Today's front pages – March 31, 2026
The top stories in Malta's newspapers
These are the leading stories making front-page headlines in Malta this Tuesday.
Times of Malta leads with Robert Abela emphasising the importance of Malta's neutrality in times of war, as the Labour Party gathered for its annual Freedom Day celebration in Vittoriosa last night.
The newspaper also gives prominence to plans announced yesterday to build a new football stadium in Marsa, which is slated to have a 5,000-person capacity and host matches up to the league phase of UEFA competitions.
The Malta Independent also leads with the Labour Party’s Freedom Day celebrations, highlighting a pledge by the Prime Minister that a quarter of the country’s energy needs will be met by renewables by 2030.
The paper also features the planned Marsa football stadium.
L-Orizzont also gives prominence to the Freedom Day event and Abela’s emphasis on neutrality, while also highlighting the PM's words on the government’s work to establish a new human rights commission.
The paper also features General Workers’ Union Josef Bugeja, who said yesterday that work was continuing to achieve the goals that shaped Freedom Day.
In-Nazzjon features Opposition Leader Alex Borg’s words on the controversy that erupted yesterday, when the cannabis authority and football association were criticised for a deal that will see the authority fund youth scholarships.
In a continuation of the cannabis story, the paper reports on parliamentary secretary Rebecca Buttigieg’s intent to maintain the agreement despite the controversy, while also teasing the release of further details about the PN’s upcoming mass transportation proposal.