Today's front pages – June 21, 2026
Highlights from Sunday's newspapers
These are the leading stories making front-page headlines in Malta this Sunday.
Times of Malta reports on criminal allegations that boat mooring permits were traded for votes ahead of the general election and covers claims of racial profiling during immigration raids on public buses.
The newspaper also reports on racial profiling, after a Maltese bus passenger described the “humiliating” moment immigration and detention officials stopped a public bus in Marsa last week, ordering Maltese passengers to keep their identity cards away while singling out people who “looked like” third-country nationals for inspection.
The Malta Independent highlights the government's focus on investment, work, and wellbeing at the start of the 15th legislature, while also featuring an interview with veteran politician Mario de Marco.
Malta Today leads with former Speaker Anġlu Farrugia’s warning that requiring a two-thirds majority to elect a Speaker would be dangerous for the country's democracy.
It-Torċa focuses on the success of Malta's film industry and the swearing-in ceremony for the new parliamentary term.
Il-Mument marks the opening of the 15th parliamentary legislature with a featured group photograph of the Nationalist Party's members of parliament.
Kulħadd highlights Prime Minister Robert Abela taking his parliamentary oath at the start of the new legislature and includes an interview with Mark Mallia regarding the Labour Party’s continued vision.