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After an inspection by Greece and the European Union of a Russian cargo ship off the Libyan coast, Russia criticized the nature of the actions of operation IRNI and the reasons behind the inspection.The inspection took place on the…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) conducted a one-day voting process, from Monday 18 January to Tuesday 19 January, during which the LPDF members were asked to cast their vote on the proposed selection mechanism of a…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Ján Kubiš of Slovakia as Special Envoy on Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).Guterres expressed his gratitude and…

After a four day meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum's Advisory Committee in Geneve, Acting Special Representative Stephanie Williams conducted a digital dialogue with 1,000 Libyans.The meeting was carried through an…

The selected Libyan Constitutional Committee commenced its second meeting yesterday in Hurghada, Egypt with the participation of two delegations from the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, each comprising 10 members.…

The Director of Libya’s National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Badr Al-Din Al-Najjar announced that all preparations have been made to receive 2.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.Due to the protocol of vaccinating everyone…

A judge has determined that the attack in a reading park the last June was was a jihadist attack and sentenced Khairi Saadallah, 26 to life in prison.The attack claimed the lives of three men in a matter of ten seconds, the police…

The application to overturn the conviction of the only person found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has rejected by a Scottish court of appeals.The family of Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the person convicted of the bombing that…

The state-owned airline, Afriqiyah Airways has reportedly increased ticket prices by 17 per cent, including all domestic and international flights.According to Sada, an economic newspaper, the company came to the decision to increase…

Outgoing US president Donald trump received Morocco's highest award for his work in normalising relations between Israel and Morroco.Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui gave Trump the Order of…