# List of newspapers in Malta

This is a list of newspapers published in Malta.
| Title | Published | Language | Established | Owner | Political affiliation | Notes |
| In-Nazzjon | Daily | Maltese | 1970 | Media.link Communications (Nationalist Party) | Nationalist Party | Organ of the Nationalist Party. Formerly In-Nazzjon Tagħna and In-…Taghna |
| L-Orizzont | Daily | Maltese | 1962 | Union Print Co. (General Workers' Union) | Malta Labour Party | Organ of the General Workers' Union |
| The Malta Independent, The Malta Independent on Sunday | Daily | English | 1992 | Standard Publications | Nationalist Party | |
| Times of Malta, Sunday Times of Malta | Daily | English | 1935 | Allied Newspapers | Nationalist Party | Established in 1929 as Times of Malta Weekly |
| Malta Today, Malta Today on Sunday | Biweekly | English | 1999 | Media Today | Malta Labour Party and Democratic Alternative | |
| Corriere di Malta | Daily | Italian | 2017 | Fortissimo Ltd | | |
| Illum | Weekly | Maltese | | Media Today | Malta Labour Party and Democratic Alternative | |
| Kullħadd | Weekly | Maltese | 1992 | Malta Labour Party | Malta Labour Party | Organ of the Malta Labour Party |
| Business Today | Weekly | English | | Media Today | | |
| Il-Mument | Weekly | Maltese | 1970 | Media.link Communications (Nationalist Party) | Nationalist Party | Organ of the Nationalist Party |
| It-Torċa | Weekly | Maltese | | Union Print Co. (General Workers' Union) | Malta Labour Party | Organ of the General Workers' Union |
| Il-Leħen | Weekly | Maltese | 1928 as Leħen is-Sewwa | (Catholic Action) Malta | Catholic Church | |
| Il-Gens | Weekly | Maltese | 1920s as Il-Hajja$^{:29}$ | | Catholic Church | |
| Malta Government Gazette | | Maltese English | 1813 | Department of Information (Government of Malta) | | Formerly also in Italian |

