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The Libyan Committee for granting electronic visas to foreigners has announced plans to launch an e-visa system in view of attracting tourists and foreign workers to the North African country, ‘Libya Observer’ reports. The Committee, the local media notes, met Sunday January 21 and agreed on the necessity to activate and launch the electronic work […]
Yehia Zakariya, chairman of the Board of Directors of the EgyptAir Holding Company, has confirmed the operation of new direct flights from Cairo to Misrata in Libya, starting from January 25, Libya Observer reports. Misrata become the third city the Egyptian carrier will be flying to, after Tripoli and Benghazi. Zakariya reportedly on company’s Facebook […]
US President Joe Biden has nominated diplomat Jennifer D. Gavito as the country’s future envoy to Libya to replace incumbent Richard Norland under scrutiny in recent weeks over his pressure on Libyan parties to accept UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily’s initiative for a quintet dialogue to agree on holding elections. Biden announced his intent to nominate […]
Libya’s General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture has proposed a new commercial crossing on the border with Egypt to facilitate the flow of goods and enhance bilateral trade, separate from the Salum land crossing used by individuals, Libya Observer reports. Mohamed Al-Raeed, head of the federation, held discussions on the initiative during […]
Libya’s stock market re-opened Monday December 25 for trading in the buying and selling of shares for entities listed in the Libyan Stock Market nine years after closure. Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah attended the ceremony, local media Libya Observer reports. “This is a rebirth for the Stock Market sector, which enjoys a high position […]
Tunisia has found itself in the eye of the storm after French news agency AFP, citing international humanitarian organizations revealed that the North African country expelled at least 5,500 immigrants towards the border with Libya, and 3,000 others toward the border with Algeria since last June. The AFP report is the most recent accusation against […]
President of the Libyan High Council of State, Muhammad Meftah Takala, welcomed Morocco’s position, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, regarding the Libyan crisis. Inter-Libyan dialogue rounds held in the Kingdom “have laid the foundations of some institutions and put an end to the bloody conflict between the Libyan brothers”, Takala said at a […]
The European Union Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) has appointed Czech diplomat Jan Vycital as the new head of the mission. The Political and Security Committee of the EU Council decided to appoint Vycital in replacement of Natalina Cea, reports say. The Czech diplomat will assume office on January 1, 2024 and run the […]
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, held in Doha on Tuesday, welcomed the Libyan Joint 6+6 Committee’s compromise reached during its June meetings in Morocco, as tasked by the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State to prepare electoral laws. The compromise reached on laws governing the election of the head of […]
The Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity (GNU) based in Tripoli, one of Libya’s two rival Governments, Wednesday November 29 called on China to hold a joint economic Forum that would include business owners and companies from the two countries, in addition to an exhibition of Chinese industries and products […]