Daphne Caruana

Europe News

Two men sentenced to life for links to murder of Maltese journalist

In her career, Daphne Caruana Galizia had written extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles in Malta, and her murder shocked Europe and triggered angry protests in the Mediterranean island country.

10/06/2025

Europe News

Malta jury finds two guilty of supplying bomb killing Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered on 16 October 2017 by a car bomb that was detonated while she was driving near her home.

06/06/2025

Malta

Maltese businessman charged over journalist’s murder granted bail

Yorgen Fenech was arrested in 2019 over the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. He denies the charges.

24/01/2025

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Farmers' protests and the defence of democracy

Farmers' protests across Europe sparked a surge in popularity of right-wing populist parties and have made agricultural policy one of the main topics of the upcoming European election campaign.

26/01/2024

Europe News

Record number of abusive SLAPP lawsuits in 2022 - report

The number of abusive lawsuits against journalists and human rights defenders increased to a record 161 in 2022, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE).

23/08/2023

World News

Euroviews. Is Europe's commitment to uphold media freedom a false promise?

EU member states claim a balance must be struck between the need to protect SLAPP targets and the need to ensure access to justice. We agree. SLAPP targets are no less deserving of access to justice than those who persecute them, Emma Bergmans and Corinne Vella write.

31/07/2023

Malta

Brothers get 40 years prison for murdering Maltese journalist

The pair had pleaded not guilty to the 2017 murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, but admitted the killing in a dramatic twist on the first day of their trial.

14/10/2022

Culture news

Festival celebrates the life of Daphne Caruana Galizia

In 2017, Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb in Malta. Five years later, a new festival celebrates the intrepid work female journalists do to speak truth to power.

03/10/2022

Malta

Daphne Caruana Galizia: Suspect confesses to Maltese journalist murder

George Degiorgio, one of three people accused of the 2017 assassination, has confessed to a reporter that they were paid to plant the car bomb that killed her.

05/07/2022

Malta

Malta urged to redouble efforts to investigate murder of journalist

The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner also called on Malta to strengthen the protection of journalists.

15/02/2022

Malta

Murdered journalist's son urges EU not to fund Malta pipeline

Matthew Caruana Galizia said it was "intolerable" and "unacceptable" that EU funds could support the pipeline.

09/12/2021

World News

Euroviews. It’s time to make a commitment to protect the media | View

Four years after Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder, journalists in Europe are still under threat, writes Article 19's Europe division chief Sarah Clarke.

16/10/2021

World News

Pegasus Project consortium wins first Caruana Galizia journalism prize

The consortium of journalists behind the Pegasus Project investigation into malware from Israel-based NSO Group has won the first top European Union journalism prize.

14/10/2021

Malta

Tycoon charged with ordering murder of Maltese journalist

Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech will stand trial after being formally indicted for the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

18/08/2021

Malta

Malta 'responsible' for murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

The probe said that Maltese authorities had created a "culture of impunity" that led to her killing.

29/07/2021

Malta

Rights of Caruana Galizia murder suspect were not breached, says ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed the complaint of businessman Yorgen Fenech, a suspect in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

30/03/2021