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Fact-check Malta: Do smear campaign reports clear Chris Fearne?

July 8, 2024 Shocking new revelations into a Steward-funded campaign ...
High temperatures in Greece in 1965 do not disprove climate change - Featured image

High temperatures in Greece in 1965 do not disprove climate change

"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, ...
Fact-check: Did PN open a court case against Chris Fearne? - Featured image

Fact-check Malta: Did PN open a court case against Chris Fearne?

Robert Abela alluded to the case when replying to questions on Monday
Fact-check: Are 500,000 foreigners renting properties in Malta? - Featured image

Fact-check Malta: Are 500,000 foreigners renting properties in Malta?

The Home Owners Association made the claim last week

Fact-check Malta: Don’t get duped – well-known Maltese people are the subject of a new crypto scam

July 1, 2024 What do Malta’s former prime minister, a ...

Fact-check Malta: Who gets to be mayor in Malta’s hung councils?

June 27, 2024 Several of Malta’s largest localities emerged from ...

Fact-check Malta: Was a butcher caught killing sick dogs and cats and selling them as sausage meat?

June 27, 2024 Rumours that a butcher on the island ...
LGBTQ Greeks battle online hate in landmark year for rights - Featured image

LGBTQ Greeks battle online hate in landmark year for rights

Tens of thousands have flocked to the northern city of Thessaloniki for EuroPride between June 21 and 29, after Greece became the first Orthodox Christian ...
Fact-check: Could 87,000 foreigners vote in the local council elections? - Featured image

Fact-check Malta: Could 87,000 foreigners vote in the local council elections?

The actual number is closer to 100,000, made up entirely of EU and British nationals

Fact-check Malta: Far-right MEP candidate manipulates footage for advert aired on Maltese television

June 20, 2024 Prior to the MEP elections held on ...
Fact-check: Is Malta’s population now at 717,000 people? - Featured image

Fact-check: Is Malta’s population now at 717,000 people?

A popular Facebook post said NSO data shows this to be the case
The map shows presumed location of US nuclear weapons, not Russian targets - Featured image

The map shows presumed location of US nuclear weapons, not Russian targets

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 ...