Lawyers for Justice in Libya concerned by attacks on judges and lawyers in Libya
Tripoli, 19 June 2013: Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) is concerned by the increase in attacks on judges and lawyers in Libya after a senior judge from…
Mitiga prison to be handed over to military police
By Umar Khan. Tripoli, 18 June 2013: The prison in Tripoli’s Mitiga airbase under the control of Supreme Security Committee (SSC) Tripoli is be handed over to the…
G8 leaders affirm support for Libya
Tripoli, 18 June 2103: In their final communiqué at the end of the G8 summit today in Northern Ireland, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the…
Police training to boost children’s rights
Tripoli, 18 June 2013: Another step towards ensuring Libyan children are protected has been taken with a five-day workshop for police officers, who can now train other members…
Interior Ministry preparing master plan to dissolve all brigades
By Umar Khan. Tripoli, 18 June 2013: Following the General National Congress’s demand that Prime Minister Ali Zeidan set out plans to dissolve all brigades throughout the country,…
Derna local councillors strike in protest at “government inaction” and judge’s murder
By Ahmed Elumami. Tripoli, 18 June 2013: Members of Derna Local Council have gone on strke in protest at the assassination of a local prominent judge on Sunday…
Congress to elect new head next Tuesday 25 June
Tripoli, 18 June 2013: The General National Congress (GNC) has set next Tuesday 25th June as the date for the election of its new head. The GNCs was due…
Turkish Frigate Heybeliada Visits Tripoli
By Aimen Eljali. Tripoli, 18 June 2013: The first Turkish navy ship to enter Libyan waters since 1911, when the Ottomans lost what became Libya to the Italians,…
GNC vows to restore stolen properties to rightful owners
By Houda Mzioudet. Tripoli, 17, June 2013: The General National Congress has vowed it will work to restore sequestered property to its rightful owners, but has cautioned that…
No extra troops sent to Kufra: official
By Ahmed Elumami. Tripoli, 17 June 2013: Reports that troops had been airlifted to Kufra to deal with a problems there have been denied by the spokesperson of…
First diplomat to denounce Qaddafi returns to NY as UN ambassador
By Houda Mzioudet Tripoli, 17 June 2013: Libya’s new UN ambassador is the man who, when serving in New York in February 2011, became the first Libyan diplomat…
Court finds Obeidi and Zway not guilty; Attorney General to appeal
By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab and Michel Cousins. Tripoli, 17 June 2013: Qaddafi regime Foreign Minister Abdulati Al-Obeidi and Mohamed Al-Zway, the former secretary of the General People’s Congress, were found…
Zeidan promises more military aid for Benghazi
By Ahmed Elumami Tripoli, 17 June 2013: The Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, held a security summit in Benghazi on Sunday aimed at boosting security in the city and…
No evidence of Ansar Al-Sharia involvement in Benghazi violence – Zeidan
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 17 June 2013: Asked about the involvement of the Islamist Ansar Al-Sharia militias in the recent Benghazi violence, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that…
Cartoon case adjourned
By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 17 June, 2013: The trial of Libyan National Party policy manager Ali Tekbali and its General-Secretary Fathi Sager, who have been changed over the use…
Libyan Airlines crews call off strike, flights resumed
Tripoli, 18 June 2013; Libyan Airlines resumed flights yesterday after cabin crews called off a…
Libya and Tunisia agree to regulate workforce
By Houda Mzioudet. Tripoli, 17 June 2013: Libya and Tunisia have signed an agreement to…
IHG signs LD 2 bn contract for 9 hospitals across Libya
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 18 June 2013: The British International Hospitals Group (IHG) has signed…
US firm APR Energy confirms Libyan “single largest contract”
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 18 June 2013: APR Energy, a global leader in fast-track power,…
Malaysia’s Protasco restarting its Libya projects end-June
Tripoli, 17 June 2013: Undeterred by previous losses, Malaysia’s Protasco Bhd, a mid-sized integrated infrastructure…
Arusi explains problems in Misrata
By Ahmed Elumami. Tripoli, 16 June.2013: A delegation from the Oil and Gas Ministry, headed…
Government warns of inability to meet budget commitments due to fall in oil production
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 16 June 2013: The government has warned that due to the…
Planned NOC split “now unlikely”
By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 15 June 2013: Plans to split the National Oil Corporation into…
Military vehicles on order from the Czech Republic
Tripoli, 15 June 2013: Libya has struck a €38 million deal with the Czech Republic…
Employees at Rural Bank go on strike
Tripoli, 13 June 2013: Employees of the Rural Bank went on strike today demanding pay…
Libya Food Expo 2013 in Tripoli June 16-19
Tripoli, 13 June 2013: The 4th Libya Food Expo 2013 will take place from 16-19…
Government to spend $588 million on US military transport planes
By Tom Westcott Tripoli, 11 June 2013: The Libyan government wants to purchase two C-130J-30…
Libya and Tunisia agree major oil and gas deal
By Ahmed Elumami. Tripoli, 11 June 2013: Libya has agreed to provide Tunisia with 450,000…
Up to 200 visas a day issued to Pakistani workers
Tripoli, 11 June 2013: Libya is giving preference to Pakistani firms and workers, the chargé…
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