The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press:
The Times says EU countries have shown reluctance to accept migrants from Malta under a pilot project proposed by the European Commission. It also reports that a proposed ban on the international trade of tuna has been defeated.
The Malta Independent says Joseph Muscat has called for joint celebration of national feasts.
In-Nazzjon quotes Archbishop Paul Cremona saying the spirit of 45 years ago, when Malta became independent, should inspire us today. It also reports that formal legal proceedings are to be launched in Italy today against three Maltese accused of human trafficking.
l-orizzont says Malta has shown a lack of awareness during the celebration of European Mobility Week. It also reports that the H1N1 virus has found itself in the prisons.
The Press in Britain...
The Guardian leads on news that airlines will pledge to halve carbon emissions by 2050.
The Independent says China is ready to cut its emissions.
The Times reveals the Army is drawing up plans to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
Metro reports that a mother who stabbed her two daughters to death had, three years previously, told a teacher she wanted one of them dead.
The Daily Mail leads on plans to clear would-be British-bound asylum-seekers from a makeshift camp near Calais.
The Financial Times reports that sterling has reached a five-month low against the euro.
The Daily Express says the fall means holidaymakers heading for Europe face rocketing costs.
The Daily Telegraph claims one in six NHS patients is being wrongly diagnosed.
The Daily Star has celebrity model Katie Price, aka Jordan, saying that her night with a married man made Pete leave her.
The Sun carries a photograph of Paul Gascoigne, pictured with Gary Lineker, paying a tearful farewell to former manager Bobby Robson.
The Daily Mirror also devotes its front page to a picture from Sir Bobby's memorial at Durham Cathedral.
The Evening Standard says new legal guidelines to be published next week will allow British families to assist the suicide of desperately ill loved ones.
And elsewhere...
Deutsche Welle says little progress have been achieved by EU interior ministers during a day of talks aimed at arriving at a unified refugee strategy, even if most agreed that a programme was necessary.
The Washington Times says the US government has indicated it is prepared to repair its relations with Scotland following the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi. A spokesman for the US State Department said President Obama's administration was "looking to move on" following the decision to free Al Megrahi on compassionate grounds last month.
USA Today quotes Gen Stanley McChrystal, the top US and Nato commander in Afghanistan, calling for more troops and resources and warning that otherwise, the US risks failure in a war it's been waging since September 2001.
Like the rest of the Italian media, Rome's Il Tempo leads with the country's farewell to six soldiers killed in Afghanistan ,with a day of national mourning and a state funeral which drew the country's top officials and thousands of people.
Abrar quotes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying he was proud his denial of the Holocaust had angered the West, as he prepared for a trip to the United Nations to stress a message of "peace and friendship".
Le Parisien reports that former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin lashed out at President Nicolas Sarkozy at the start of a slander trial involving alleged dirty tricks by top politicians and businessmen. He suggested Sarkozy was using the trial in France's so-called Clearstream affair as a political weapon. Villepin denies wrongdoing.
The Times of India says the leader of a banned Islamist group, which India has accused of carrying out attacks on its financial capital late last year, has been placed under house arrest.
Izvetzia announces the death of Elizaveta Mukasei, a Soviet spy who formed half of one of the most famous husband-and-wife duos in the history of espionage. She was 97. She worked in tandem with her husband Mikhail on string of undercover operations abroad in a career that spanned the from 1940s to the late 1970s.
Bangkok's Daily News says three men posing as customers stole more that €1.2 million worth of jewels from a gems fair in what police called "the biggest heist in recent memory in Thailand".
The Courier Mail reports that a golf shop is facing legal action after a club bought from a Brisbane outlet snapped during a player's backswing, leaving him with a permanent hand injury. The metal sliced through a tendon at the base of Cameron Smith's right-hand ring finger forcing him to undergo two operations. He is still unable to move the finger making simple tasks like writing, typing and cooking very difficult.