Today's front pages - July 3,2026
The top stories in Malta's newspapers on Friday
These are the leading stories making front-page headlines in Malta this Friday. Almost all of Malta's local newspapers turn their attention to the second day of Yorgen Fenech's trial by jury over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Times of Malta reports on the trial of Yorgen Fenech, where prosecutors argued that Daphne Caruana Galizia would still be alive today if Fenech had not financed her murder.
The newspaper also notes that residential property prices in Malta have surged by nearly seven per cent over the past year.
The Malta Independent leads with the prosecution’s address to the jury, highlighting the claim that Caruana Galizia would not have been killed without Fenech’s role.
It also reports on the Vatican’s decision to excommunicate several bishops after declaring an ultraconservative society to be in schism.
L-Orizzont highlights that the General Workers' Union was proven right after the police closed an investigation into one of its section secretaries.
The paper also features comments from Prime Minister Robert Abela about the Labour Party’s ongoing political momentum.
In-Nazzjon focuses on the testimony provided in the Yorgen Fenech trial, quoting the prosecution’s statement that the journalist would still be alive if not for the defendant.
Additionally, it covers a traffic accident where a 16-year-old driver crashed a vehicle into an abandoned building in Attard.