Press digest

The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. The Times reports how the presidential pardon to businessman George Farrugia was issued yesterday. The pardon was issued for information on the oil procurement scandal. The President met the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Police before signing the pardon. It also says that Anglu Farrugia has accepted a PL trip to the Falklands for a Commonwealth conference. The Malta Independent quotes Lawrence Gonzi saying that €1 billion in EU funds will make Malta more attractive. It also quotes Joseph Muscat calling on the prime minister to give explanations on the oil procurement scandal. In-Nazzjon quotes the prime minister saying that under the PN Malta would enjoy more investment and jobs. l-orizzont asks who is the 'Aust' mentioned in e-mails related to oil procurement published yesterday by The Sunday Times. It also says that a patient died in a toilet of the Outpatients Department of Mater Dei and was found 24 hours later. The overseas press Le Parisien reports that Europe’s horse meat scandal continued to spread as French consumer safety authorities said companies from Romania, Cyprus and the Netherlands...