The actual number is closer to 100,000, made up entirely of EU and British nationals
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June 20, 2024 Prior to the MEP elections held on June 8, 2024, the Maltese state broadcaster, TVM, aired an advert containing footage manipulated to support the agenda of a far-right MEP candidate. The advert was produced by far-right party Imperium Europa. It features the party’s founder and leader, Norman Lowell, urging people to “open
A popular Facebook post said NSO data shows this to be the case
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Since Russian troops marched into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Moscow has pointed to its nuclear capabilities and warned it is ready to deploy them in case of an existential threat. On May 9, 2024, Putin said (archived here) that his nuclear forces were “always” on alert. On May 21, Russia announced the start of tactical nuclear weapons drills close to Ukraine (archived here).
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June 5, 2024 In the run-up to the European Parliament and local council elections held in Malta on 8 June, the leaders of the country’s two main political parties warned the public against voting for third-parties or independent candidates, saying that a vote for another party would be ‘wasted’. In truth, this is a familiar
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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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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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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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News of Steward’s bankruptcy led some to speculate that the hospitals would have been up for sale
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A photo posted by mayor Dominic Grech of a pristine-looking pavement caught some by surprise
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