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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 2016 12 MATTHEW VELLA A once-familiar face on Net TV is set to make a comeback on Mal- tese TV. But this time, the buoy- ant Karl Stagno Navarra is making a political switch, taking to the air on Labour's One TV to present Pjazza One. The daily current affairs show has been slotted for the early evening from 6:15pm to 7:30pm, right be- fore One News's evening bulletin, in a sign that Stagno Navarra, 46, will be taking a central role in La- bour's broadcast schedule as the party enters its last two years in government. "We will be discussing current affairs, have guests in the studios, and talk about politics, economics, society and social affairs, and even the arts," Stagno Navarra said, who returns to Maltese television after some 11 years. Since leaving Net TV, he became one of the first reporters during the launch of newspaper Illum, and later wrote for MaltaToday before joining Al Jazeera on various as- signments abroad and in Malta, and finally working for Bloomberg, where he covers EU affairs and fi- nance. "I was asked to do it and for me this is quite a challenge after a dec- ade away from Maltese television. I feel I can deliver a real TV show," Stagno Navarra says. But it will be a surprise to former viewers of his to see an anchor- man once synonymous with the Nationalist Party, batting for the other side – a sign that Stagno Na- varra's past political loyalties have found new masters. "It's no switch. It's broadcasting on Malta's most watched TV chan- nel with a viewer loyalty that has been second to none throughout the last 20 years," he says. But pricked on the matter, Stagno Navarra is generous with details of his 'metamorphosis'. "I militated for the PN as a broadcaster up until 2008, when the leadership adopted an ultra- conservative stand on issues like divorce. I felt it was a mouthpiece for the Catholic Church. For me, joining the EU meant breaking off from that but a faction inside the PN wanted the status quo. To me politics was never a religion but about what's good for the country and who can deliver it the best." Sounds like a pitch for Joseph Muscat. And Stagno Navarra does not shy away from offering plaudits for the prime minister. "Socially and economically, he has made Malta one of the top European performers. I'm not say- ing everything's perfect. My role as a broadcaster even on One TV, which is owned by the Labour Party, is to drive the message that good governance is as important as delivering on electoral promises. "I feel no compunction about tell- ing the prime minister and his min- isters what is right and wrong. It's my duty as a broadcaster." Pjazza One airs on Monday, 26 September, on One TV at 6:15pm. News COURT NOTICE The Registrar of Civil Courts and Tribunals informs that the Civil Court, First Hall ordered the following sales by auction: Date time Judicial Sale No Place Items 19th September 2016 11.00am 4/16 Cassar Ship Repair Limited C31608 vs MV Tiuboda AZ Hall of these Courts of Justice, Republic Street, Valletta Vessel MV Tiuboda, last harbour registration was in Freetown (Sierra Leone), official number 7517650, net tonnage of 927.8 metric tons valued at seventy nine thousand one hundred and thirty euro and twenty nine cents (€79,131.29). Further details can be obtained from the website: http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/courtservices/JudicialSales/search.aspx The bidders taking part in the auction must present their identity card Rudolph Marmara' For the Registrar Civil Courts and Tribunals Stagno Navarra makes switch with One TV move Karl Stagno Navarra: the 46-year-old journalist has been working for Bloomberg covering finance and economics in Brussels Former Net News anchor will present early evening current affairs discussion programme on Labour's One TV "I feel no compunction about telling the prime minister and his ministers what is right and wrong" FINANCE minister Edward Sciclu- na has claimed the EU has turned a corner from a long spell of belt- tightening. "The austerity programmes are history," he said in an interview at a meeting of EU finance ministers in Bratislava, Slovakia. "The sheer self-flagellation undertaken unani- mously by all EU member states will remain a blot on our economic his- tory books." EU governments cut billions in public spending from 2008, but de- spite falling deficits, debt increased from 78% to 90% of GDP for the eu- rozone area. Leaders of the euro area's south- ern nations on Friday demanded a doubling of an EU investment plan that at the moment stands at €315 billion over three years. Minister: 'Austerity is history