
Belle de Jong
Freelance Journalist and Editor at Freelance
Journalist in Malta, leading editor @EurCorrespond
Articles
-
Jan 7, 2025 |
theshiftnews.com | Belle de Jong
Former Labour TV reporter turned lawyer and businessman Charlon Gouder has secured a 10% share in a private construction company that plans to invest millions in transforming the Labour Party’s Rialto Theatre building in Bormla into a new entertainment venue, which includes a controversial rooftop wedding hall.
-
Jan 7, 2025 |
theshiftnews.com | Belle de Jong
Behind the polished façade of software provider Delasport lie hundreds of gambling websites targeting countries where gambling is heavily regulated. A look into the #CasinoPapers – tens of thousands of leaked documents from inside the industry – shows that shell companies in Malta and Curaçao play a crucial role in obscuring the ownership of these websites. In 2023, Manwel*, playing from Malta, deposited more than €100,000 into his online casino account.
-
Nov 1, 2024 |
theshiftnews.com | Belle de Jong
A Gozitan couple who sold a plot of land to Robert Abela and his wife Lydia two years ago will directly benefit from an odd change to the Gozo local plan ordered by the prime minister a few weeks ago, The Shift has learned.
-
Oct 31, 2024 |
theshiftnews.com | Belle de Jong
Peter* lost over half a million euro in ten years, hiding his addiction from his family. The birth of his first child was a “wake-up call”: “What am I doing?” At that point, he had debts of around €300,000, he said. The Austrian player promised himself he would quit, but he relapsed, sinking deeper into his addiction. His drug of choice? Gambling. Every day, the first thing he would do when he woke up was look at his balance.
-
Aug 20, 2024 |
substack.com | Belle de Jong
Investigative journalist in Malta and editor at The European Correspondent. I talk about international affairs, social justice and mental health.
Journalists covering the same region

Sally Tipper
Deputy Editor at Flanders Today
Sally Tipper primarily covers news in the Flanders region of Belgium, including cities like Antwerp and Ghent.
Charlotte Jean
Journalist at Blind Magazine
Journalist and Picture Editor at Beaux Arts Magazine
Co-Founder and Chief Editor at Révolutions alimentaires !
Charlotte Jean primarily covers news in Brussels, Belgium and surrounding areas.

Pieter Haeck
AI and Critical Tech Reporter at POLITICO Europe
Pieter Haeck primarily covers news in Brussels, Belgium and surrounding areas.

William Denselow
Video Journalist and New York Bureau Chief at Feature Story News
William Denselow primarily covers news in Brussels, Belgium and surrounding areas.

Laura Pérez-Cejuela
Editor at EUROEFE
Laura Pérez-Cejuela primarily covers news in Brussels, Belgium and surrounding areas.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 629
- Tweets
- 285
- DMs Open
- No

RT @FranceskAlbs: The personal attacks on @GretaThunberg & others aboard the #Madleen are beyond the pale. These are ordinary people steppi…

Far-right Dutch government just collapsed

RT @KNEECAPCEOL: Israel has murdered 220 journalists in Gaza and won't allow a single international journalist enter. Never believe one i…