Banners mark five months since Caruana Galizia's murder

Banners Who killed Daphne? and Baqgħu sakemm qatluha were put up across Malta last night marking the fifth month since her death today. Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered in a car bomb on October 16. The months following the killing have been characterised by a stream of controversies amid calls for the replacement of the Police Commissioner and the Attorney General and the strengthening of the rule of law and press freedom. The situation has been debated in the Maltese parliament and the European Parliament. Controversy has also raged over the makeshift memorial for Caruana Galizia at the foot of the Great Siege Monument in Valletta, amid calls for the Civil Society Network for a permanent memorial to the journalist in Great Siege Square. On Thursday evening, Malta's embassy in Berlin was lit up with projections noting that "Europe is waiting" for justice. The projections are the result of a collaboration between local activist group Kenniesa and human rights activists PixelHELPER.org. A vigil by the Civil Society Network, #occupyjustice, Il-Kenniesa and L-Awturi is being held in Great Siege Square at 6.30pm on Friday. In the meantime, one month ahead of the UK...