The following are the top stores in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Sunday Times says Enemalta had admitted that €16 million of its losses can be avoided. It also interviews Central Bank Governor Michael Bonello and reports that €90 million in old Maltese currency are still in circulation.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says the Attorney General has requested a court to postpone a decision expected this month on land at Benghajsa. A family is claiming that a parcel of land transferred for the new gas bottling plant is actually private.
MaltaToday claims PN General Secretary Paul Borg Olivier had sought confidential data on people who complained to ministries. It also says all capital investment decisions involving social policy which were taken before March 8 are being reviewed by Social Policy Minister John Dalli.
KullHadd said Sedqa CEO Joe Gerada has criticised the teleseries 506, produced by the Curia and broadcast on TVM, saying it i not ethically correct.
Illum says Finance Minister Tonio Fenech has launched a barrage of criticism on economist Edward Scicluna. It also reports that a family of six has been without a home for six months.
It-Torca reports that the trade unions are still awaiting an appointment with the Prime Minister after last Friday’s protest. It also says that irregularities in the adjudication of a contract for IT training centres for MCAST have been confirmed. The newspaper says the law on the Resources Authority was broken in the way the power tariffs were imposed.
Il-Mument says the dream of GWU general secretary Tony Zarb to have trade union unity was broken by the GWU itself through its servile attitude to the MLP. It also wonders how reliable predictions by Joseph Muscat are, producing a list of projections which did not come about.
The Press in Britain…
The Sunday Times says a sister of Baby P, the 17-month-old boy killed while under the protection of Haringey social services, was allegedly seriously abused despite also being on the council’s “at risk” register.
The Independent on Sunday details Baby P’s gruesome last days.
According to the News of the World, Kyle Minogue has been signed up to host the Brit Awards.
The Daily Telegraph reveals girls as young as 13 will be pressed to have contraceptive injections under Government plans to “urgently” reduce teenage pregnancy rates.
The Sunday Express cites senior Buckingham Palace sources who claim Prince Charles will become King at 65 - in five years’ time.
Daily Star Sunday claims pop singer Cheryl Cole is furious with X Factor TV judges for trying to “scupper her amazing success” on the TV talent show,
The Observer reports that shadow chancellor George Osborne is at the centre of a political storm after being accused of lacking judgement in predicting a 'run on the pound' amid Britain’s gravest financial crisis since the Thirties.
The Mail on Sunday claims Labour was rocked by a Cold War spy scandal over allegations that a party activist linked to two members of Tony Blair's Cabinet spied for the Czech government when the country was controlled by the Soviet Union,
The Sunday Mirror says Gordon Brown has promised a pre-Christmas package of tax cuts.
The Sunday People reports that an amnesty for half a million illegal immigrants hiding in Britain has been ruled out.
And elsewhere…
The Washington Times says world leaders endorsed a series of broad goals to fend off future economic calamities and to revive the world economy. They also called for a deal on liberalising international trade by the end of 2008.
In Iceland, where three banks collapsed recently, Aftenposten reports that 6,000 people have protested in Reykjavik. Some threw eggs and demanded fresh elections.
Pakistan Times says the eight-month-old civilian government has asked the International Monetary Fund for a stand-by credit facility of at least 7.6 billion dollars to stave off a balance of payments crisis.
Le Journal du Dimanche quotes President Sarkozy saying plans for a US missile shield in eastern Europe are misguided and would not make the continent a safer place
Panapress reports that the UN's new special envoy, Olusegun Obasanjo, has arrived in crisis-torn eastern Congo where he's due to meet the dissident Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda.
The People’s Daily says that a subway tunnel being built in Hangzou has collapsed, trapping workers and creating a huge crater into which more than 10 vehicles plunged.
Romania Libera quotes Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu announcing eight coal miners and three rescue workers have died in two explosions in the coal-rich Jiu Valley region.
Burkina Faso’s Le Pays leads with reports of a collision between a bus and a truck in the West African nation which left more than 60 people dead.
The Irish Times reports that a 34-year-old man has been charged in relation to a £300,000 herbal cannabis drug seizure in the Mulhuddart area of Dublin.
Liberation says that Air France pilots have voted to press ahead with their four-day strike until Monday at midnight. Pilots oppose a proposal to extend their retirement age from 60 to 65, a move due to begin in 2010. Meanwhile, Corriere della Sera says protests by some Alitalia pilots and flight attendants forced the cancellation of 40 flights from and to Rome and Milan on Saturday.
El Universal announces that Mexico City is giving out free Viagra and other impotence drugs to men 70 and older. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says the city is implementing the plan because sexuality "has a lot to do with quality of life and our happiness." The government will start handing out doses of one or two Viagra, Levitra or Cialis pills next month.