Former minister Austin Gatt has been ordered to pay €1,000 in libel damages to MEP Marlene Mizzi.
Mrs Mizzi objected to comments made by Dr Gatt in an interview carried in the Times of Malta on July 1, 2005 under the heading 'No prospects for national shipping line.'
Mrs Mizzi, who served as chairwoman of the shipping line at the time the comments were made, had objected to claims that she squandered funds.
The case was instituted in 2005.