Jun 28 Nigel Ash

Italy to process Schengen visa applications in Tobruk from next month

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 28 June 2017:The Italian embassy is to start processing visa applications in Tobruk in 12 day's time.In a replay of...

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Italian embassy car bombed; no one hurt
Jun 11 Michel Cousins

Italian embassy car bombed; no one hurt

By Michel Cousins and Umar Khan. Italian embassy vehicle bombed in Tripoli (Photo: Umar Khan)Tripoli, 11 June 2013:A bomb attatched to an Italian emba...

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UK says its Tripoli embassy may be facing a terror attack
Jan 28 Nigel Ash

UK says its Tripoli embassy may be facing a terror attack

By Hadi Fornaji Tripoli, 28 January 2013:The UK's Foreign Office said this evening that it believed the British embassy in Tripoli may be facing a te...

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Jan 17 Michel Cousins

Curfew mulled for Benghazi

Tripoli, 17 January 2013:The government is considering a nightime curfew in Benghazi in the battle to curb violence there. Interior minister Ashour Sh...

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Italian Consulate-General in Benghazi temporarily closed
Jan 16 Michel Cousins

Italian Consulate-General in Benghazi temporarily closed

Support for Italy in BenghaziTripoli, 16 January 2013:Following the attack on the Italian Consul-General in Benghazi, Guido de Sanctis, on Saturday, t...

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Police car bombed in Benghazi; one officer reported killed
Jan 14 Michel Cousins

Police car bombed in Benghazi; one officer reported killed

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 14 January 2013:A bomb was thrown at a police vehicle in Benghazi this evening. One officer, believed to be the driver was...

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De Sanctis attack condemned
Jan 14 Nigel Ash

De Sanctis attack condemned

 Tripoli, 14 JanuaryItaly’s foreign minister, Giulio Terzi has strongly condemned the failed attack on his country’s Benghazi consul, as has the city’...

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Italy's Consul-General in Benghazi shot at
Jan 12 Michel Cousins

Italy's Consul-General in Benghazi shot at

Tripoli, 12 January:Italy’s Consul-General in Benghazi, Guido de Sanctis, was attacked in Benghazi late today Saturday, but was not hurt.  "He was unh...

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Oct 10 George Grant

Fourteen Italian fishermen released on bail in Benghazi

Tripoli, 10 October:Fourteen Italian fisherman arrested off the Benghazi coast on Sunday have been released on bail awaiting trial.The men have been a...

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Italian trawlers released but questions remain
Jul 16 Nigel Ash

Italian trawlers released but questions remain

By Tom Westcott. Tripoli, 16 July:Despite the release of three Italian fishing vessels and their 19 crew captured in June off the coast and detained...

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