The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The local press is dominated by the release of Maltese oil worker Martin Galea in Libya and his return to Malta.
Times of Malta says the abducted oil worker is back home.
The Malta Independent says Martin Galea is back in Malta safe and sound.
In-Nazzjon quotes Mr Galea saying he was happy to be back safe and sound.
l-orizzont says Galea was held by ‘the good’ people.
The overseas press
Al Jazeera quotes Libya’s National Oil Company saying the fire from fuel tanks near Tripoli’s international airport, ignited by rocket attacks, was out of control as clashes between rival militias resumed in the area.
The BBC says Gaza and southern Israel have seen an upsurge in violence despite a plea by the UN Secretary General for a cessation of hostilities. Explosions in Gaza City reportedly killed 10 people, eight of them children.
Al Ayyam quotes Palestinian medical officials saying a baby girl has been born through a posthumous Caesarean section after her parents and brothers were killed by an Israeli airstrike.
The EU is to adopt and publish a new list of individuals close to Russia’s president inner circle and entities to be subject to sanctions over their “role” in taking decisions on Crimea and Ukraine, an EU source told RIA Novosty. According to Reuters, the EU reached a preliminary agreement on Monday on the new list in addition to 87 people and 20 organizations already subject to EU sanctions.
Pravda quotes the Finance Ministry saying Russia would appeal a recent ruling by The Hague’s Arbitration Court over the payment of $51.6 billion to shareholders of the former Russian oil giant Yukos.
El Mundo reports the new head of Spain’s main opposition Socialists urged amending the constitution to turn the country into a federal state as the best way to quell an independence drive in Catalonia.
Ansa reports an appeals court has referred to the Constitutional Court the trial of a former Deutsche Bank manager and five other people convicted of kidnapping a pregnant prostitute to try and force her to have an abortion.
British Prime Minister David Cameron does not think Russia should be denied the right to host the World Cup in 2018, as previously opined Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the Guardian magazine reported. On Friday, FIFA said that the boycott of major sporting events was not an effective method of solving problems.