The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday.

Times of Malta says a court upheld a request by former Opposition leader Simon Busuttil for evidence in the Panama Papers scandal to be preserved, in the process acknowledging that a crime could have taken place. The newspaper also reports that fuel was used in the fire that burnt down the historic Floriana festive arch. 

The Malta Independent quotes the justice minister as saying that the people's confidence in the judiciary is strong, despite what is written in the newspapers.  It also reports that the Planning Authority has finally published the fuel stations policy review for consultation.

In-Nazzjon says Joseph Muscat wants people to vote for his candidates on May 25 when, for him, Europe was never 'super favourite'. It also reports that a magistrate has upheld a request by Simon Busuttil for a Panama Papers inquiry, and there has been no Labour condemnation for Alfred Sant's threatening language about 'an eye for an eye'.

l-orizzont says Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has excluded the possibility of Labour getting a 50,000-vote majority in the forthcoming elections.