Neville Borg

Fact-check Malta: Who can vote in Malta’s elections?

June 4, 2024 this year’s elections saw some 370,000 people eligible to cast their vote for their preferred candidate for the European Parliament and almost 460,000 people vote for their local council representatives. Several online posts in recent weeks have spread confusion over who is eligible to vote, with some questioning the impact that Malta’s […]

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Fact-check Malta: Opposition leader Bernard Grech’s workers’ day speech

May 18, 2024 Like his counterpart Prime Minister Robert Abela, Opposition leader Bernard Grech also used Malta’s workers’ day celebration to launch the Nationalist Party’s electoral campaign during a rally held in the town of Mosta. Times of Malta sifted through some of the claims made by Grech during his speech. Claim: Prime Minister Robert Abela

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Fact-check Malta: Prime Minister Robert Abela’s workers’ day speech

May 18, 2024 Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Robert Abela launched his party’s European Parliament election campaign with a fiery speech at a May Day rally. Times of Malta dug through several claims made by Abela during his speech to separate fact from fiction. Claim: Roberta Metsola called Lawrence Gonzi “my prime minister”. Without

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