Culture Minister Owen Bonnici denied claims that Malta's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden cost €2 million.

The Minister, asked by opposition MP Clyde Puli, refused to divulge the amount, citing 'commercial reasons', but said that it cost much less than that, and that all expenditure was covered by advertising revenue. The PN MP asked whether the 120% increase in advertising budget was covered by money brought in through advertising revenue.