Head of Malta’s central bank resists calls to resign

Prime minister removes embattled governor from board of financial services authority

Central Bank of Malta governor Edward Scicluna
Edward Scicluna
European Central Bank

Edward Scicluna’s five-year term as governor of the Central Bank of Malta may be about to come to an early end following a court ruling on July 24.

Magistrate Leonard Caruana said there was enough evidence for Scicluna, former deputy prime minister Chris Fearne and 12 others to face trial for alleged fraud and misappropriation of funds.

The charges relate to the “hospital scandal”, in which a consortium and the previous government colluded to ensure hospitals were privatised but that the new

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