In the Press: Contractors set December deadline for parliament building

The Times of Malta

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed an application brought forward by 102 migrants, who last year faced the threat of a pushback without having their asylum claims processed. The ECHR ruled that Maltese channels should have been used first before resorting to the human rights court.

In-Nazzjon

A friend and business partner of Ryan Schembri, believed to have fled the country after defrauding millions from investors, tells this newspaper that his partner's actions destroyed years of sacrifice and hard work. Etienne Cassar says that the company he built with Schembri has crumbled and the bank has seized property he owns because of Schembri's actions.

L-Orizzont

Construction of the new parliament building should be completed by December, a deadline given by the contractors working on the project. Speaking on television, Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, president of the Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation, said that the corporation received a letter from the contractors, detailing their terms and conditions for adhering to the new deadline.

The Malta Independent

A French television programme, 'Cash Investigation', suggested that the removal of John Dalli from his post as Health Commissioner could have been orchestrated by the tobacco industry. Confidential documents from Philip Morris International, a tobacco company, suggest that Dalli was specifically targeted to delay the introduction of a revised Tobacco Directive.