At the Global Freedom of Expression awards handed out by Columbia University, the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation received "special recognition". The University also recognised the legal team representing the family and the family's supporters. Lawyers Therese Comodini Cachia, Jason Azzopardi, Eve Borg Costanzi, and Joseph Zammit Maempel were mention in the citation of the award [...]

Sources at Identity Malta suggest that former Parliamentary Secretary Alex Muscat lost his government post after the last general election because of irregularities discovered at Identity Malta, the agency that manages the passport sales. Reports of mismanagement, overtime abuse, and the suspicion of kickbacks charged to clients of the passport selling scheme reached the office [...]