New Ragusa catamaran service delayed again
A new passenger and vehicle catamaran service to Sicily,
The Shift Team
October 12, 2024 11:12
Standards Commissioner won’t name others using official cars abusively
Commissioner for Standards in Public Life Joe Azzopardi will
The Shift Team
August 22, 2023 09:37
Maltese investment in Marina di Ragusa causing a commotion
The Mayor of Ragusa is facing uncomfortable questions from
David Lindsay
July 18, 2023 17:47
Ponte Ferries calls it a day and sells its catamaran to Spanish company
Ponte Ferries’ catamaran, the HSC Artemis will soon be
The Shift Team
June 14, 2023 12:46
Eurospin, set to open in Malta, investigated for mafia links in Italy
Italian low-cost supermarket chain Eurospin, which is set to
Sean Montebello
May 18, 2023 07:50
Ponte Ferries quits operations to Sicily, Augusta concession to be terminated
Ponte Ferries, which started operating daily crossings between Malta
The Shift Team
April 5, 2023 07:20
Maltese convicted of transporting 230 kilos of marijuana acquitted on appeal in Sicilian courts
A Maltese national who made headlines back in 2019
The Shift Team
January 31, 2023 14:55
Ponte Ferries in major trouble with more vessel arrest warrants for unpaid debts
Ponte Ferries is in serious trouble after being hit
The Shift Team
December 1, 2022 17:14
Mafia boss’ daughter gets four years for Malta extortion beating, husband gets 10
Francesca Rispoli, the daughter of imprisoned ‘Ndrangheta mafia boss
The Shift Team
December 1, 2022 15:03
Standards Commissioner asked to investigate PS Chris Bonett for car use
Independent political candidate Arnold Cassola has asked the Standards
Elizabeth De Gaetano
December 1, 2022 11:57
Ponte Ferries hit with second arrest warrant, Valletta Cruise Port owed €200,000
Ponte Ferries, the beleaguered company running a Malta-Sicily fast
The Shift Team
November 1, 2022 11:48
Mafia in Malta: from drugs and gaming to farms and shoes in six months
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti Malta’s proximity to Italy,
David Lindsay
October 2, 2022 08:00
Passengers left stranded as Ponte cancels trip with them already aboard
Hundreds of passengers were left stranded on Independence Day
The Shift Team
September 24, 2022 06:04
Ponte Ferries begins sea-testing ferry, but actual start date of new Malta-Sicily service remains elusive
Ponte Ferries, the new ‘low-cost’ catamaran service to Sicily
The Shift Team
October 20, 2021 11:21
Ponte Ferries faces furious customers after last-minute axing of Sicily trips
Fledgling ferry service Ponte Ferries has incensed hundreds of
The Shift Team
August 6, 2021 10:09
Malta-Sicily fast ferry rivals still waiting for Italian port permits despite ticket sales
The much-anticipated start of Virtu Ferries’ and Ponte Ferries’
The Shift Team
July 13, 2021 19:56
Calcio Catania sponsorship: Famalco boss says ‘what I do with my company’s money is my business’
One of Italy’s largest shipping companies, Grimaldi Group, has
The Shift Team
July 13, 2021 09:18
Moves by unnamed Maltese investors to acquire ownership of Sicilian football club
A group of anonymous Maltese investors, who last week
The Shift Team
July 3, 2021 18:12
Italian Mafia bust implicates Malta in illegal gambling scandal… again
Malta has made headlines for all the wrong reasons
Alice Taylor
March 7, 2021 08:10
EXCLUSIVE: Fast ferry ‘war’ to move from Gozo to Sicily route
The Shift can exclusively reveal a looming commercial war
December 16, 2020 12:18
Ferry service providers at war over latest call for lucrative 15-year concession
The latest government attempt to award an exclusive concession
The Shift Team
September 15, 2020 17:35
Officials in Sicily and Spain blame Malta for new outbreaks of COVID-19
Neighbouring countries are reporting new outbreaks of COVID-19 among
Gabriel Schembri
August 12, 2020 09:02
Maltese bank part of Mafia trail to hide millions from EU agricultural aid
A Maltese bank formed part of a “complex trail
Joanna Demarco
January 16, 2020 17:44
Malta among four countries topping list for marine litter in the Mediterranean
More than 1.5 million sheets and bottles of plastic,
November 6, 2019 12:11
The mafia’s new outposts
Italy’s most powerful organised crime network, the ‘Ndrangheta, has
Caroline Muscat
November 5, 2018 12:45
Salvini investigated for ‘kidnapping migrants’
Italian far-right deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini is under
The Shift Team
September 8, 2018 12:33
Welcome to Malta, where saving lives is a crime, but fuel smuggling isn’t
The captain of the MV Lifeline was taken to
Matthew Mizzi
July 4, 2018 08:29
Oh My Treasure Island
The report published by two Italian organisations which study
Cedric Farrugia
May 27, 2018 07:19
Malta: the mafia’s paradise island 
‘Operation Beta’ by the Italian Carabinieri in 2017 led
Cedric Farrugia
May 13, 2018 11:35

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