New tax commissioner also refuses to explain inaction on prime minister’s Zejtun property
Inland Revenue Commissioner Joseph Caruana, who replaced Marvin Gaerty
The Shift Team
April 4, 2022 16:27
Robert Abela’s cabinet to cost €100 million
Malta is again set to register a new EU
The Shift Team
April 2, 2022 11:49
National debt skyrockets to €8.4 billion, up by €266 million in first 2 months of year
Malta’s national debt soared by a further €266 million in
The Shift Team
March 29, 2022 13:11
Elections in times of war: who will love our children?
In a video doing the rounds of the net,
Jacques René Zammit
March 9, 2022 07:54
Self-serving parasitism
How can somebody with demonstrably questionable morals and a
Kevin Cassar
February 21, 2022 08:26
Robert Abela promised an Xtra full explanation – but full of what?
On Monday, during two excruciating minutes of dodging questions
Ranier Fsadni
February 20, 2022 07:46
Little presidents
“Jacob, since your own editor decided to enter into
Kevin Cassar
February 17, 2022 09:05
Taxes: two weights, two measures
With a general election looming, the government has yet
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 8, 2022 06:10
Robert Abela’s bind
As in one of those ‘Neputija tal-Kappillan’ farces, in
Ranier Fsadni
January 30, 2022 07:37
Taxpayers fund Steward’s debts on cancer equipment
The government has been forced to top the €90
The Shift Team
January 29, 2022 07:53
Infrastructure Malta ordered to cancel €55 million tender awarded to Joseph Portelli
A €55 million government contract earmarked for Gozitan developer
The Shift Team
January 25, 2022 16:03
PM blocks Data Commissioner’s investigation into Joseph Muscat’s golden handshake
An investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner into the
Caroline Muscat
January 24, 2022 16:42
After 2 years of ‘ongoing negotiations’, government drops threats of ending hospitals deal
The health ministry has ignored questions on the outcome
Julian Delia
January 20, 2022 08:45
Good governance is not the order of the day
It is unclear why anyone would think it was
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 19, 2022 07:53
The press needs good faith not just new laws
What’s needed to implement the Caruana Galizia public inquiry’s
Ranier Fsadni
January 16, 2022 06:52
A broad phantom consultation
There’s a Muriel Spark story where an elderly spinster
Ranier Fsadni
January 9, 2022 08:01
Court records law under spotlight of six international press freedom NGOs
Pressure continues to grow on the government to scrap
The Shift Team
December 8, 2021 09:49
Steward’s ship has sunk
The government’s agreement with Steward Healthcare is so fraught
Elizabeth De Gaetano
December 7, 2021 06:53
Glaring contradiction in Steward Healthcare’s defence of hospitals deal: what now?
A critical gap in Steward Healthcare’s defence was exposed after
Julian Delia
November 22, 2021 11:26
Malta’s standards joke
“The vote on the Standards Commissioner report was a
Kevin Cassar
November 17, 2021 06:17
Gozo ‘park and ride’ remains a hole in the ground while PM orders electric buses out
As Prime Minister Robert Abela returned from lofty claims
November 15, 2021 12:25
Malta’s house of horrors
“Christ forgave the bastards, but I can’t!” – Billy
Blanche Gatt
November 13, 2021 15:06
UPDATED: Mtarfa Council being run from Piccadilly Circus since Mayor got High Commission post in July
Updated to add UK approval of Manuel Mallia as
The Shift Team
November 11, 2021 10:27
The political apparatus of hate
When it comes to the latest democratic outrage by
Ranier Fsadni
October 31, 2021 06:30
OPM says it has ‘no documents’ on €120,000 golden handshake to Joseph Muscat
The Office of the Prime Minister is insisting that
Caroline Muscat
October 30, 2021 11:19
A catalogue of human rights violations
“Malta’s government is in denial about the catalogue of
Kevin Cassar
October 27, 2021 07:15
Planning Authority fails to act on illegal development owned by PM’s former business partner
The Planning Authority (PA) has, for over a decade,
Julian Delia
October 25, 2021 16:53
Steward’s turn of the screw
Robert Abela insistently asks voters: “Who do you want
Ranier Fsadni
October 24, 2021 08:13
The vision fling
Some politicians have a thing about vision: they can’t
Ranier Fsadni
October 3, 2021 06:47
Malta: a flawed democracy
The Economist Intelligence Unit relegated Malta to “a flawed
Kevin Cassar
September 29, 2021 07:43

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