The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.
Times of Malta says the teachers’ union is insisting that no scientific evidence exists that longer breaks affect child obesity and formal school hours are not negotiable. The newspaper also features the conclusion of Malta’s Presidency of the European Council saying it was largely viewed as a success by MEPs yesterday, although migration and money laundering remained thorny subjects.
Malta Today said the Moviment Patrijotti Maltin, a small political party representing the far right in Malta, was urging the government to backtrack on the religion vilification law.
The Malta Independent quotes the head of the Customs Department saying that the lack of harmonisation on excise duties led to some abuses.
In-Nazzjon says that Maltese are among those mentioned in investigations on fuel contraband in the Mediterranean.
L-Orizzont also leads with the closure of Malta’s EU presidency saying this highlighted the problems of migration.