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Fact-check: What was promised for Tigné Point versus what we got - Featured image
Fact-check Malta: What was the public promised for Tigné Point?

We compare a 1992 development brief to how the Sliema site was eventually built
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‘Fueling sexism’: AI ‘bikini interview’ videos flood internet

September 12, 2025 The videos are strikingly lifelike, featuring bikini-clad ...
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Fact-check: Are WHO-advised palliative care medicines unavailable in Malta? - Featured image
Fact-check Malta: Are WHO-advised palliative care medicines unavailable in Malta?

Claims about just 10% of WHO-approved medicines being available not backed by fact
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Fact-check: How much did Manoel Island cost MIDI? - Featured image
Fact-check Malta: How much did MIDI pay for Manoel Island?

The concession agreement signed in 2000 sheds light on the project’s finances
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Fact-check: Did a PN delegation to China really never discuss Huawei? - Featured image
Fact-check Malta: Did a PN delegation to China really never discuss Huawei?

A PN statement about the visit raised more questions than it answered
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Fact-check Malta: Is MEP Daniel Attard facing charges of bribery?

May 27, 2025 The news that Labour MEP Daniel Attard ...
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Fact-check Malta: What happened at the Għargħur local council?

May 27, 2025 The local council of the sleepy town ...
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What does an impact assessment into the new Magħtab incinerator say? - Featured image
Fact-check Malta: What does an impact assessment into the new Magħtab incinerator say?

Public outcry on incinerator and conflicting claims over its impact
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Fact-check: Does Pope Leo XIV have Maltese ancestry? - Featured image
Fact-check Malta: Does Pope Leo XIV have Maltese ancestry?

A 1910 census listed his great-grandfather as Maltese... but the family may have cited Maltese ancestry to pass as white
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Old Greek ID cards will no longer be valid after August 2026 - Featured image
Old Greek ID cards will no longer be valid after August 2026

Amid fierce debate over the new ID cards, a misleading claim began circulating on Greek social media in late April 2025, regarding the validity of ...
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Fact-check Malta: How does Malta’s assisted dying proposal compare to other countries?

More than 12 countries have euthanasia laws, but no two are identical
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Fact-check Malta: Why was a Gaza-bound aid ship attacked near Malta?

May 12, 2025 On Friday 2 May, Malta woke up ...
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