The following are the top stories in the Maltese and international press:
The Sunday Times says just only one in 10 members of the medical staff at Mater Dei Hospital washes his hands regularly before seeing patients. It also reports that the Archbishop's delegate on catechism, Fr Rene Camilleri, has criticised the state of Catholic education.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says there is confusion in the government over the H1N1 vaccine. It also says that according to some EU sources, Malta is not the ideal venue as the seat for the asylum agency.
MaltaToday says the Auditor-General has rapped Resources Minister George Pullicino for a direct order of €1.2 million. It also says that bird trapping is continuing.
Il-mument leads with the launching of the primary health care reform. It also reports that a Labour councillor in Floriana has resigned because of interference by the party.
It-Torca says dangerous gas cylinders are still in circulation. It also says Victor Scerri hit out at environmentalists during a TV programme on the Bahrija development.
Illum says the Ombudsman is facing 563 new cases, filed in the past 11 mponths. It also reports that John Dalli is preparing for a European Parliament grilling ahead of his appointment at European Commissioner.
KullHadd carries further criticism of BWSC as made by a Danish journalist. BWSC, which has been awarded the power station extension contract, has been criticised for alleged bribery for contracts in other countries by the Danish media. The newspaper also says that European Commissioner Joe Borg would have considered standing for the European Parliament had he been told he would not be reappointed to the Commission.
The international press:
According to The Observer, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is ready to face down the country's top bankers by imposing the "nuclear option" of a windfall tax on their bumper bonuses as part of measures aimed at the super-rich.
The Sunday Times reports Prime Minister Gordon Brown was snubbed by badly injured Afghan veterans when they closed curtains round their beds during a hospital visit and refused to speak to him.
The Sunday Telegraph says the Queen has authorised a crackdown on the paparazzi after growing increasingly angry at intrusions into the private lives of the Royal Family and their friends.
The Queen also leads the Sunday Express which reports that she has stepped in to stop the sale of intimate notes penned by the Queen Mother after her cousin tried to cash in with a low-key auction of royal memorabilia.
The Washington Times reports US President Barack Obama has announced his intention to attend the final stages of the Copenhagen climate talks.
La Sicilia says that the Italian police have arrested two of the mafia's most senior bosses. The man believed to be the crime group's second-in-command, 28-year-old Gianni Nicchi, was found hiding in an apartment. At roughly the same time yesterday, Milan police arrested third-ranked Gaetano Fidanzati while he was walking along a street in the city.
Meanwhile, Il Tempo reports that some 90,000 Italians have taken part in protests in Rome demanding that the country's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi quit his post. Berlusconi has faced several charges recently of bribery, tax fraud and false accounting. Berlusconi denies all the accusations against him.
Pravda says the number of people who died in a nightclub fire in the Urals city of Perm has risen to 109. The victims crushed each other to death and suffocated after the fire tore through the popular nightclub on Friday, filling the building with thick smoke.
Abrar quotes Iran's Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi saying his country needed 20 industrial-scale uranium enrichment facilities to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear power plants over the next 20 years.
Kathemerini says more than a hundred youths have been arrested in Greece in a bid to prevent riots on the anniversary of a fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy by police.
Corriere dela Sera reports Italian tax police have seized 19 works - stashed in a secret basement - belonging to Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi. The paintings, some by Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet, Cezanne, Modigliani, Manet and Degas, are estimated at more than €100 million.
Arizona Herald says a US judge has threatened to sentence a man to 25 days in prison for leaving jugs of water in the desert for illegal immigrants. But he ordered him to pick up rubbish for 300 hours instead after a federal jury convicted him of littering.
An inquiry by Le Perisien into the perceived excesses in French ministries has revealed that the Environment Ministry has 23 chauffeur-driven cars at its disposal. As for the Foreign Ministry, the number of chefs working there has increased from 22 to 40 in the past year. Meanwhile Health Minister Roselyn Bachelot has increased the number of staff members in her cabinet by five since being appointed and that includes her own son who works for her as a project manager.
South Africa's Mail & Guardian says President Jacob Zuma has prompted anger with a reported R65m (€5.9m) expansion of his personal residence in one of the country's poorest regions.