Press Review • 5 March

MaltaToday

Marie Louise Coleiro Preca nominated for President

Joseph Muscat officially nominated Marie Louise Coleiro Preca yesterday to become Malta’s ninth president, succeeding George Abela. She will be appointed in a month’s time and, at 55, will be the youngest president in Malta’s history as well as the second woman to hold the office.

The Times of Malta

One in three Maltese women have faced repeated harassment – EU survey

A third of Maltese women have experienced instances of repeated harassment since the age of 15, according to a EU survey carried out across the member states. Such instances include online and physical stalking, threatening phone calls, tampering of property, being followed, being sent unwanted materials or having personal information or images shared online.

In-Nazzjon

US condemns military action in Crimea

The United States has condemned the latest military movements in Russia and the Crimean peninsula. President of Russia Vladmir Putin spoke publicly for the first time since the Ukrainian crisis began, saying that he will protect Russian citizens in the region using every means necessary. He also said that ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich had no political future.

L-Orizzont

Study shows gas storage and power station have ‘almost nonexistent’ risk

A study carried out by the OHSA and a consultant to the EU on reducing risk in industrial sites has shown that the proposed Delimara gas storage and power station carries very little risk. While no industry is completely safe, the report called the level of risk of this project ‘almost nonexistent’.

The Malta Independent

IIP scheme creates conflict of interest

Home Affairs shadow minister Jason Azzopardi said that the Individual Investor Program approved last February contains clauses that create conflicts of interest between the concessionaires of the scheme – Henley and Partners – and to Identity Malta, the regulator of the scheme. Azzopardi argued that the recently announced changes to the Scheme gave Henley more power and control than Identity Malta, a situation which goes against Muscat’s assertion that Malta will not bow to foreigners.