July 3, 2026 Malta’s new cabinet, following the outcome of last month’s election, includes more ministers than ever before, with the cost to the public purse now soaring to €19 million. Prime Minister Robert Abela unveiled his new cabinet on June 2, just two days after his incumbent Labour Party won a fourth consecutive term […]
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June 17, 2026 Despite his party’s defeat in Malta’s May 31 election, Nationalist Party (PN) supporters have pointed to the strong showing by party leader Alex Borg, arguing that his own personal performance has outshone those who came before him. Malta’s single transferable vote system requires voters to vote for individual candidates on their district’s
June 17, 2026 A controversial claim that Malta borrowed €1billion in the month before the general election was announced, made by PN leader Alex Borg, turned out not to be correct, through no fault of his own. Borg made the claim at a party rally just days ahead of the vote, on May 27, pointing
June 16, 2026 The Nationalist Party (PN) has pledged to reach a target of 30% renewable energy by 2030 if elected to government, not 50% as widely claimed. The confusion arose after a chatbot developed by the party to explain its electoral manifesto flagged the “conflicting targets” within the manifesto. In its section on clean
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June 16, 2026 A Labour Party electoral pledge to slash corporate tax rates to 25% will only apply to a company’s retained profits, not to all income, as initially understood. On Monday May 4, Prime Minister Robert Abela and Finance Minister Clyde Caruana unveiled a pledge to cut corporate tax for companies with an annual
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June 3, 2026 Videos of an explosion posted by pro-Iranian accounts on X, supposedly showing a US missile strike on army bases in Kuwait, are of an explosion in Malta on Monday June 1, 2026. The videos show a spectacular series of explosions resulting in a large plume of black smoke rising into the air.
March 30, 2026 Claim: Malta’s judiciary is in favour of raising judges’ retirement age. Verdict: The sitting chief justice said he was ‘disappointed’ that a bill proposing reforms, which included raising judges’ retirement age was not approved, but he did not expressly refer to the retirement age issue. A heated episode of talk show Il-Każin
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March 30, 2026 Claim: Government only named its nominee for Judge Consuelo Scerri Herrera to be the next chief justice because of a parliamentary vote forcing its hand. Verdict: This is false. Scerri Herrera’s candidature was announced a week before a parliamentary vote was held. In an episode of talk show Il-Każin, government MP Ramona
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February 20, 2026 A new video showing a Television Malta (TVM) news feature about a lottery is manipulated by AI to promote what appears to be a sham lottery. The minute-long video shows Angelica Farrugia, a newscaster at the state broadcaster’s TV station TVM, presenting the evening news, as she would do on a typical
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January 26, 2026 As Malta braced for Storm Harry’s gale force winds on Monday January 19, Maltese social media was hit with a wave of storm-related misinformation, with footage of years-old storms resurfacing and shared as new. In one case, footage of a Gozo Channel ferry attempting to carry passengers between the islands of Malta
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