Top officials in EU state charged with corruption – media

The case against the ex-Maltese premier, deputy PM, and others stems from a probe into a privatization scandal

A number of former and current high-ranking officials in Malta have been charged with corruption over a hospital privatization scandal, the AFP news agency reported on Wednesday.

The charges against former premier Joseph Muscat, current Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, and the governor of the EU nation’s central bank, Edward Scicluna...