The following are the top stories in the Maltese and foreign newspapers:
The Times says Maltese providers were re-transmitting Living TV illegally. It also reports how Opposition leader Joseph Muscat has refused an annual raise of €27,000.
The Malta Independent quotes Transport Minister Austin Gatt saying that public transport reform on its own would not solve air quality problems.
In-Nazzjon says that former Inspector David Gatt used to be a delegate of the Labour Party. It also says that the Opposition MPs had known that their honoraria was being raised.
l-orizzont also reports that Joseph Muscat has refused the raise that was also given to ministers and parliamentary secretaries.
The overseas press
“Anarchy in the UK” screams the front-page headline of Metro which goes on to describe the running battles in central London between police and protesters demonstrating against the rise of university fees. Government buildings were attacked and shopwindows smashed. Police say 12 officers and 43 protesters have been injured, while 22 arrests were made. Prime Minister David Cameron called the violence “totally unacceptable”.
Most British nationals focus on the attack on the car carrying the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla. They carry a picture which captured the startled couple as paint was thrown and bottles hurled at the Rolls-Royce. Clarence House said the royal couple were safe and attended the Royal Variety performance as scheduled. Mr Cameron said it was "shocking and regrettable" that protesters had attacked the prince's car.
The Independent says the government’s plan to triple university tuition fees as part of its economy cutacks, was passed in parliament by just 21 votes. The coalition government’s majority is normally more than 80. Of the Liberal Democrat MPs, 28 voted with the government, 21 voted against and eight abstained. Six Conservatives rebelled and voted against. The measures will see fees rising to an upper limit of £9,000 (€10,720) per year.
The Globe & Mail says confusion surrounded the fate of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman whose sentence of death by stoning for adultery triggered an international outcry, after photographs of her meeting her son at home were released by Iran's English Press TV channel television. But footage of Ashtiani broadcast by the station later raised questions about whether she had actually been released from prison, or whether Iranian authorities had merely taken her to her home to collect evidence against her and film a confession.
Aftenposten quotes Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland saying the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was not an attempt to enforce Western values on China. He said the award was about universal human rights and "honouring people in China". Beijing had said nations which attended today's award ceremony in Oslo would be showing disrespect to China and some 18 nations were set to boycott the ceremony.
Ethiopian Observer says the African Union has suspended Ivory Coast until Alassane Ouattara was allowed to take over as president. There is broad international agreement that Mr Ouattara won the Ivorian election last month but the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo is refusing to step down. In another move, the AU has lifted sanctions against Guinea that it had imposed two years ago after a coup d’etat by the military. This followed the confirmation last week that the opposition leader Alpha Conde as Guinea’s president-elect.
Le Matin reports that the electoral commission in Haiti has announced a recount of votes in the disputed presidential election. It followed two days of protests by the supporters of the pop star Michel Martelly, who said that the count was rigged to allow the governing party candidate to go through to a run-off at his expense.
Corriere della Sera says a court in Italy has handed down an 18-year jail sentence to the former head of the Parmlat food conglamorate Calisto Tanzi. Parmalat collapse in 2003 owing €2 billion and tens of thousands of investors lost their savings.
The Washington Post reports that the US senate has blocked a move by President Obama to allow gay men and women to serve openly in the armed forces. Mr Obama had pledged to end the17-year policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” by which gays could serve if they keep their sexual orientation secret.