Mar 7 Michel Cousins

Attack on Benghazi Council offices condemned

Benghazi, 7 March 2013:Benghazi Local Council condemned the storming of its headquarters on Tuesday, 6 March, by a group of young people and the attac...

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Mar 2 Sami Zaptia

Baghdadi Mahmoudi is in good health, Libya's judiciary is independent - Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 2 March 2013:Answering a question from the media at Thursday’s press conference, Prime Zeidan revealed that high profile polit...

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Calling all film-makers: short film competition
Feb 28 thomwestcott

Calling all film-makers: short film competition

Tripoli, 28 February 2013:A new short film competition, the Libya Movie Awards, is now looking for entries for its first ever contest.The competition,...

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Opinion: The new issue of the Libyan one dinar note is out and about - and I like it!
Feb 27 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: The new issue of the Libyan one dinar note is out and about - and I like it!

By Sami ZaptiaTripoli, 27 February 2013:The new issue of the Libyan one dinar note is out and about - and I like it!We have seen photos of the new not...

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Feb 27 Michel Cousins

Congress to debate Mangoush on Sunday: report

Major-General Yousuf MangoushTripoli, 27 February, 2103.It is reported that Congress is to debate a recommendation from its Defence Committee to dismi...

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Libyan White Truffles…
Feb 27 Sami Zaptia

Libyan White Truffles…

By Magda Meliti.A huge white truffle on sale in Tripoli (Photo: Sami Zaptia 2012).Oxford, UK, 27 February 2013:Whenever I used to complain about Qadda...

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Minister plans to address internally displaced citizens
Feb 26 Michel Cousins

Minister plans to address internally displaced citizens

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli,  26 February 2013:Government plans to ensure that people who fled their homes during or after the revolution, or were driven...

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No court appearance for Saif al-Islam Qaddafi yesterday - spokesperson
Feb 21 Sami Zaptia

No court appearance for Saif al-Islam Qaddafi yesterday - spokesperson

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 21 February 2013:The official spokesperson for the Attorney General denied that Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi made a brief court appea...

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The British ambassador joins the Libyan public in their celebrations
Feb 19 Sami Zaptia

The British ambassador joins the Libyan public in their celebrations

By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 19 February 2013:It seems that not all foreigners considered Libya an unsafe place to be during the 17th February celebration...

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Feb 18 Michel Cousins

More officials barred by Integrity Commision

Tripoli, 18 February 2013:The Integrity Commission today, Monday, published a further list of names of officials it has judged to have been compromise...

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