In an unprecedented move, the National Statistics Office (NSO) has delayed the release of Malta’s latest debt and unemployment statistics until after the elections, raising concerns that the government aims to protect voters from deteriorating public finance data. The statistics covering the first four months of 2026 were due to be released on Friday
The National Statistics Office said on Wednesday that it postponed the publication of government finance and unemployment data until after the election to observe laws prohibiting material that could influence voters during the silent day period. But four years ago, the NSO had published government finance statistics on 25 March 2022, the day before
The National Statistics Office has postponed the latest scheduled release of government finance and unemployment data until after the May 30 general election. The data was meant to be released on Friday, May 29 in two separate releases.The first release concerns finance data for Q1 2026. The second concerns registered unemployment in April 2026. A
National Statistics Office has postponed the release of key government finance and unemployment statistics until after Malta’s general election. The Government Finance January-April figures and registered unemployment data had originally been scheduled for publication on Friday 29th May, Malta’s official “reflection day”, when political campaigning
The National Statistics Office has said that it is postponing the publication of data related to government finance and unemployment until after the election, saying they coincided with the so-called day of reflection on the eve of the election. The official NSO calendar indicates that the government finance data for January-April 2026 and unemployment
