Portuguese Foreign Minister in Tripoli
Mar 20 Michel Cousins

Portuguese Foreign Minister in Tripoli

Tripoli, March 20: Portugal’s foreign minister Paulo Portas left Tripoli on Tuesday afternoon after a short two-day visit.  It was his second trip to...

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Mar 14 Michel Cousins

British journalists handed over to government

Tripoli, March 14: Two British journalists held by Misrata’s Saadoun Swehli brigade for the past three weeks have been released into the custody of th...

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Mar 12 Michel Cousins

Budget details within two days

Details of this year’s LD 68.5 billion are expected to be published in the next couple of days NTC spokesman Mohamed Al-Hareizi has told Libya Herald....

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Mar 9 Michel Cousins

British journalists free "within days"; brigades to leave Tripoli

Tripoli, 9 March: Two British journalists held by Misrata’s Saadoun Swehli brigade are expected to be released in the two or three days according to s...

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Mar 5 Michel Cousins

Jalil re-elected NTC chairman; government spokesman appointed

by Ashraf Abdul Wahab.At its meeting on Monday, the NTC re-elected Mustafa Abdul Jalil as its chairman.  Mustafa Huni, the NTC representative for Jufr...

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Mar 2 Michel Cousins

Libyans await details of LD 68.5bn 2012 budget

by Sami Zaptia The Libya Herald has reported that during a meeting of Libya’s Transitional Government Cabinet on Tuesday, 29 February 1012, the budget...

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Feb 29 Michel Cousins

NTC apologises for cemetery attack

The NTC has expressed “deep regret” at the attacks on the graves of World War Two British and Commonwealth soliders in Benghazi last week.  One hundre...

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Feb 15 Michel Cousins

Syrian opposition to open bureau in Tripoli

The Syrian opposition National Council is to be allowed to open an office in Tripoli.  The decision was announced on Wednesday by NTC chairman Abdel J...

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LD 20 notes withdrawn - Deadline for LD 50 notes brought forward.
Feb 10 Michel Cousins

LD 20 notes withdrawn - Deadline for LD 50 notes brought forward.

 The 20-dinar note is no longer valid currency according to the NTC’s media committee head, Mukhtar Al-Jaddal. He said the decision was taken by the N...

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Assad's diplomats thrown out
Feb 10 Nigel Ash

Assad's diplomats thrown out

The NTC has given Syrian diplomats from the Assad regime 72 hours to quit the country and has formally handed over the embassy in Tripoli to the oppos...

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