German National Television marked the year since the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia with this short. Below is an English translation provided by a volunteer who helps out with this website and unlike me speaks German.

Andrew Caruana Galizia’s life changed completely a year ago. Nothing is the same as it used to be. He and his two brothers have lost their mother: Malta’s best known and most critical voice: Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The sons of the murdered journalist are no longer living in Malta – that would be too dangerous.

VOICE Andrew Caruana Galizia
The thing is: My brothers and I have not only lost our mother but also our home. We grew up in Malta, it was our home. And nothing is anymore the way it used to be.

Andrew and his brothers are fighting for justice. The investigation is progressing very slowly. Three men were arrested, but who are the contractors? After one year, nothing is known about this. Therefore, the family is now demanding a public inquiry.

VOICE Andrew Caruana Galizia
Because first, there is no legal process that determines whether the death of my mother could have been prevented. Second, because there are no juridical proceedings that investigate the role of the Maltese authorities and their possible role in what happened. Whether the authorities were accomplices, or simply did not do enough, and that’s very important. It is the only formal way to prevent what happened to my mother from happening to other journalists as well.

Even in Brussels, the murder of the journalist was a big topic. Several parliamentarians, including Sven Giegold, demanded clarification several times in the case of Caruana Galizia. Giegold is very critical of the work of the Maltese judiciary. Lastly, the fact that they have removed the examining magistrate.

VOICE Sven Giegold
The removing of the examining magistrate from the case is, of course, a huge setback for the court proceedings, because in the Maltese system an examining magistrate leads a case, he has the overview, he knows all the documents. And if they promote him away, then of course you have the impression that they condone it.

Is the government really condoning that the murder of Daphne will not be solved? It is in any case also alarming that in cases of suspected corruption and tax evasion of Maltese politicians, for example, about whom Daphne reported, were never investigated. Only against Daphne herself – she was often brought to trial, her bank accounts frozen.

Manuel Delia has known the journalist for years and now sees it as his job to continue her work.

VOICE Manuel Delia
I want to leave a country to my children when they grow up, where they feel safe, even when criticizing. A country where you are safe to challenge the powerful. Especially when the powerful are corrupt. If I do not do anything, I will leave them a country where that is not possible, a country in which you, as a journalist, get killed, like Daphne Caruana Galizia.

But for him, as for his other journalist friends, the work has become more difficult. They find it dangerous to express themselves critical of the government. They see the freedom of the press in danger.

The lawyer of the Caruana Galizias, Jason Azzopardi describes the conditions in Malta more than dramatically, he also wants a public inquiry. Too much is happening behind closed doors, could be hushed up by the government only too easily.

VOICE Jason Azzopardi
Prime Minister Muscat does not want the whole truth to come to light. That’s obvious. For various reasons: 1. As the Attorney General argues, he, as a lawyer of the government in court. 2. the secret and disgusting behavior of government officials who are ordered to eliminate at night the private memorial of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Valletta.

For the umpteenth time, we have asked the Maltese Government, including Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, for an interview. Yet, once again, we have not even received an answer to our request.

Daphne has always fought for more justice, reporting corruption and organized crime, yet she was often targeted by her compatriots.

VOX POPS
Antonio: She played with the fire, I think, I do not know … // no name .: Excuse me, I do not want to comment on that. / / Melizza: I feel nothing. She quasi begged for it – that’s what she got from it. //

Difficult to find someone who defends Daphne’s work, criticises the government:

VOICE Marie:
I hope for the support of the European Union – but I’m not sure what they can do at all.

For Andrew, the suffering that has befallen his family is augmented by the despair that his mother’s murder will never really be solved.

TON Andrew Caruana Galizia
If my mother were alive today, she would probably start researching her own murder in Malta.

The activists around Manuel Delia want to continue fighting. Against corruption and criminal machinations, they take the risk in and will from today in many places in Malta remember what happened a year ago.