EU to end Operation Sophia and to launch new Mediterranean operation to monitor UN Libya arms embargo
Feb 18 Sami Zaptia

EU to end Operation Sophia and to launch new Mediterranean operation to monitor UN Libya arms embargo

By Sami Zaptia.London, 18 February 2020: The European Union announced yesterday that it will be launching a new Mediterranean operation to monitor the...

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EU Parliament wants fisheries agreement with Libya to fish its ‘‘rich in fish stock’’ waters in lieu of the aid the EU has granted Libya
Oct 12 Sami Zaptia

EU Parliament wants fisheries agreement with Libya to fish its ‘‘rich in fish stock’’ waters in lieu of the aid the EU has granted Libya

By Sami Zaptia.London, 12 October 2019:The European Union Parliament has issued a resolution calling on the EU Commission to agree on a fisheries part...

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May 14 Sami Zaptia

EU claims it has a united policy on Libya

By Sami Zaptia.Mogherini claimed yesterday that the EU is united in its policy towards Libya (Photo: Archives)London, 14 May 2019:Speaking yesterday a...

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No military solution to Libyan crisis, need to return to dialogue says EU’s Mogherini
Apr 17 Sami Zaptia

No military solution to Libyan crisis, need to return to dialogue says EU’s Mogherini

By Sami Zaptia. London, 17 April 2019: The EU’s High Representative Federica Mogherini called for an immediate ceasefire in the Tripoli fighting a...

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EU calls for immediate ceasefire and the LNA to withdraw from Tripoli
Apr 12 Sami Zaptia

EU calls for immediate ceasefire and the LNA to withdraw from Tripoli

By Sami Zaptia. London, 12 April 2019: A declaration by the High Representative Federica Mogherini made yesterday on behalf of the EU on the situ...

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European Union Ambassadors joint statement after Tripoli visit
Mar 12 Sami Zaptia

European Union Ambassadors joint statement after Tripoli visit

By Sami Zaptia.London, 12 March 2019:Ambassadors of the European Union and the Member States accredited to Libya held joint meetings today in Tripoli...

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EU consciously complicit in migrant torture claims Amnesty International
Dec 12 Michel Cousins

EU consciously complicit in migrant torture claims Amnesty International

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 12 December 2017:Amnesty International has accused European governments of being “knowingly complicit” in the torture...

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UN Human Rights chief blasts EU's Libyan migrant deal
Nov 14 Nigel Ash

UN Human Rights chief blasts EU's Libyan migrant deal

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 14 November 2017:The EU’s support for Libyan Coastguard anti-migrant patrols is “inhuman”, the UN High Commissioner f...

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EUBAM returning to Libya with wider mandate than just borders
Nov 8 Nigel Ash

EUBAM returning to Libya with wider mandate than just borders

By Libya Herald reporters. Tunis, 8 November 2017:An enlarged European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) is shortly returning to Libya with a wi...

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Aug 10 Nigel Ash

EU must not stop migrants from Libya says Oxfam

By Gabriel Harrison. Migrants being rescued by a British warship (Photo:Royal Navy)Tunis, 10 August 2017:Italy and other EU member states should not p...

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