The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.

Times of Malta says it is informed that about 200 part-time ground staff at Air Malta are demanding full-time employment after four years on a definite contract. In another story, it says that according to official data, the country last year registered its first financial surplus since 1981.

L-Orizzont also leads with the surplus registered in Malta’s finances, the first in 34 years.

In-Nazzjon leads with a report about the EPP congress held in Malta yesterday.

The Malta Independent quotes former Alternattiva Demokratika leader Michael Briguglio saying that religious ethics should be a compulsory and not an optional subject in schools.

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