Cracks appear in the government’s piggy bank
Who thought extending ‘‘interest-free’ property loans to people who
Ryan Murdock
October 18, 2019 09:55
‘Daphne’s legacy in Malta has yet to be secured’ – Pieter Omtzigt
Special Rapporteur Pieter Omtzigt expressed his “deepest admiration and
Caroline Muscat
October 15, 2019 18:26
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
A stillborn inquiry
This week British members of parliament railed against their
Petra Caruana Dingli
October 2, 2019 08:07
Government’s attack on Rapporteur Pieter Omtzigt’s credibility ‘a concern’
The Maltese government’s “knee-jerk reaction” to attack the credibility
The Shift Team
October 1, 2019 06:00
Public inquiry must be ‘fully independent’ and ‘impartial beyond question’
Updated to include the Caruana Galizia family’s reply to
Caroline Muscat
September 21, 2019 16:24
Diverting public attention from the story that won’t die
In the make-belief land of Malta, perception matters more
Ryan Murdock
September 20, 2019 08:22
‘Energetic support’ needed against impunity for attacks against journalists
International press freedom organisations have sent an open letter
The Shift Team
September 19, 2019 16:29
Maltese ambassador’s speech on media freedom fails to mention journalist’s assassination
The Maltese Ambassador to Austria gave an impassioned speech
The Shift Team
September 18, 2019 12:28
Minister under investigation for money laundering says ‘it happens everywhere’
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna has dismissed Malta’s money laundering
Alice Taylor
August 30, 2019 11:01
Special Rapporteur Pieter Omtzigt lists reasons why John Dalli is ‘disgraced’
Updated to include John Dalli’s counter-reply. The author of
Caroline Muscat
August 7, 2019 19:00
Ministers’ ‘abusive language’ against journalists in Malta reported as threat
The “abusive language in regard of The Shift News”
The Shift Team
August 3, 2019 12:30
Azerbaijan government accused of targeting journalists in exile
Not content with “the total capture of media” inside
Alice Taylor
August 2, 2019 11:27
‘Public inquiry will not impinge on ongoing criminal investigation’
Updated to include the statement by the Opposition. It
The Shift Team
July 12, 2019 19:34
‘All we are asking is that Malta complies with existing laws’
There has been “no meaningful change” in the way
Alice Taylor
July 9, 2019 16:32
Online tracker reminds government it’s ‘time to do its job’
An online tracker of the three-month deadline set for
Caroline Muscat
July 6, 2019 14:49
Whose line was it anyway?
Let’s play a game of “Whose Line Was It?”
Ryan Murdock
July 4, 2019 12:39
Muscat protected his friends, not the national interest
While the Maltese government kept insisting that the Council
Alice Taylor
July 1, 2019 16:38
Worse than Mongolia but better than Germany
One fine February day, eight months before Daphne Caruana
Ranier Fsadni
June 30, 2019 07:06
With friends like Azerbaijan…
An op-ed by Rebecca Vincent, Reporters Without Borders UK
The Shift Team
June 29, 2019 14:36
PACE adopts report on Malta
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
Caroline Muscat
June 26, 2019 20:25
Malta backed by Azerbaijan ahead of CoE vote
The call for a public inquiry into the assassination
Alice Taylor
June 26, 2019 17:46
All eyes on Strasbourg: ‘Outrageous’ situation in Malta demands action
The failings of the rule of law in Malta
The Shift Team
June 24, 2019 20:25
Reporters Without Borders event to support Council of Europe report on Malta
As the report by the Council of Europe’s Special
The Shift Team
June 22, 2019 11:14
Malta government fails to list ‘serious inaccuracies’ in Council of Europe report
The government is yet to list and communicate the
Nicola Driscoll-Davies
June 18, 2019 13:17
‘We are not enemies of Malta’
Joseph Muscat’s government is faced with an opportunity to
Caroline Muscat
June 16, 2019 17:24
You can protest, you are free(ish)
“Freedom of the press comes down to this: The
Caroline Muscat
June 15, 2019 13:09
‘The government is deliberately acting in bad faith’ – law professor
Law professor Kevin Aquilina agrees with the Council of
Caroline Muscat
June 12, 2019 17:00
Proposed law on State Advocate ‘falls short of Venice Commission requirements’
As Parliament was debating a Bill on Tuesday to
Caroline Muscat
June 11, 2019 19:24
‘We won’t forget journalists who have been silenced’ – IPI World Congress
“When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole pay
The Shift Team
June 5, 2019 14:52

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