifton Grima, who has just been appointed minister of
The Shift Team
December 27, 2021 13:41
The vandalism of distortion
“The PN has nothing to offer this country and
Kevin Cassar
November 29, 2021 06:38
Carmelo Abela fails to answer questions about PBS bankruptcy, claims of state-control
Minister Carmelo Abela has failed to respond to questions from
Julian Delia
November 26, 2021 14:45
Concert contractors left unpaid as €500,000 MTA sponsorship vanishes
Seven Maltese companies, including Public Broadcasting Services, have been
The Shift Team
November 2, 2021 12:02
EU member states approve resolution to support independent, local, and transparent media
On Tuesday 19 October, the European Parliament adopted a resolution
Alice Taylor
October 27, 2021 14:58
PBS technically bankrupt even as Labour apologists continue to hoover up millions
The latest published accounts of Malta’s national broadcaster PBS
The Shift Team
October 21, 2021 11:26
Labour party media blackout on coverage of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s fourth anniversary
Despite a full weekend in which high-ranking EU officials,
Julian Delia
October 18, 2021 11:49
Saviour Balzan bags another €20,000 as justice minister renews his PR consultancy contract
Media Today co-owner Saviour Balzan has bagged another €20,000
Caroline Muscat
October 13, 2021 11:09
Democracy’s not going anywhere
“I choose not to go.” Konrad Mizzi’s reply to
Jacques René Zammit
October 11, 2021 06:39
TVM’s alternate universe
Unless you’ve watched TVMnews+, you don’t know half of
Ranier Fsadni
October 10, 2021 07:31
Labour’s grip on PBS tightens – we know where this is heading
Barely a week after the Center for Media, Data
Blanche Gatt
October 7, 2021 07:10
Exposed: Saviour Balzan received at least €1 million in government contracts under Labour
Malta Today and Illum co-owner Saviour Balzan has raked
Caroline Muscat
October 3, 2021 09:39
PBS classified as state-controlled media in new study
A new tool to assess the editorial independence of
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 28, 2021 13:25
Government spent at least €89.2 million on questionable direct orders since July 2020
Just five of The Shift’s multiple investigations into government-issued
Julian Delia
September 20, 2021 17:31
PBS erases news item about waterpolo official and Labour activist after call from Castille
A PBS news item reporting disciplinary action against a
The Shift Team
September 17, 2021 12:03
‘Run, rabbit, run’
Just as we began to digest the conclusions of
Blanche Gatt
August 3, 2021 06:59
PBS board director fronts government propaganda
Pablo Micallef, a director on the board of the
April 21, 2021 19:17
New PBS chair only six months after government appointed a new board
A new PBS Chair has been appointed only six
April 5, 2021 18:50
The damn nation
The latest cartoon from the Charlie Hebdo stables to
Jacques René Zammit
March 15, 2021 04:39
Journalists association condemns ‘disparaging and abusive’ comments against journalist
The journalists association (IGM) has condemned the “disparaging and
March 15, 2021 04:10
€30 million for PBS to avoid bankruptcy
Taxpayers will shore up PBS, the public broadcaster, with
February 16, 2021 06:40
PBS decides to appeal John Bundy court ruling following pressure by Saviour Balzan, topping up a bill for taxpayers of €300,000
A 2016 decision by disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph
February 10, 2021 13:16
How state broadcaster, party-owned media shape Malta’s COVID-19 narrative
Malta’s unique media landscape has equipped the government with
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 5, 2021 14:17
John Bundy blames Saviour Balzan for loss of job at PBS, awarded over €225,000 in damages
Former PBS chief John Bundy has won his industrial
Caroline Muscat
February 2, 2021 18:29
Despite tough year for film production companies, chosen few continue to rake in public funds
Labour Party propagandist Mario Philip Azzopardi and Jean Pierre
November 21, 2020 17:35
The corrupt, the greedy and the dupes
We now know how the public broadcaster, PBS, colluded
Ranier Fsadni
September 20, 2020 06:45

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