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WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION WEDNESDAY • 5 NOVEMBER 2014 • ISSUE 389 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY €0.90 Editorial - PAGE 9 Newspaper post THE Opposition and the govern- ment are about to lock horns over a controversial decision to award two casino licences to operators who ranked first and second in the sole tender for a new concession issued recently. The Nationalist Party yester- day expressed concern following a court's decision to stop the govern- ment from granting two new casino licences to the Eden Leisure Group and Dragonara Gaming Limited. The government's Privatisation Unit identified Eden Leisure Group Limited as the preferred bidder for a casino license following a competi- tive process that started with a call for proposals on 31 July 2013. Drag- onara Gaming, which already owns the concession on the Dragonara Casino, placed second. However, the government decided to negotiate with both companies with the aim of issuing a concession to both of them. Economy Minister Chris Cardona last week insisted that the govern- ment was sending out a clear mes- sage that it will continue working to strengthen "the fast economic rhythm Malta had caught up." PN wants answers to 'double' casino concession PN wants answers to 'double' Police inspector targeted in bomb attack PAGE 3 Targeted: Police Inspector Geoffrey Azzopardi. Inset: A garage door blown wide open by the blast Sources say technical report had decided in favour of Dragonara casino owners CONTINUES PAGE 4 PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN PISANI AND RAY ATTARD