What the Sunday papers say…

MaltaToday reports that Malta’s medical students and the dean of the University of Malta’s faculty of medicine have raised a red flag over the deal inked with Queen Mary University of London because it will involve “sharing” teaching resources with student doctors following the Barts Medical School degree. MaltaToday’s survey reports that according to a survey among 400 Gozitans, 60% are in favour a tunnel linking Malta and Gozo.

On the backpage, the newspaper says the electoral gains made by French far-right party Front National could reshape Europe’s political landscape, and reports that world leaders at the climate change summit in Paris agreed to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celsius.

Sunday newspaper Illum reports that the Gozo Ministry under the Labour government has been shorn of responsibility for energy, waste collection, education, health, people with disabilities, and the construction of the permanent link between Malta and Gozo. The newspaper also reveals that a white paper concerning estate agents aims at implementing a code of practice that would require estate agents to be licensed.

The newspaper also quotes Marsa Mayor Francis Debono in saying that all refugees working illegally should be regularised and picked up directly from the Open Centre. On the backpage, the newspaper says the jury trying Allan Galea with the murder of loan shark Anthony Borg ‘Il-Bona’ were told that the murder victim had kidnapped a woman who reported him to the police.

The Sunday Times of Malta says bus passengers in Malta increased by 7% in 2015, and that it is still six months short of reaching its full potential.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says Maltese-flagged vessels owned by the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been implicated in the trade of oil between the Islamic State and Turkey.

It-Torca says a meeting in Malta between the two rival Libyan governments planned for yesterday evening was cancelled at the last minute after the Tobruk minute failed to turn up.

PN news organ il-mument says an email exchange between Kurt Farrugia, the government’s chief of communications, and PBS head of news Reno Bugeja proves interference by Castille in the operations of the PBS newsroom.

Kullhadd says media coverage of the Valletta Summit on Migration and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was equivalent to advertising worth €550 million.