In the Press: Maltese man threatened by four Romanian hitmen

The Times of Malta

A Maltese man who acted as a middleman for a business deal gone wrong involving a Russian firm in 2007 was visited by four Romanian hit men who threatened him and his family and gave him 24 hours to pay €4.2 million. The Romanians were later charged in court and given suspended sentences.

The Malta Independent

Ministers may be allowed to keep their private practice, if it is ‘in the national interest’, Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar announced yesterday. Cutajar said that if a minister’s private practice serves to safeguard specialisations, he or she will be able to carry both both duties, so long as the practice doesn’t interfere with ministerial duties.

In-Nazzjon

The Qala local council were not consulted about the government’s proposal to construct a marina cruise liner at a former limestone quarry in the Gozitan village.  

L-Orizzont

Anna Maria Darmanin, one of the Maltese representatives on the European Economic and Social Committee, sent a tweet to the members of the European Consumer Organisation that Maltese consumers are worried about their water and electricity bill costs.