Today's front pages - August 15, 2025

A look at what's making headlines in local newspapers this Friday

These are the leading stories making headlines in local newspapers this Friday, August 15, 2025.

Times of Malta leads with the despair of students of the International European University (IEU), which had its education licence taken away last month after leaving students thousands out of pocket.

The newspaper also highlights the arrest of a man in Sicily who was trying to smuggle €400,000 worth of protected birds to Malta.

The Malta Independent leads with Putin praising Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine. The two men are due to meet in Alaska on Friday. 

L-Orizzont writes that Scotland is being encouraged to model its film industry on Malta's. 

In-Nazzjon marks 83 years since the arrival of the Santa Marija convoy, which Malta celebrates every year on August 15. The newspaper also reports that a 21-year-old is in a critical condition after crashing his motorbike in Pembroke. 

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