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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Political troll pages have turned to AI-generated images and videos as the election campaign moves online
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Social media users are misrepresenting Fox News coverage to support baseless allegations that US President Donald Trump staged the assassination attempt that disrupted a press gala in Washington on April 25, 2026. A purported Fox Business Network graphic saying 70 percent of Americans believe the gunfire was orchestrated is an altered fake, and online claims that Fox News cut off a correspondent on air because she was revealing a pre-planned plot have been refuted by both the network and the journalist.
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April 21, 2026 “Is Netanyahu real or AI?” an internet headline blared, pointing to a video that supposedly showed the Israeli prime minister with six fingers. But the clip was real. Speculation spiraled online that Netanyahu might be dead or wounded in an Iranian strike and that Israel was covering it up with a double
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With some key promises unfulfilled, government officials say this does not mean 82% of promises have been completed
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Robert Abela said Malta had caught up with Sweden over the past 12 years
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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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