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A Journalist Was Killed in an EU Country. Why Has No One Been Caught?

A new report says the rule of law in Malta is “seriously undermined by the extreme weakness of its system of checks and balances.”
Source: Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters

PARIS—In October 2017, the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, known for her scoops that alleged corruption at the highest levels of the government and beyond, was killed by a car bomb. Her assassination remains unsolved.

A report by the Council of Europe, the Continent’s watchdog for human rights and the rule of law, goes a long way toward explaining why that might be. It is a damning document that paints a picture of state

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