The following are the top stories featured in Malta's newspapers today.
Times of Malta reports that employees at the new Land Authority are up in arms over what they deem to be ‘a discriminatory assimilation exercise” by the management. The authority took over the work of the Land Department after the 2015 Gaffarena property deal controversy.
The newspaper also reports that most road accidents happen on Fridays.
The Malta Independent says that the European Commission has complained to Malta that it has missed a deadline to bring in the anti-money laundering directive. It also quotes Frank Portelli, one of the candidates for the PN leadership, saying the party should have appointed an interim leader.
In-Nazzjon gives prominence to how the Pilatus Bank whistleblower fled Malta, saying she did so because she felt intimidated.
l-orizzont quotes Michael Farrugia, minister for home affairs, saying that more police manpower will be deployed to Bugibba, where street crime has spiked.