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.
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July 31, 2024 As the court cases in connection to the fraudulent privatisation of three of Malta’s state hospitals continue, some locals believe another hospital-related line has been crossed. This time, though, the issue is the supposed removal of crucifixes from wards. On Sunday 28 July, several Facebook users shared posts claiming that Mater Dei
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July 31, 2024 With the dust settling on this year’s local council elections, held on 8th June, many raised renewed questions over the impact that gender quotas are having on Maltese politics. A controversial gender quota mechanism which came into force in the 2022 general elections brought about the election of 12 women to Malta’s parliament. The
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July 30, 2024 It’s a trick as old as time, one common among Shakepeare’s Iagos, modern day demagogues, and cyber scammers: deception is most effective when it plays upon emotion. Sympathy scams are a perfect example. These typically take the form of hoax social media posts purporting to be about something that tends to play
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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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The photo went viral on Tuesday, sparking a series of anti-immigrant remarks
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A series of scam posts use audio deepfakes to imitate popular local figures
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In a report entitled “Russian influence efforts converge on 2024 Paris Olympic Games” published in June 2024, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Centre (MTAC) said that it had “observed a network of Russia-affiliated actors pursuing a range of malign influence campaigns against France, French President Emmanuel Macron, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the Paris Games”.
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Clayton Bartolo made the claim last week. Edward Zammit Lewis said the same thing a decade ago.
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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
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