Aug 4 Michel Cousins

Mazini withdraws resignation

By Hadi Fornaji. Kamila Al-Mazini (Photo: Tom Westcott, Libya Herald)Tripoli, 4 August 2013:Kamila Khamis Al-Mazini, who announced that she was resign...

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Senior ministers serve Iftar to Tripoli’s elderly
Jul 27 thomwestcott

Senior ministers serve Iftar to Tripoli’s elderly

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 27 July 2013:Some of the capital’s most vulnerable elderly people this week shared their fast-breaking Iftar meal with...

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Jun 6 Michel Cousins

New family allowance announced.

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 6 June 2013:A new allowance is to be paid to all families with children up to 18 years of age. The figure has not been discl...

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Cabinet meeting forms committee on subsidies - Zeidan
May 30 Sami Zaptia

Cabinet meeting forms committee on subsidies - Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 29 May 2013:At yesterday’s press conference Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that his cabinet had formed a committee to discuss...

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Apr 14 Nigel Ash

State aid doubled for widows, divorcées and the disabled

Hadi FornajiTripoli, 14 April 2013:Payments by the state to widows, divorcées and the disabled are to be doubled following a vote today by the GNC.Con...

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Children’s photography exhibition launched
Apr 10 thomwestcott

Children’s photography exhibition launched

Tripoli, 10 April 2013:A travelling photographic exhibition entitled ‘Libya through the eyes of children’ has been launched by the United Nations chil...

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Mar 21 thomwestcott

National Child’s Day celebrations

Tripoli, 21 March 2013:Around the country people are today, Thursday, celebrating National Child’s Day, along with Mother’s Day, which shares the same...

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Mar 21 Michel Cousins

Congress sets Family Allowance

Tripoli 21 March 2103:A monthly family allowance payment of LD 100 for every child under 18 years of age has been approved by the General National Con...

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Feb 27 Michel Cousins

Compensation law for disabled Revolutionaries passed

Tripoli 27 February 2013:Congress today, Wednesday, published a law giving life pensions to Thuwar who are disabled as a result of being injured in th...

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Jan 16 Michel Cousins

Eid grant now being paid

Tripoli, 16 January 2103:The Libyan Central Bank announced that it started yesterday, Tuesday, to pay LD 1,000 into Libyans’ bank accounts. The money...

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