The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta reports how false declarations my cost MPs' their seat.
The Malta Independent leads with the election of Jean-Claude Juncker as the new EU Commission president. It also reports that the Home Affairs Ministry is appointing a board to look into claims that assault charges were dropped by the police.
In-Nazzjon also reports how Jean Claude Juncker was nominated to head the European Commission.
l-orizzont leads with evidence by John Dalli in a libel case instituted by Richard Cachia Caruana. Mr Dalli blamed Mr Cachia Caruana for being behind a 'network of spies'.
The overseas press
The Times quotes British Prime Minister David Cameron saying Britain has moved closer to leaving the European Union, as he declared his failure to block Jean-Claude Juncker from taking the top Brussels job a “sad day for Europe”. Cameron was defeated by 26 votes to two in his attempt to stop the former prime minister of Luxembourg from becoming president of the European Commission. The prime minister said the decision to appoint a Brussels insider when people were crying out for reforms marked a bad day for Europe.
Kyiv Post says Ukraine has extended a truce with pro-Russian separatist rebels in the east of the country for at least 72 hours. The decision came after Poroshenko returned from the EU summit in Brussels, where he was on what he called “maybe the most important day for my country after independence” from the Soviet Union in 1991. The president signed an EU Association Agreement for Ukraine, which can serve as an early step on the road to EU accession. Moldova and Georgia signed similar deals with the EU. Former President Viktor Yanukovych's decision not to sign the EU agreement as planned last November helped set off the protests that led to a change of government in Kyiv.
Avvenire reports the Vatican has said there were no worries about Pope Francis's health after he postponed a scheduled visit to Rome's Gemelli hospital at the last minute due to an “unexpected indispostion”. Fr Federico Lombardi, the head of the Vatican press office, added that the 77-year-old planned engagements for Saturday and Sunday were confirmed.
Il Tempo reveals Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, the Vatican's eccleseastical diplomat for the Dominican Republic and former Holy See ambassador, has been defrocked after being convicted of sexually abusing teenage boys. The sentence is the harshest penalty the tribunal can rule against a cleric under canon law. It strips him of his duties and status as a priest. Wesolowski could now face criminal charges by the Vatican tribunal with a jail sentence if found guilty.
The New York Times reports US Defence Department has announced it’s flying armed drones over Iraq to protect American military advisers sent in to help counter a Sunni insurgency. The Pentagon said it was continuing to fly manned and unmanned aircraft there at the request of the Iraqi government.
Tribune de Genève says the World Health Organisation has called on West African countries still free from the deadly Ebola virus to prepare for its possible arrival across poorest borders. Almost 400 people have been killed by Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone this year.
El Universal reports an electricity upsurge has left more than half of the country without power including parts of Caracas. The blackout interrupted a live TV broadcast by President Moduro.
Clarin says Argentina has accused an American judge of trying to provoke a new default of the country’s debt after he blocked the payment to bond holders who took part in debt restructures after a previous default 13 years ago. The government said the judge had abused his power by ordering the Bank of New York to return more than $500 million that Argentina had conferred into an account for bond holders. The judge had said Argentina must pay all of its creditors rather than being selective.
The San Francisco Chronicle says the directors of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco have approved a $76 million plan for a stainless steel net to help prevent suicides. The net will stretch six metres wide on each side of the bridge and is expected to be completed by 2018.Since it opened in 1937, more than 1,400 have leapt to their death.