Grech’s film festival costs exceed more than two years of local industry funding
Johann Grech’s extravagant film festival last summer, supposedly to
The Shift Team
March 5, 2024 17:15
Government defies information commissioner order over Man United deal
The government has defied an order of the Information
The Shift Team
February 14, 2024 13:06
Print newspapers given €150,000 in fresh public funds
The government has handed out some €150,000 of public
The Shift Team
February 2, 2024 10:53
Finance minister issues direct orders to campaign manager
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has issued direct orders to
The Shift Team
February 1, 2024 08:00
ERA objects to work done on private property during Nadur road project
The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has told the
The Shift Team
August 8, 2023 18:07
The Shift wins its 12th FOI appeals court case, seven more pending judgements
The Court of Appeal presided over by Mr Justice
Caroline Muscat
May 19, 2023 16:21
Identity Malta CEO joins list of public officials spending thousands on self-promotion, paid for by the public
In the latest case of misuse of public funds
Sean Montebello
May 14, 2023 16:20
BCA CEO ignores public service chief as Christmas bash goes ahead
The Building and Construction Agency (BCA) will today proceed
The Shift Team
December 16, 2022 07:06
Government attacks The Shift with legal Groundhog Day
Forty separate branches of the government are attacking another
Ryan Murdock
August 5, 2022 08:51
Government launches new attempt to cripple The Shift with FOI appeals
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn The government has
David Lindsay
August 3, 2022 07:14
The Shift wins another six challenges to Freedom of Information requests
Six more government entities resisting a decision by the
Caroline Muscat
July 15, 2022 10:24
Gozo pool project already €4 million over budget
A long-awaited Olympic-size pool at the Gozo Sports Complex
The Shift Team
June 25, 2022 10:46
Government spent €1 million a month on cultural activities during covid shutdown
The government squandered at least €1 million a month
The Shift Team
June 20, 2022 12:00
Better than the BBC, almost as good as RT – Ranier Fsadni
In case you missed it, PBS has declared that
Ranier Fsadni
June 4, 2022 19:23
Get cracking, Clyde: memo 2 to the finance minister
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana would do well to watch
Blanche Gatt
May 12, 2022 16:00
Election month cost taxpayers dearly
The government spent €191 million more in March than
The Shift Team
April 30, 2022 07:45
Back in business
They’re back in business. It took only a few
Jacques René Zammit
April 27, 2022 09:53
Manoel Theatre gave free rein to Mario Philip Azzopardi despite ‘improper’ use of public funds
The bulk of an annual grant of €20,000 controversially
Caroline Muscat
April 23, 2022 08:39
National Theatre has been funding Azzopardi’s plays for 8 years
Teatru Manoel – Malta’s National Theatre – has been
Caroline Muscat
April 6, 2022 10:56
€30 million in EU funds at risk as Polidano tax dispute escalates
Malta may be in danger of losing more than
The Shift Team
April 4, 2022 12:00
New primary school without compliance certificate after two years
A new primary school inaugurated by Prime Minister Robert
The Shift Team
February 26, 2022 11:25
Multi-million euro cancer treatment tender being manipulated in favour of ‘preferred’ supplier
Efforts are ongoing at the highest levels of the
The Shift Team
February 25, 2022 12:15
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
Joe Gerada’s move to silence The Shift registered as ‘violation’ by press freedom watchdog
Lawyer Joe Gerada’s request to the Information and Data
Joanna Demarco
January 15, 2022 09:05
€700,000 in architect’s fees squandered as ITS new campus plans appear abandoned
A new state of the art campus for the
The Shift Team
November 26, 2021 11:32
Millions of taxpayer euros squandered on stalled Gozo elderly home project
The government has spent tens of thousands of taxpayer
The Shift Team
May 24, 2021 18:33
Marigold Foundation given over €500,000 in taxpayer funds while Joseph Muscat was PM
As NGOs currently navigate increasing red tape to raise
April 10, 2021 17:41
Investigations shows Herrera’s private ‘bodyguard’ paid by public funds was a previous client of his firm
Questions are being raised about the payment of €19,050
The Shift Team
September 3, 2020 08:39
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister to spend €1m a month to detain migrants on ship
The government will be paying €33,500 a day, or
The Shift Team
August 31, 2020 08:32
Gozo Channel ‘drowning’ as €13,000-a-day vessel returned to ferry service
Taxpayers will need to again come to the rescue
The Shift Team
July 28, 2020 10:50

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