The following are the top stories in the Maltese newspapers today.

Times of Malta says the prime minister's wife defended a scheme which left prisoners unpaid.

l-orizzont  reports on military manouvres in the Mediterranean. It says the American assault ship Kearsarge is being moved from the  Gulf to focus on North Africa.

In-Nazzjon says last year's economic growth would have been 1.2% not 6.3% had it not been for one-offs including income from the EU and the passport scheme.

The Malta Independent says the Finance Minister skirted a direct question about the prime minister's bank collapse gaffe.

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