These are the main headlines reviewed by our editorial and research team for today.
President George Vella has called on MPs to steer away from personal interests and focus on what could be done for society at large.Dr Vella greeted parliamentary groups separately during an exchange of festive greetings. Source: Times of Malta
The court hears how the Prime Minister’s former chief of staff Keith Schembri told police that he had lost his mobile phone when they arrested him.The revelation was made in court this morning as the compilation of evidence against Yorgen Fenech continued. Fenech is charged with being the mastermind behind the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia Source: Malta Today
The Swedish news portal Aftonbladet has appealed to the Swedish PM to distance himself from the Maltese Labour Party and its Prime Minister. Aftonbladet titled its article “Löfven, do not protect the journalist killers” with a sub-headline which ran “Debaters: Put internal political interests aside and distance themselves from corrupt Malta”. Source: Newsbook
Files related to the secret Panamanian company Egrant could have been contained in a USB stick whose whereabouts are unknown, according to the Egrant inquiry report. The full report was published earlier this week by Opposition Leader Adrian Delia, shortly after the Constitutional Court found that his rights had been breached when he was refused a copy of the infamous inquiry. In July of last year, the government had published 50 pages of conclusions from the inquiry, which found no evidence that Egrant belonged to Joseph or Michelle Muscat, as had been claimed by the late journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Source: The Malta Independent
The telecommunications company Vodafone has announced that it will be selling its Malta branch. In a statement, Vodafone Malta said it will be sold to Monaco Telecom, for the price of €250 million. It explained that even after the acquisition, it would still be operating under the name of Vodafone for a transition period which is expected to end by the first quarter of next year. Source: TVM