## Defunct newspapers

| Title | Published | Language | Established | Defunct | Political affiliation | Notes |
| Journal de Malte | intermittent | French Italian | 1798 | 1798 | French republicanism | First newspaper ever published in Malta |
| Foglio d'Avvisi | | Italian | 1803 | 1804 | Pro-British | First newspaper published under British rule |
| L'Argo | | Italian | 1804 | 1804 | Pro-British | |
| Il Cartaginese | | Italian | 1804 | 1810$^{:10}$ | Pro-British | |
| Giornale di Malta | | Italian | 1812 | 1813 | Pro-British | |
| Lo Spettatore Imparziale | monthly | Italian | 23 April 1838 | pre-1899 | Pro-British; edited by Canon Fortunato$^{:11}$ (or Francesco) Panzavecchia | |
| Portafoglio Maltese | weekly biweekly | Italian | May 1838 | post-1899 | Conservative | Political and religious; established by lawyer Paolo Sciortino |
| Il Mediterraneo - Gazzetta di Malta | | Italian | 1838 | 1874 | Liberal, secular, pro-Italian$^{:14}$ | established by Zauli-Sajani and Carlo Cigognani Cappelli |
| The Harlequin | | English | 1838 ? | pre-1899 | | |
| II Corriere maltese | | Italian | 1839 | pre-1899 | Liberal, anti-Borbonic | Established by Salvatore Costanzo |
| L'Aristide | | Italian | 1840s | pre-1899 | Liberal, anti-Borbonic | Established by Salvatore Costanzo |
| L'Eco dei Tribunali di Malta | | Italian | 1843 | pre-1899 | | $^{:12}$ |
| Malta Times | weekly | English | 1840s | pre-1899 | | $^{:12}$ |
| L'Indipendente | | Italian | 1850s | pre-1899 | | $^{:9}$ |
| L'Economista di Malta | | Italian | 1876 | | Business | |
| Malta - Quotidiano Nazionalista (Gazzetta Maltese) | daily | Italian | 1883 | 1943 | Pro-Italian, edited by Fortunato Mizzi, Enrico Mizzi | |
| Daily Malta Chronicle and Garrison Gazette | weekly daily | English | 1884 | 1940 | Pro-British | |
| Lloyd Maltese | daily | Italiano | pre-1899 | 1940 | Business | Published by the Chamber of Commerce |
| Il Habbar Il Habbar Malti Il Habbar Cattolicu | | Maltese | pre-1899 | | Conservative | Political, religious Edited by Antonio Muscat Fenech |
| Malta Standard | biweekly | English | pre-1899 | | Pro-British | |
| Public Opinion | | English | pre-1899 | | | |
| Risorgimento | daily | Italian | pre-1899 | | Pro-Italian | Political, business |
| Avvisatore | | Italian | ca.1900 | | | |
| Il Ghannej | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | $^{:21–22}$ |
| The Enterprise | | English | ca.1900 | | | Business$^{:21–22}$ |
| Il Bon Pastur | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | Religious$^{:21–22}$ |
| Malta Army and Navy Gazette | | English | ca.1900 | | | Military$^{:21–22}$ |
| La Chitarra | | Italian | ca.1900 | | | Musical$^{:21–22}$ |
| Il Ghafrit | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | $^{:21–22}$ |
| Finanza e Commercio | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | Business$^{:21–22}$ |
| San Paul | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | Religious$^{:21–22}$ |
| Lo Studente | | Italian | ca.1900 | | | $^{:21–22}$ |
| Il Biricchino al Teatro | | Italian | ca.1900 | | | Theatre$^{:21–22}$ |
| L'Afrique Maltaise | | French | ca.1900 | | | $^{:21–22}$ |
| La Rivista Medica | | Italian | ca.1900 | | | Medicine$^{:21–22}$ |
| Il Naturalista Maltese | | Italian | ca.1900 | | | Nature$^{:21–22}$ |
| Youth | | English | ca.1900 | | | Youth$^{:21–22}$ |
| Propagazjoni tal Fidi | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | Religious$^{:21–22}$ |
| La Salute Publica | | Italian | ca.1900 | | | Public health$^{:21–22}$ |
| Philatelic | | English | ca.1900 | | | Philatelic$^{:21–22}$ |
| Il Habbar Ghawdxi | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | Gozo news$^{:21–22}$ |
| Malta Football Record Book | | English | ca.1900 | | | Football$^{:21–22}$ |
| Athenaeum Melitense | | Italian (?) | ca.1900 | | | Arts and literature$^{:21–22}$ |
| Il-Ħaddiem / The Worker | | Maltese / English | ca.1900 | post-1960s | | Trade unions$^{:21–22}$ |
| Archivum Melitense | | ? | ca.1900 | | | Philatelic$^{:21–22}$ |
| Ir Rusariu Imkaddes | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | Religious$^{:21–22}$ |
| Il Calcio | | Italian | ca.1900 | | | Football$^{:21–22}$ |
| Bollettino della Societa' Economico Agraria | | Italian | ca.1900 | | | Agri-business$^{:21–22}$ |
| The Teacher | | English | ca.1900 | | | Teaching matters$^{:21–22}$ |
| Malta Letteraria | monthly | Italian | 1904 | 1914 | Issued by Giovine Malta. The first 10 volumes (1904-1913) were edited by Arturo Mercieca and the eleventh (1914) by Enrico Mizzi | |
| Giahan | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | $^{:21–22}$ |
| L-Hmar | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | Political (including satire) |
| Is-Salib | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | Religious/conservative$^{:20}$ | |
| II-Habib | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | Religious/conservative$^{:20}$ | |
| II-Poplu Malti | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | | first important Nationalist paper in Maltese |
| Malta Ghada Taghna | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | Sigismondo Savona's | |
| Il-Bandiera tal-Maltin | | Maltese | ca.1900 | Manwel Dimech's | | |
| In-Nahla | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | Agostino Levanzin's$^{:21}$ | |
| Malta Maltia! | | Maltese | ca.1900 | | $^{:21}$ | |
| Il Progress | | Maltese | 1921 | 1932 | Stricklandian$^{:22}$ | |
| Malta Letteraria (nuova serie) | monthly | Italian | 1926 | 1939 | | edited by Giovanni Curmi as "rassegna mensile di cultura".$^{:21–22}$ |
| L'Eco di Malta e Gozo | | Italian | 1920s | | Enrico Mizzi$^{:22}$ | |
| Labour Opinion later: II Cotra | | English Maltese | 1920s | | Malta Labour Party$^{:22}$ | |
| Il Patria | | Maltese | 1920s | | Ignazio Panzavecchia's$^{:22}$ | |
| Il Berka | | Maltese | 1920s | | $^{:22}$ | |
| Ix-Xemx | | Maltese | 1920s | | $^{:22}$ | |
| Il-Helsien | daily weekly | Maltese | | 1992 | Malta Labour Party | Former organ of the Malta Labour Party. Founded in 1959 as a successor to Is-Sebħ after its editor was imprisoned for criticising the British Governor-General Robert Laycock |
| Malta Letteraria (third series) | 4-monthly | Italian | 1952 | 1955 | | Literature |
| Malta Taghna | | Maltese | 1950s | 1960s | | Edited by Herbert Ganado$^{:28}$ |
| Is-Sebħ | | Maltese | 1950s | | Malta Labour Party | Edited by Joe Micallef Stafrace who was imprisoned for criticising the British Governor-General Robert Laycock in a political cartoon. Briefly resurrected in the 1970s as a successor to the newspaper Iż-Żmien. |
| The Maltese Observer | weekly | English | 1950s | 1960s | | Edited for some years by Tom Hedley, former editor of The Times of Malta$^{:30}$ |
| Ix-Xewka | | Maltese | 1965 | 1978 | Malta Labour Party | Satirical left-wing newspaper |