In the Press: OPM dismisses special envoy's Facebook attack on the President

The Times of Malta

A Facebook comment by the Maltese special envoy Joe Grima raised eyebrows after he attacked the President for her views on integration and migration. The comment however drew no condemnation from the OPM, who chalked it down to personal opinion. 

In-Nazzjon 

EC President Jean Claude Junker said yesterday that Europe had made a 'grave mistake' when it suspended the Mare Nostrum operation, responsible for saving thousands of lives at sea. He called the Eu Council's decision to triple operation Triton's budget 'insufficient'.

L-Orizzont

The case of a police officer charged with harassment was dismissed yesterday, thanks to a clerical error that resulted in the case being time-barred. 

The Malta Independent

Despite a delay, the €28 million St James hospital deal with an American consortium will eventually go through, according to this newspaper's sources. HTIC, a group of American businessmen, had first shown interest in running Mater Dei but the government turned that request down and encouraged the consortium to submit proposals for the public-private partnership for healthcare investment in Gozo.