The following are the stop stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Times quotes MUT President John Bencini saying that the unions did their best to convince the government to revoke the utility tariffs but no other avenues were open for them andthe unions should respect the law. The newspaper also reports that an appeal has been filed by Italy to a European Court sentence on the display of the crucifix in public places.
The Malta Independent says there is anger against EU Commissioner John Dalli after the EU approved the production of some GMOs.
MaltaToday says the Prime Minister has fresh trouble with his ministers, who do not want to be 'chaperoned' by MPs. It also reports the arraignment of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the fury of Green parties at the EU's GMOs decision.
In-Nazzjon says tourist arrivals rose by 10 per cent last month. It also highlights investment aid given to 400 firms. The newspaper recalls the appointment of Lawrence Gonzi as PN leader six years ago today.
l-orizzont says the government has produced misleading adverts on the utility tariffs allowance. It also reports that more self-employed people are joining the GWU.
The overseas press
The TimesAthens News quotes Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou warning the country was struggling to avoid "a nightmare of bankruptcy" in which the state would not be able to pay salaries or pensions. At a meeting of the parliamentary group of his Socialist Party (Pasok), Mr Papandreou said the budget crisis was like a "wartime situation" and urged civil servants and pensioners to accept sacrifices.
The European edition of The Wall Street Journal says that with a deficit four times over the eurozone rules and a debt of €300 billion, the Greek government was expected to announce further austerity measures to tackle its crippling economic problems.
La Hora says Chile's President Michelle Bachelet has appealed for calm in the earthquake-ravaged city of Concepcion, vowing a stern response to any renewal of looting and violence.
The New York Times reports that the UN HIV/Aids programme says HIV had become the leading cause of death and disease for women of reproductive age worldwide.
Kyiv Post says Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has reacted angrily at claims that her coalition government had disintegrated. According to the speaker of parliament, the coalition had failed to produce signatures from enough MPs to prove it had a majority and today she faces a no-confidence vote in parliament.
Statscourant quotes former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic telling judges at his trial for genocide that wartime atrocities blamed on Bosnian Serbs were "staged" by their Muslim enemies while the 1995 Srebrenica massacre was a "myth". He is accused of genocide and war crimes committed during the conflict.
Meanwhile, Balkan Times reports the justice systems of both Serbia and Bosnia claim the right to prosecute Ejup Ganic, a former Bosnian Muslim leader suspected of war crimes. The dispute deepens the mutual mistrust between the two Balkan countries.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the mayor of Jerusalem has announced a plan to demolish an area of Arab East Jerusalem to make way for an upmarket district of luxury hotels and gardens. But hours before Mayor Nir Barkat was due to announce his scheme, called the King's Garden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said work should be delayed.
Le Monde reports that the widow of the former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, whose death sparked the country's 1994 massacres, has been arrested on genocide charges in France.
Manila Times says a group of angry parents have burned down their children's school in the Philippines after the pupils weren't given as much food as they had been promised.
The New Yorker says the police want to question Naomi Campbell after her driver accused the supermodel of slapping and punching him as he drove her through the city.
A newlywed couple spent their wedding night in separate jail cells after Massachusetts police said the bride tried to run over an old flame of the groom. Police told The Cape Cod Times that 22-year-old Marissa Ann Putignano-Keene tried to run over the other woman and the woman's son in a parking lot. The bride was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Her husband, 37-year-old Timothy Keene, was riding in the car with her and was charged with disorderly conduct.