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JAMES DEBONO A MaltaToday survey today shows that the Nationalist Party is enjoying a small two- point lead over the Labour Party in Gozo. While 31% of respondents say they intend to vote PN, 29% intend to vote for the PL. Gozo, where the PN has seen its vote share slump from 55% in 2008 to 50% in 2013 and Labour increase its share from 43% in 2008 to 49% in 2013, is considered to be a very strategic district which could determine the out- come of the next general election. Newspaper post maltatoday YOUR FIRST READ AND FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT today €1.40 Europe needs a new narrative INSIDE The maths behind corruption Perception is everything in politics, but how does Transparency International rank graft? today today SUNDAY • 29 JANUARY 2017 • ISSUE 899 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY JURGEN BALZAN THE Broadcasting Authority will move into a new premises in Valletta in the coming months while economy min- ister Chris Cardona is expected to move his ministry in the opposite direction and set up office just over 100 metres away from the Labour Party's headquarters in Hamrun. MaltaToday is informed that by summer the Broadcasting Author- ity will move into a building in Melita Street, Valletta but sources close to the authority's board said that the new offices are inadequate as it is not big enough for the authority's 30-strong staff. The new offices, which are still under construction, are "too small and dark" for the authority's employees, who could increase in number in the coming months as the authority's remit is set to be expanded. The Broadcasting Authority cur- rently only supervises radio and televi- sion broadcasting services but the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), which entered into force in 2007, is aimed at creating a wider regu- latory body covering both traditional television broadcasting and new ser- vices such as digital broadcasting and online services. vices such as digital PAGE 3 PN takes two-point lead in strategic Gozo MALTATODAY SURVEY shows Labour losing 10% of 2013 voters to the PN, whose gains not yet near 2008 strength Cardona to move ministry to Mile End strategic district which PAGE 4 HOW MALTA'S BISHOPS SHOOK THE CATHOLIC WORLD WITH THEIR TAKE ON DIVORCED COUPLES The international Catholic press has balked at Malta's bishops' call to priests to allow divorced and civilly remarried Catholics 'at peace with God' to receive the sacraments, some dubbing it a "disaster" and "meltdown" sacraments, some dubbing it a "disaster" and 10 11 EUROPE and iGAMING Two special supplements 8 INSIDE EUROPE and iGAMING Simon Busuttil and the PN are currently engaged in a Gozo-wide campaign ahead of the 2018 elections Vanni Xuereb: 'Everytime the EU gets a wake-up call, my fear is that it goes back to sleep after five minutes' 14 15 Economy minister and PL deputy leader for party affairs Chris Cardona to move his ministry a few doors down from Labour's Mile End headquarters