Press digest
The following are the top stories in the national and international press today.
Times of Malta reports that stowaways who were found hiding in a vehicle on board the Sicily-Malta catamaran might have been looking for work.
The Malta Independent reports how a man who claimed to have been illegally arrested was thrown into a car 'like a sack of potatoes'.
In-Nazzjon carries the story of the Maltese biker who was killed in a motor crash in Sicily.
L-orizzont quotes Finance Minister Edward Scicluna saying that last Monday's Budget has left more money in people's pockets.
Ansa reports Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was set to ignore EU diktats and would send the same budget back to the European Commission if Brussels said it should be overhauled. The premier made it clear yesterday he would not stand for any Brussels strong-arm tactics over his proposed property-tax cuts in the 2016 budget bill.
Kathimerini reports the Greek parliament early this morning approved the multi-bill of measures needed for Greece to receive its next bailout sub-tranche – cutting pensions, rising the retirement age, increasing punishment for tax evasion and liberalising the energy market.
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