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Nine years after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, Europe must finally address Malta’s culture of impunity | Pieter Omtzigt and Emanuel Delia

Pieter Omtzigt and Emanuel Delia9/10/2026
Nine years after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, Europe must finally address Malta’s culture of impunity | Pieter Omtzigt and Emanuel Delia

Much of the corruption exposed by this brave woman remains unpunished. Brussels must carry on her work and demand reform Nine years ago, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s foremost investigative journalist, was assassinated by a car bomb outside her home. The men who carried out the killing have been convicted or admitted their involvement. Nobody has been convicted of commissioning her murder. Last week, a jury acquitted Yorgen Fenech, one of Malta’s most prominent businessmen, of complicity in the assassination and criminal association. Continue reading...

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