Jan 17 Sami Zaptia

LPDF’s Advisory Committee agrees government selection mechanism involving 70 percent threshold or a regional list system - LPDF to vote on it Monday

By Sami Zaptia.London, 17 January 2021: UNSMIL yesterday announced what it called a ‘‘breakthrough’’ at the Geneva meeting of the Libyan Political Dia...

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Jan 16 Sami Zaptia

70 percent of the LPDF roadmap has been accomplished, significant progress made by Advisory Committee: UNSMIL

By Sami Zaptia.London, 16 January 2021: Seventy percent of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) roadmap has been accomplished, and ‘‘significant...

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Jan 13 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes budget reunification meeting, hopes for similar progress on political track to form unified government

By Sami Zaptia.London, 13 January 2021: UNSMIL yesterday welcomed the Brega meeting between western and eastern Libya to consolidate the 2021 national...

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Jan 9 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli discusses completion of projects with Turkish ambassador

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 January 2021: Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli discussed with Turkey’s ambassador completing th...

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Jan 7 Sami Zaptia

HNEC 70 percent prepared for December elections, but US$ 10 million allocated budget not enough

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 January 2021: Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) said yesterday that it is 70 percent ready and preparing to h...

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Nov 24 Sami Zaptia

France, Germany, Italy and UK welcome first round results of LPDF and conclusions of Berlin Libya Conference

By Sami Zaptia.London, 24 November 2020: France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom yesterday welcomed the results of the first round of the Libyan...

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Nov 16 Sami Zaptia

Women’s LPDF Block of 17 participants demand 30 percent of leadership position including Deputy PM

By Sami Zaptia.The Women's Block of 17 at the LPDF in Tunis demanded 30 percent of leadership positions and the post of Deputy Prime Minister (Photo:...

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Oct 3 Sami Zaptia

Mayors call for elections by February 2021, express lack of confidence in current political dialogues

By Sami Zaptia.The Serraj Ministry of Interior has established a special department to secure nationwide elections (Photo: MoI).London, 3 October 2020...

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Following Serraj’s call for March elections: HNEC says it is not ready for elections due to insufficient funds
Sep 5 Sami Zaptia

Following Serraj’s call for March elections: HNEC says it is not ready for elections due to insufficient funds

By Sami Zaptia.London, 5 September 2020:Following the call by Faiez Serraj, Prime Minister of Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli...

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Jul 9 Sami Zaptia

Russia looking into circumstances behind its citizens' arrest in Tripoli

By Sami Zaptia. London, 9 July 2019:Russia confirmed on Monday the widely circulating news in Libya that two of its citizens have been arrested in Tri...

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