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Scientists are turning back towards Egypt’s ancient paintings to develop new technologies and enhance better medical devices. A pigment know as the Egyptian blue has been considered by the Journal of the American Chemical Society as having clues which can be used by modern scientists towards the development of new nanomaterials with potential uses in […]
The desire to channel natural gas to European countries from Algeria has suffered another setback because the date of the rendezvous between parties to make a decision concerning the viability of the project is still being clouded with ambiguity following another delay. The project is a prospect of natural gas from Algeria being piped via […]
Festivals of Andalusian music has grabbed the North African country this weekend but the Festival of Andalusia and Ancient Music ( FIMAMA) which runs for more than a week caught the attention of the nation as the curtains have been drawn till another edition comes again next year. It was the 7th edition of the […]
With the EU aiming to increasingly meet its energy needs from renewable sources – 30 per cent by 2020 and almost 100 per cent by 2050 – a great portion of this renewable power will have to come particularly from large-scale photovoltaic (PV) installations in sunny regions of the North Africa. But since the Maghreb […]
Libyan youth living around the coastal areas are turning towards kitesurfing to occupy their leisure time. The sport is gaining huge popularity. Water sports in Libya, a Mediterranean country boasting a 1,770-kilometre coastline (1,106 miles) and almost 365 days of sunshine, were woefully underdeveloped during the Gaddafi regime, although there was a sailing federation in […]
The European Union is pushing the five countries of the Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco & Tunisia ) to enhance their cooperation and foster their integration because the two regional blocs and shores of the Mediterranean share common interests. To reach that goal, the EU High Representative and the European Commission issued a Joint document […]
Eberhard Rhein is currently senior adviser at the European Policy Center in Brussels. He has devoted most of his life to European and global issues. During the 1980s-1990s, he served successively as chef de cabinet to the Commission vice-president in charge of external relations and director responsible for the Mediterranean and Arab world. Lately, he […]
Libya is now focusing on olive to compete with its neighbors in the region in a move to diversify its economy which depends on oil. The country is the 12th largest olive oil producer in the world, accounting for 0.25% of the global production, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Speaking […]
At the ongoing forum between Italian and Libyan counterparts, the latter has presented possibilities of establishing Italian businesses in the country. Libya is inviting them to invest in the country. On behalf of the government, deputy minister Ali Ahmed Elsaleh told the Italian investors about their plans and hoped that they will take part in […]
A trans-Saharan pipeline that will convey gas from oil fields in Nigeria to Spain on the Mediterranean coast through Niger and Algeria is scheduled to be operational by 2015 if the project succeeds to overcome all the obstacles on its long way. According to estimates, the 4128 km long pipeline is to convey to the […]