In the Press: NAO questions 'ministerial direction' in Azeri hedging deal

The Times of Malta

The National Audit Office has issued a report about a hedging deal stuck between Enemalta and Azeri government-owned company Socar, saying that a lack of documentation meant the deal's accountability had suffered as a result. The NAO expressed concerns about the 'ministerial direction' involved in the deal while energy minister Konrad Mizzi denies having any personal involvement in the process. 

In-Nazzjon

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil called on PM Joseph Muscat to declare his 'political standards', while also urging the swift publication of Maltese names on the Swissleaks list recently obtained by the government.

L-Orizzont

Oil trader George Farrugia had offered PN MP Austin Gatt free use of a hall for two months and the use of a BMW for up to six weeks during the 2008 election campaign, according to emails presented in court in a libel case against MaltaToday editor Saviour Balzan.

The Malta Independent

PM Joseph Muscat yesterday switched the Marsa power plant to cold standby, effectively ending its 61 years of service, on the day a gas-fired plant was meant to be fired up, according to Labour's electoral pledge. Muscat declined to give completion dates for the Sicily interconnector and Delimara plant projects.