Tribunal warns Malta Enterprise ‘law not to be used to limit transparency, accountability’
The government agency tasked with attracting foreign direct investment
Elizabeth De Gaetano
April 5, 2024 17:28
State broadcaster loses €5 million in 10 years despite €40 million in subsidies
The public broadcaster, PBS, has lost a total of
The Shift Team
February 29, 2024 09:18
Saviour Balzan got direct order to market Film Commissioner Johann Grech
Saviour Balzan, the co-owner of Malta Today and presenter
The Shift Team
February 21, 2024 08:00
Ex-cannabis boss gets government consultancy advising on drug prevention
Mariella Dimech, the government’s first cannabis regulator who was
The Shift Team
February 6, 2024 17:22
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
Tweets revealing Yorgen Fenech and Malta Today co-owner’s networks deleted
Leaked WhatsApp messages, apparently from businessman Yorgen Fenech’s phone,
Sean Montebello
January 22, 2024 17:49
Goverment still refusing to detail payments to Saviour Balzan despite The Shift winning all cases
The Maltese Labour Party government is ignoring scores of
Elizabeth De Gaetano
January 21, 2024 17:00
Chief civil servant using MITA to buy positive government ‘news’
Tony Sultana, the principal permanent secretary who holds a
The Shift Team
January 18, 2024 08:24
NAO: State broadcaster loses money across the board, despite €6 million in annual subsidies
Malta’s state broadcaster, PBS, has registered massive losses across
The Shift Team
December 19, 2023 12:30
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
Journalists express dissatisfaction with ‘box-ticking, opaque’ media reform
Journalists and civil society members are unhappy with the
Sean Montebello
September 29, 2023 18:17
Why Robert Abela fears the truth
Why is Robert Abela always hiding the truth? Why
Kevin Cassar
September 22, 2023 11:08
‘Media Experts Committee’ journalists made €18,000 each from still-hidden ‘reforms’ report
The nine members of the ‘Media Experts Committee’, tasked
The Shift Team
September 9, 2023 10:48
Journalists admit receiving OPM payments to serve as experts
Journalists handpicked by Prime Minister Robert Abela to act
The Shift Team
July 30, 2023 17:20
The Shift wins two more Court of Appeal FOI cases to total 14, five remain
The Shift has won another two Court of Appeal
Sean Montebello
July 12, 2023 17:54
Government’s media experts committee tight-lipped at 18-month mandate’s end
The government-appointed ‘Media Experts Committee’ will be disbanding by
Sean Montebello
June 24, 2023 15:27
Judge issues clarification on Fenech’s WhatsApp messages
Judge Edwina Grima on Monday clarified a decree she
The Shift Team
June 6, 2023 11:57
Journalist’s social media post was a justified ‘response to an attack’, appeals court rules
The Court of Appeal today threw out an appeal
Sean Montebello
May 10, 2023 18:12
Taxpayers footing thousands to keep Saviour Balzan’s public payments secret
The conclusion of 10 court cases the government filed
Caroline Muscat
May 7, 2023 11:06
Robert Abela learnt a lot
Malta went through “some difficulties” in the last few
Kevin Cassar
April 28, 2023 10:43
The Shift wins another FOI appeal case, bringing total court victories to 11
The Shift on Wednesday won another in its long
David Lindsay
April 19, 2023 12:32
Saviour Balzan’s transparency
“I have no problem being transparent,” Saviour Balzan declared
Kevin Cassar
March 20, 2023 10:30
The Shift wins another eight FOI appeals court cases
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti The Shift on Wednesday won
David Lindsay
March 15, 2023 18:44
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
Balzan was justice ministry paid adviser while on media experts committee
MediaToday co-owner Saviour Balzan was on a paid contract
The Shift Team
March 7, 2023 17:26
Gozo Ministry direct order for Saviour Balzan smacks of political propaganda
More behind-the-scenes pre-electoral machinations put into play by the
The Shift Team
January 15, 2023 10:29
MGA throws €25,000 party at Corinthia London as part of PR extravaganza
The Malta Gaming Authority last year spent more than
The Shift Team
January 12, 2023 07:40
Don’t ask questions if you don’t want lawsuits, PA lawyer tells The Shift
A lawyer for the Planning Authority suggested in court
David Lindsay
December 14, 2022 18:21
The Importance of Being Saviour
My attention was drawn to the fact that government-handout
Jacques René Zammit
November 30, 2022 10:32
Government rushes to appeals court as The Shift wins more FOI tribunal cases
Government entities this week rushed to the Court of
Caroline Muscat
November 27, 2022 07:31

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