The following are the top stories in national newspapers on Tuesday.

Times of Malta says parliamentary questions show a bureau set up to locate and confiscate criminal assets remained idle for close to three years. In another story it says a stolen art collection worth an estimated €300,000 was discovered in a Marsa warehouse after police tracked down the man they believe stole the artworks from an iconic Balzan palazzo.

The Malta Independent says a four-star hotel application on Augustinian land near Bay Street in Paceville is to be decided on Thursday.

L-Orizzont discusses the increase in HIV cases with sociologist Godfrey Baldacchino who says foreigners should not be blamed for all that happens in Malta.

In-Nazzjon says the Nationalist Party has lost confidence in the new vote counting system.