Taxpayers paid €611,000 for Saviour Balzan’s TV programmes for PBS
Over €600,000 have been used by the state broadcaster
The Shift Team
May 5, 2024 08:08
Opinion: salami slicing
There isn’t a single moment when a particular administration
Kevin Cassar
April 20, 2024 10:29
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
RSF: Polish media reform necessary to depoliticise propaganda-filled state broadcaster
One of the first acts of Poland’s new Prime
Alice Taylor
January 22, 2024 14:43
‘Tell the truth, not Castille’s propaganda’ Repubblika tells public broadcaster
“Malta deserves a national broadcaster that tells the truth,
Sean Montebello
September 29, 2023 10:35
Norma Saliba’s new job to cost taxpayers €73,000 a year
Norma Saliba, the former Head of News at state
The Shift Team
September 18, 2023 08:06
Opinion: Touch Labour and burn
He who sups with the devil should have a
Kevin Cassar
September 13, 2023 12:17
Opinion: Owen’s abject cronyism
“I go for those I believe have the best
Kevin Cassar
August 21, 2023 11:45
The public broadcaster’s abysmal standards on reporting violence against women
The “lack of impartiality”, as defined by our political
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 21, 2023 12:30
Direct orders for Gozo minister’s cousin, and a new position created for his wife
Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri is showering his cousin, George
The Shift Team
January 12, 2023 12:38
Magistrate Joe Mifsud in hot water over Gozo court farewell media stunt
Magistrate Joe Mifsud has been reprimanded by Chief Justice
The Shift Team
November 5, 2022 13:10
Questions raised about whether PBS has filed reports showing how it spent taxpayers’ cash
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is obliged to submit
Joanna Demarco
June 1, 2022 18:00
How the public broadcaster is letting us down
If Television Malta (TVM) were your only source of
Elizabeth De Gaetano
March 24, 2022 09:26
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
Sister of new education minister pocketed at least €25,000 from government jobs since 2020
The sister of new Education Minister Clifton Grima, Charlene
Julian Delia
January 3, 2022 16:00
Education Minister Clifton Grima’s canvasser: a sports official suspended over a death threat
Clifton Grima, who has just been appointed minister of
The Shift Team
December 27, 2021 13:41
The vandalism of distortion
“The PN has nothing to offer this country and
Kevin Cassar
November 29, 2021 06:38
Carmelo Abela fails to answer questions about PBS bankruptcy, claims of state-control
Minister Carmelo Abela has failed to respond to questions from
Julian Delia
November 26, 2021 14:45
PBS technically bankrupt even as Labour apologists continue to hoover up millions
The latest published accounts of Malta’s national broadcaster PBS
The Shift Team
October 21, 2021 11:26
Labour party media blackout on coverage of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s fourth anniversary
Despite a full weekend in which high-ranking EU officials,
Julian Delia
October 18, 2021 11:49
Democracy’s not going anywhere
“I choose not to go.” Konrad Mizzi’s reply to
Jacques René Zammit
October 11, 2021 06:39
Labour’s grip on PBS tightens – we know where this is heading
Barely a week after the Center for Media, Data
Blanche Gatt
October 7, 2021 07:10
‘Run, rabbit, run’
Just as we began to digest the conclusions of
Blanche Gatt
August 3, 2021 06:59
The damn nation
The latest cartoon from the Charlie Hebdo stables to
Jacques René Zammit
March 15, 2021 04:39
Journalists association condemns ‘disparaging and abusive’ comments against journalist
The journalists association (IGM) has condemned the “disparaging and
March 15, 2021 04:10
€30 million for PBS to avoid bankruptcy
Taxpayers will shore up PBS, the public broadcaster, with
February 16, 2021 06:40
PBS decides to appeal John Bundy court ruling following pressure by Saviour Balzan, topping up a bill for taxpayers of €300,000
A 2016 decision by disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph
February 10, 2021 13:16
John Bundy blames Saviour Balzan for loss of job at PBS, awarded over €225,000 in damages
Former PBS chief John Bundy has won his industrial
Caroline Muscat
February 2, 2021 18:29
Broadcasting Authority ruling makes perverse situation worse
A ruling by the Broadcasting Authority (BA) this week
Victor Paul Borg
August 19, 2020 07:41
Direct orders to Party loyalists for cultural events total €3m in 6 months
State cultural agencies in Malta, under the political patronage
The Shift Team
August 6, 2020 18:08

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