Today’s front pages – July 8, 2026
The top stories in Malta’s newspapers on Wednesday
These are the leading stories making front-page headlines in Malta this Wednesday.
Times of Malta leads with an exclusive interview with delivery driver Maurice Galea who lost his leg in a horror car accident in Sliema two months ago and is still recovering in hospital.
The newspaper also reports that the five brothers of rogue oil trader George Farrugia has been acquitted of complicity in the oil procurement scandal that had rocked Maltese politics more than a decade ago.
L-Orizzont leads with the news that the European Trade Unions Conference has presented its concerns about the criminal case against an official of the General Workers’ Union to the European Commission.
The newspaper also reports about the latest from the Yorgen Fenech trial and that three new regional centres for mental health will be opened soon.
The Malta Independent leads with the news that investigators never found Keith Schembri’s phone and laptop, one of the key revelations from the sixth day of the Yorgen Fenech trial.
The newspaper also reports that Malta had the least seasonally pronounced tourism industry in the EU last year.
Malta Today also leads with the Yorgen Fenech trial, highlighting how defence sought to shift the spotlight onto Keith Schembri. The newspaper also reports that Malta has the highest use of AI in the European Union and that the illegal villa built in Armier still stands despite initial reports it was going to be demolished.
In-Nazzjon highlights that voting for the confirmation of the party leadership will begin on Wednesday. The newspaper also reports about the acquittal of the Farrugia brothers. It also reports that the court sentence in the Andrea Prudente case “will be remembered as one of the most courageous declarations” of the Maltese court.