Malta envoy quits after comparing Merkel to Hitler
Malta's ambassador to Finland features resigned after comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, local media claim.
Michael Zammit Tabona reportedly wrote on his Facebook web page: "Seventy-five years back we stopped Hitler. Who'll stop Angela Merkel? She's fulfilled Hitler's dream! To regulate Europe."
The post has since been deleted.
Maltese Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo said Germany would receive an apology, the changing times of Malta reports.
Mr Bartolo told the newspaper that he previously instructed the ambassador to remove the comment "when I was first alerted to it".
Mr Zammit Tabona, who became Malta's ambassador in Finland in 2014, has up to now made no touch upon the row.
He is reported to become a political appointee - not really a career diplomat.
