Press digest

The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.

Times of Malta says investigators have ruled out Syrian asylum racket.

The Malta Independent says the Commission Persons with Disabilities is to hold a meeting with the responsible entities after a new ramp at the Gozo citadel was found to be too steep for wheelchair users. 

In-Nazzjon carries comments by the wife of one of 300 workers about to be discharged by De La Rue security printers.  

l-orizzont says tests in five primary schools found bad air quality.

The overseas press

Italy plans to host an international conference on Libya on Sunday week. Adnkronos quotes Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni telling the Senate the government’s objective was to bring together in Rome world powers and the key countries of the region for a summit that could forge a “road map” towards ending the conflict. He warned the world needed to act urgently to prevent the advance of the Islamic State militants. 

Isis has eyed Britain as its next target for attacks. According to American and European intelligence sources quoted by CNN, the leadership of the Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq have vowed they would attack Britain...