Pembroke residents were left stranded after works on an access road stopped before the job was done, the Times of Malta reported. Another story stressed that Malta's economic growth meant it would be getting far less funding from the EU as it could not longer argue that it needed cohesion funds.

The Malta Independent reports on the standoff by the Medical Association of Malta, saying that there were some 'tough nuts' to crack in the dispute.

In-Nazzon says that former Nationalist Minister Ninu Zammit won three libel cases against Labour representatives, and also notes that the island fell 12 places down the Corruption Index in two years.

L-Orizzont hails the allocation of €5 million into water management for agriculture, and also noted the unemployment figure for January was 2,000 less than a year before.