The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.

The Sunday Times of Malta says a space business based in the UK will be launching satellites from Malta when it sets up its European headquarters on the island. In another story, a police inspector claims that a report by the EU’s anti-fraud office, OLAF, about former European Commissioner John Dalli’s trips to the Bahamas languished on the Attorney General’s desk for weeks last year before it was finally sent to the police.

MaltaToday says that pilots and Air Malta management could be set for collision as the national airline’s new direction is about hit the brakes on demands for higher salaries.

The Malta Independent says the European Council has urged Malta to ensure that Algerians applying for visas will actually return home.

Illum says that nothing had come out of promises for the training and registration of bouncers made two years ago.

Il-Mument says that police officers have boasted that proof of corruption by Pilatus Bank had left the island in the owner and chairman’s luggage.

It-Torċa says that the MEPs who criticised Malta about its financial system remained silent about the money belonging to a German millionaire that went missing from a German bank.

Kullħadd says that US insurance entity Starr Companies will be setting up base in Malta for operations in the European Union.