Caruana Galizia apologises for incorrect allegations on MaltaToday

Blogger and Malta Independent columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia has issued an apology over a 2013 article in which she falsely claimed that Saviour Balzan and Roger de Giorgio, owners of MediaToday, the publisher of MaltaToday, entered into a private agreement with the General Workers Union for the sale of MaltaToday.

In a statement published on her blog, Caruana Galizia said: “I confirm that this statement is factually incorrect and that Saviour Balzan and Roger de Giorgio have never entered or intended to enter into a private agreement of this nature.”

She added that it was not her intention to damage or harm Saviour Balzan’s or Roger de Giorgio’s reputation, “and I apologise unreservedly for any inconvenience and/or harm that I may have caused to them by this article.”

The civil suit for libel initiated following the publication of the said article has now been settled.