Fact-check Malta: Do 90% of under-35s own their own homes?
Robert Abela’s figures on young homeowners do not tally with the study he is citing
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Economy
Fact-check Malta: How much was the Gozo swimming pool meant to cost?
The oft-delayed project is suspected to have gone over-budget
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Fact-check Malta: What happens when a bank changes hands?
December 13, 2024 Reports of HSBC’s looming departure from Malta in September sparked a torrent of speculation over what this meant for the bank’s clients, with some questioning what would happen to their savings and investments once the bank changed hands. The news was seemingly confirmed in recent weeks, with HSBC Malta telling its shareholders
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Fact-check Malta: Did Malta under PN have the worst unemployment rate in Europe?
Malta also had one of the worst fiscal deficits in Europe, Jonathan Attard claimed
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Fact-check Malta: does a new budget measure give all foreigners a yearly €550 payout?
Several social media posts saying this have stoked outrage
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Fact-check Malta: Did the budget increase Malta’s retirement age
November 7, 2024 A seemingly innocuous measure buried in the budget held on 28 October raised an unexpected furore when Times of Malta flagged that the required years of social security contributions to qualify for a full pension will rise from 41 years to 42 for people born after 1976. The measure quickly became the
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Fact-check Malta: The country has bad buildings, but this isn’t one of them
October 22, 2024 Poor and tasteless construction is rampant in Malta. So it is no surprise that many Maltese believed that a particular image published on Facebook showed a local building. A reverse image search on Google quickly shows that the building is not in Malta. Search results show that it first went viral in
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Fact-check Malta: Are tourists in Malta spending more than they used to?
September 6, 2024 With the tourist season in full swing, the debate over the type of tourists arriving in Malta, and their impact on Malta’s economy, has once again hit the front pages. Tony Zahra, the president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, one of Malta’s main tourism lobby groups, was the first to
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Fact-check Malta: What is Malta’s average wage?
July 30, 2024 New data published on Tuesday 23 July puts paid to ongoing speculation about how much workers in Malta earn on average. The debate over salaries is a regular feature of public discourse in Malta, with social media users frequently resorting to anecdotal or downright fabricated figures to drive their point home. But
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Fact-check Malta: Would Malta have had to sell the hospitals under a bankrupt Steward?
News of Steward’s bankruptcy led some to speculate that the hospitals would have been up for sale
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Fact-check Malta: Malta’s rising wages
Data indicated that wages had stagnated, PL say they’re up 25%. But there’s more to it than meets the eye
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Fact-check Malta: Is food inflation going down?
The Prime Minister claimed that food inflation is not decreasing, unlike inflation in other sectors
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Fact-check Malta: How much will Malta’s new Cabinet cost?
Roughly €780,000 more than the Cabinet cost last week
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Fact-check Malta: Was €400m ‘stolen’ through the hospitals deal?
The parties have long been bickering over whether or not this figure includes salaries
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Fact-check Malta: Was 2023 the property sector’s ‘second-best ever year’?
Developers claimed that this was the case, saying promise of sale agreements have shot up
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Fact check Malta: Will running hospitals cost as much as Steward received?
Robert Abela said that running the hospitals is ‘certainly not cheaper’ than what government was paying Steward
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Fact-check Malta: Malta’s construction boom in numbers
Census figures reveal how Malta’s towns have changed over the past 10 years
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Fact-check Malta: Are recent TikTok videos of Lilu King genuine?
The videos were shared on TikTok and several Facebook groups throughout August
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Fact-check Malta: Do cash rebates for films work?
Advocates say they boost the local industry, critics say the money would be better spent elsewhere
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Fact-check Malta: Is Malta’s inflation rate lower than in many other countries?
Clyde Caruana credits energy price freezes, but some say inflation is higher than disclosed
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Fact-check Malta: Would taxpayers foot the bill for a revolving door policy?
Robert Abela said that ministers would have to be compensated through public funds
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Fact-check Malta: How do grocery prices in Malta compare to Sicily and Cyprus?
The problem appears to be local wages, more than the actual prices.
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Fact-check Malta: Has government’s payroll doubled?
Abela made the claim while speaking at the PL general conference
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Fact-check: Were Bolt and Wolt hacked?
The false rumour was shared across social media
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Fact-check: Is the property sector growing?
MDA says data from March shows that business is booming
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Fact-check: How important is construction for Malta’s economy?
Michael Stivala talked up the sector, Clyde Caruana did not. What does the data say?
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Fact-checking seven claims Robert Abela made in hospitals deal speech
Abela made several claims during a lengthy speech in parliament on Thursday
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