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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October 13, 2025 Claim: A proposed reform to planning laws only allows illegal developments to be regularised if a small part of the development is illegal Verdict: The proposed laws allow people to apply to have an entire illegal development regularised, not just a small part of it. A fiery debate between Michael Stivala,
A bill proposing the right to a clean environment was shot down last week, with critics warning of its negative repercussions
Fact-check Malta: Misleading claims around PN’s environmental bill Read More »
Photos of the area covered in gravel sparked an outcry
Fact-check Malta: What’s going on with the Ta’ Qali picnic area ground cover? Read More »
We take a look at what has changed at the popular bay after concerns were raised
Fact-check Malta: What Transport Malta’s boat mooring plans for Għadira actually say Read More »
The concession agreement signed in 2000 sheds light on the project’s finances
Fact-check Malta: How much did MIDI pay for Manoel Island? Read More »
Public outcry on incinerator and conflicting claims over its impact
Fact-check Malta: What does an impact assessment into the new Magħtab incinerator say? Read More »
Is Malta the only country to offer free public transport? And are the Maltese using buses more frequently? Abela certainly thinks so
Fact-check Malta: examining Robert Abela’s claims about public transport Read More »
“The mysterious ship that generates electricity happened to be in Spain a few days ago. #HAARP”, read one Facebook post from November 3, 2024, shared over 7,200 times since. It shared a video of a cargo ship with a dozen smokestacks and high-voltage pylons on its deck.
No, ‘weather modification vessels’ were not responsible for Valencia’s deadly floods Read More »
The FKNK said rangers could be breaking the law by donning recording devices
Fact-check Malta: Can rangers wear bodycams? Read More »
“Soon neither 1 nor 2 but 92 wind turbines are expected to be installed from North to Central Evia, thus reaching the ‘magic’ number of 700. You read that right. 700 wind turbines. The burnt-out Evia of 550,000 acres has become… the battery of Greece’, reads a Facebook post from August 13, 2024, and shared over 2,100 times since.
Turbine blade photo misused to claim Greek wildfire zone used for wind farm Read More »
On June 29, 2024, a wildfire broke out on the island of Serifos, which was only brought under control the following morning. The fire damaged houses, cottages, warehouses and chapels in the southern part of the island.
Serifos wildfire misleadingly linked to abandoned wind farm project Read More »
July 10, 2024 Social media users have recently shared a photo on social media that they claim shows ‘Roman tidal baths’ in Malta that disprove climate change. One X user sharing the photo wrote ‘Roman tidal baths on Malta – still at sea level after thousands of years. But – climate change is about to
Fact check Malta: Do these ‘Roman-era’ baths disprove climate change? Read More »
“The same old climate change candy”, said this Facebook post on June 22, 2024 which has since been shared more than 1,500 times. The post, with the hashtag “#This day in 1965”, includes a screenshot of an old newspaper article headlined “Temperature in Larissa 45.4 in the shade”.
High temperatures in Greece in 1965 do not disprove climate change Read More »
A photo posted by mayor Dominic Grech of a pristine-looking pavement caught some by surprise
Fact-check Malta: Siġġiewi mayor’s edited photo removes overgrown weeds and cracks Read More »
A beautiful photo of a lush, green Malta seemed too good to be true
Fact-check Malta: Is this aerial image of Malta AI-generated? Read More »
Mosta council’s application to ERA described trees as alien. The law says otherwise
Fact-check Malta: Are Ficus trees in Mosta ‘alien’ or ‘invasive’? Read More »
October 11, 2023 The development of wind farms is often a topic for debate in Greece, with misleading information about the issue frequently spreading on social networks. The unfounded narrative that areas are deliberately burned down so that wind turbines can be installed is widespread. As fires swept through parts of Greece in 2023, social
Wind turbines have not been built on burnt land in Evia Read More »
E-scooter companies say this is the case, but many are sceptical
Fact-check Malta: Do e-scooters reduce traffic congestion? Read More »
Malta’s infrastructure has been brought to its knees. Have other countries fared better?
Fact-check Malta: How has energy infrastructure coped around the Mediterranean? Read More »
Project Green inaugurated a garden last week. However, it had already been inaugurated five years ago.
Fact-check Malta: Was this Gudja garden inaugurated twice? Read More »
Works in Triq il-Kunsill tal-Ewropa prompted uproar. What actually happened?
Fact-check Malta: Why were mature trees uprooted in Żabbar? Read More »
April 17, 2023 Contrary to unfounded claims circulating on social media, the magnetic qualities of African dust are not proof of the existence of chemtrails. Dust from the Sahara desert, which is often detected in Greece and elsewhere in southern European, naturally contains minerals with magnetic qualities. But these magnetic properties are not proof that
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February 13, 2023 A circular seal showing a green frog under the words “Rainforest Alliance” indicates that a food product comes from sources that have been certified as meeting sustainable agricultural and supply chain standards. The symbol does not indicate that a product’s raw materials are “transgenic” — i.e. genetically altered — as social media
Fruit and vegetables labelled with a five-digit product code starting with “8” have not been genetically modified, contrary to what has been claimed in posts shared hundreds of times on Facebook since December. While it is true that the prefix “8” was initially intended to label transgenic produce, the International Federation of Produce Standards (IFPS) – which is responsible for establishing Price Look Up (PLU) codes for fruit and vegetables – has never used it in this way. Product codes beginning with 8 will be used to designate new products in the near future. Under Greek law, products containing genetically modified organisms – or “GMOs” – must be clearly labelled as such at the point of sale.
