Malta

The murder of journalists calls into question the ability or willingness of some European states to safeguard the freedom of journalists.

A Brexiteer MP in the House of Commons has been accused of treating Britain’s EU partners with “patronising contempt” by a Maltese MEP after he claimed Britain was nothing like her country. Daniel Kawczynski took to Twitter to complain about the EU’s handling of Brexit talks. He said: “Mistake EU making is they are treating us as if we […]

The killing of an investigative journalist reveals another side to Malta, says BRAD BLITZ. But her investigations spread beyond the island’s shores – and so do implications of her murder The final words written on her blog by Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia this week were heartbreakingly prophetic. ‘There are crooks everywhere you look now,’ […]