Fact-checking Malta’s delegation to UN committee – Daphne Foundation
In a statement today, The Daphne Foundation fact-checked what
July 5, 2024 18:47
Concerns on press freedom in Malta sustained in new report
Access to information remains a pressing concern in Malta,
Caroline Muscat
June 28, 2024 12:55
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange finally freed
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who has unjustly spent years
June 25, 2024 17:00
Reporters Without Borders’ chief and ‘tireless defender of press freedom’ passes away
International press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has
Caroline Muscat
June 9, 2024 09:28
Police protection required for journalists at Joseph Muscat’s arraignment
Journalists covering the court hearing next week of disgraced
The Shift Team
May 23, 2024 14:15
Attacks on independent media continue despite condemnations
Widespread condemnation has not stopped government officials from launching
Elizabeth De Gaetano
May 14, 2024 17:04
Aditus ‘strongly condemns’ PM’s ‘blatant attack’ on judiciary, journalists
Human rights organisation Aditus has “strongly condemned” the words
May 7, 2024 14:57
Concerns about independent media joining political propaganda outlets
The recent establishment of the Association of Media Owners
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 11, 2024 17:22
Journalist deaths in Israel-Gaza war reaches 77 as South Africa alleges ‘genocide’ in international court
In more than 30 years of documenting journalist fatalities,
Alice Taylor
January 5, 2024 14:14
Council of Europe committee sees ‘no need for action’ on media, despite government delays
The Council of Europe’s committee of ministers “sees no
Sean Montebello
January 4, 2024 13:55
Opinion: Caruana Galizia’s nightmare still isn’t over
Almost six years to the day since Daphne Caruana
Kevin Cassar
October 16, 2023 11:56
Kuciak and Caruana Galizia ‘were ordinary people doing their job right’ – Karolína Farská
“They were ordinary people doing their job right”, said
Sean Montebello
October 14, 2023 15:20
A meeting with Karolína Farská, Slovak journalist and press freedom activist
On Friday, 13 October, The Shift’s Founder and Managing
Sean Montebello
October 11, 2023 16:55
Culture Minister Owen Bonnici backtracks on publishing salaries of top positions at state broadcaster
Culture Minister Owen Bonnici has backtracked on his promise
Sean Montebello
October 9, 2023 14:26
Government considers journalists ‘its enemy’, consultation a must – Opposition
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s decision to hide a report
Sean Montebello
October 2, 2023 11:55
Malta fails to meet EU journalist safety recommendations – RSF
European Union Member States, including Malta, must move quickly
Alice Taylor
September 18, 2023 14:21
Civil society, journalists’ organisations urge Council to drop spyware exemption
In a joint open letter to the Council of
Elizabeth De Gaetano
June 23, 2023 12:29
Commemorating World Press Freedom Day: Where does Malta stand?
Marking World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday, the International
Sean Montebello
May 3, 2023 16:45
‘Gap between values-based narrative and reality’ in EU press freedom – CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that
Sean Montebello
April 27, 2023 11:23
Media experts committee ignored Saviour Balzan’s conflict of interest
The Media Experts Committee has said that there was
Sean Montebello
March 11, 2023 11:15
Journalist’s detention in Hong Kong raises international concern
An event in London this week focused on the
January 14, 2023 12:02
Ask questions, face the consequence
Karen Gravano, the daughter of a mafia boss, noticed
Kevin Cassar
December 26, 2022 12:59
Call for harder approach to public broadcasting independence, state advertising in new EU law
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has warned
The Shift Team
December 22, 2022 16:02
Robert Abela’s Pinocchio problem
If you don’t want to be sued, stop asking
Ryan Murdock
December 16, 2022 10:49
Five years and still here
The Shift is still online after five years. I
Ryan Murdock
November 18, 2022 12:30
Press freedom organisations slam Abela’s take on OSCE meeting
Prime Minister Robert Abela met with Organisation for Security
Ryan Murdock
November 11, 2022 16:34
‘Turn the tide’, CoE Human Rights Commissioner says on press freedom
“All who are committed to democracy and a free
October 20, 2022 11:40
Five years of stalling and avoiding
Representatives of the world’s leading press freedom groups are
Ryan Murdock
October 14, 2022 10:43
Broken Bad
The country is broken. Badly broken. The keyword here
Jacques René Zammit
October 12, 2022 10:24
Press freedom organisations welcome European Media Freedom Act but call for strengthening
Following the European Commission’s unveiling of the European Media
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 20, 2022 16:40

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