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Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks).A popular blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb on Malta on the 16 October 2017. Caruana Galizia made a name for herself with her investigative reporting in the Panama Papers scandal and accusations of corruption against the Maltese regime. Journalists and others were shocked by her death.

A mass demonstration of thousands of people marched through Malta's capital Valletta on the 22 October 2017 to demand action over the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The Conversation, 19.10.17: We must do better to protect whistleblowers and investigators like Daphne Caruana Galizia https://theconversation.com/we-must-do-better-to-protect-whistleblowers-and-investigators-like-daphne-caruana-galizia-85914

http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html

BBC News, 17.10.17: Malta journalist death: Caruana Galizia's son hits out http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41648940

Politico, 17.10.17: The murder of a journalist http://www.politico.eu/blogs/on-media/2017/10/murder-malta-journalist-daphne-caruana-galizia-joseph-muscat/

The Guardian, 17.10.17: 'The situation is desperate': murdered Maltese journalist's final words https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/17/the-situation-is-desperate-murdered-maltese-journalists-daphne-caruana-galizia-final-words

EUObserver, 16.10.17: Malta in shock after car bomb kills crusading journalist https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/139477

EurActiv, 17.10.17: Murder of Malta’s top investigative journalist provokes shock and outrage http://www.euractiv.com/section/freedom-of-thought/news/murder-of-maltas-top-investigative-journalist-provokes-shock-and-outrage/

Deutsche Welle, 21.10.17: Malta offers 1 million euro reward for leads on journalist's murder http://p.dw.com/p/2mIqa

Deutsche Welle, 22.10.17: Malta demands justice for slain reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia http://p.dw.com/p/2mK6l

The Guardian, 19.10.17: Daphne Caruana Galizia: Establishment was out to get her, says family https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/19/daphne-caruana-galizia-establishment-was-out-to-get-her-says-family

Blog: Running Commentary https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/

The Times of Malta, 19.10.17: Daphne's sons call for Muscat's resignation https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20171019/local/daphnes-sons-call-for-joseph-muscats-resignation.660782

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