1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (529+ words) Ivan Camilleri - 23. August. 2026 Malta’s economy has almost doubled in size over the past decade, but the country has simultaneously suffered a “significant deterioration” in governance indicators, according to international credit rating agency Fitch. In its latest assessment of Malta, published…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (682+ words) The Shift Team - 23. August. 2026 Corinthia is seeking between €80 and €90 million for its Ħal Ferħ property just months after securing a government permit to turn the former public land into a luxury hotel and residential complex, The Shift is informed. Despite…...

19+ hour, 44+ min ago   (511+ words) Disgraced former Labour minister Konrad Mizzi instructed Yorgen Fenech to delete WhatsApp messages after the businessman’s phone was stolen, according to exchanges presented to jurors during Fenech’s cross-examination on Saturday. The messages emerged as prosecutor Godwin Cini grilled Fenech over…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (454+ words) Former Assistant Police Commissioner Mario Tonna, who was named in court last week as having received money from Melvin Theuma and of providing him with sensitive police information, has been on the government payroll for years in a senior position…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (584+ words) The Shift is informed that the airline’s deteriorating finances are behind the continued failure to publish its first audited accounts, despite the expiry of an extension granted for their filing. Sources at KM Malta told The Shift that the airline’s…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (514+ words) Former prime minister Joseph Muscat’s 2019 birthday party at the official Girgenti residence has resurfaced during Yorgen Fenech’s murder trial, as jurors heard the businessman’s claims about a private conversation he said he had with Muscat during the event. The claims…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (550+ words) The Shift Team - 16. August. 2026 The developers behind the illegal Ta’ Xbiex Marina ‘capitainerie’ are pursuing a new planning route to sanction the structure despite a Court of Appeal judgment revoking its permit, adopting the same type of manoeuvre recently used…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (668+ words) Andrew Borg Cardona - 15. August. 2026 Few things are more infuriating than watching the public (mal)administration eventually do what it should have done from the outset,but only after citizens have endured months of uncertainty, anxiety and unnecessary hassle. The Commissioner…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (435+ words) Ivan Camilleri - 14. August. 2026 Malta has the slowest justice system in the European Union for serious criminal cases, with proceedings taking an average of almost 11 years to conclude, according to the European Commission’s latest Rule of Law Report. The report warns…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (502+ words) The Shift Team - 13. August. 2026 Pardoned middleman Melvin Theuma has admitted that claims he made about former Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar being paid thousands of euros were untrue, as defence lawyers continued a fierce cross-examination aimed at undermining his credibility in…...