Mar 27 thomwestcott

US-Libya Business Association launches revamped website

Tripoli, 27 March 2013:The US-Libya Business Association (USLBA), the member-based US trade body focused on encouraging commercial and diplomatic dial...

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Abdulaziz named as Foreign Minister
Jan 7 Michel Cousins

Abdulaziz named as Foreign Minister

By Michel Cousins.Mohamed AbdulazizTripoli, 7 January 2013:The Prime Minister has appointed Mohamed Abdulaziz, the Minister of International Cooperati...

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Dec 26 tomlittle

GNC committee urges exclusion of former regime judges

Tripoli, 26 December:A committee at the General National Council (GNC) today recommended that members of the judiciary who worked in the Qaddafi-era "...

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Dec 22 tomlittle

Magarief vows government will stand against attacks

Tripoli, 22 December:The head of the General National Congress (GNC), Mohamed Magarief, joined the list of government and military officials to condem...

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Congress signs MOU with Inter-Parliamentary Union
Dec 20 Michel Cousins

Congress signs MOU with Inter-Parliamentary Union

GNC Vice-President Juma Ateega and IPU Secretary-General Anders B. Johnsson at Congress in Tripoli (Photo: GNC)Tripoli, 21 December:A Memorandum of U...

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Should Libya choose the Parliamentary or Presidental model of government? Lessons from other states
Nov 12 George Grant

Should Libya choose the Parliamentary or Presidental model of government? Lessons from other states

By Lorianne Updike Toler.Many presidential governments have descended into dictatorship, but parliamentary systems are not without their challenges.12...

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Nov 9 Al Russell

300 candidates set to stand in TLC elections

 By Umar Khan Tripoli, 9 November: The first elections to Tripoli Local Council (TLC) since the city's liberation last year are to be held on 18 Nov...

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UK impressed by Libya’s transformation and ready to help says MOD minister
Nov 7 Nigel Ash

UK impressed by Libya’s transformation and ready to help says MOD minister

By Hadi Fornaji Visiting British MOD  minister Dr. Andrew MurrisonTripoli, 7 November:The minister for international security strategy at the British...

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The change in prime minister: constitutionally, the system worked perfectly
Oct 22 George Grant

The change in prime minister: constitutionally, the system worked perfectly

By Lorianne Updike Toler.New York City, 22 October:The quick change in Libyan prime minister-elect from Mustafa Abushagur to Ali Zidan within the past...

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Oct 17 Michel Cousins

Italian PM congratulates Zeidan

Tripoli, 17 October:The Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, phoned Libyan Prime Minister-elect Ali Zeidan yesterday, Tuesday, to congratulate him on...

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