The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.

Times of Malta says statistics show that almost 1,700 oral and written parliamentary questions were not answered by the time Parliament was dissolved at the beginning of May. In another story, it says Joseph Caruana, who in recent years served as the Education Ministry’s top civil servant, has been transferred to a senior post at the Finance Ministry.

The Malta Independent says that residents’ complaints have led the Għargħur council to seek the advice of an architect on a fireworks factory extension project.

L-Orizzont quotes Prime Minister Joseph Muscat saying that the Maltese Presidency of the EU served for Malta to build abilities it did not have before.

In-Nazzjon says that the process for the election of a new Nationalist Party leader has been initiated.

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