In a partnership with The New Libya Forum, I am working on a research for project entitled NEPAS (Thinking out the box: Devising new European Policies to face the Arab Spring) supported by the University of Minho, the University of Roma Tre and the Life Long Learning Programme of the European Union.

NEPAS project intends to stimulate interest in the fields of Euro-Mediterranean relations and to provide stimulus to students interested in pursuing…

Written by the following Drafting Committee Members;

R El Oakley(*), A Aboutwerat, N Alageli, S Sager, E Aburawi, K Neami, R Kerwat, A Elfituri, H Ziglam, A Saifenasser, A Bahron, A Taguri, M Ghrew.

Dedicated to all Libyans who lost their Fortune, Dignity and Life in search of health care outside the country. And to those, young and old, who were let down by an ailing health system before and during the Revolution.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The…

 14 October 2012.

By: Hafed Al-Ghwell and Paul Dyer

14 October 2012

There is no doubt that the newly elected government in Libya – both the legislative and executive branches – faces tremendous challenges over the next 18 months.  Under the leadership of Dr. Mohammed Magarief, the General National Congress must establish its legitimacy to enact key legislation needed to move the country forward in the short term while managing the process of drafting a new constitution for the…

MOHAMED YOUSEF EL-MAGARIAF, President of the General National Congress of Libya “NCL”, delivered a speech before the United Nations General Assembly “UNGA” on Thursday 27-09-2012 reflected, by and large, the new Libyan global image. Libya during the dictatorship era (1969-2011) did not succeed in delivering presidential speeches before the General Assembly of the UN only once. However, Libya post-Kaddafi begins a new era that reflects a new global image makes the Libyans very pleased. Libyan…

Benghazi, 11 October:

A major new project in Benghazi is underway to create Libya’s first electronic library.

Attia Saleh Al Ojali, under-secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Civil Society, who is supervising the work, told the Libya Herald: “This library will allow readers to access many scientific periodicals in medicine, sciences and engineering, so that readers can get these publications and download them.”

He added that there would be books available on…

The General Administration of E-services in the Ministry of Communication and Informatics held a meeting with representatives of Information and Documentation Centers in other ministries to present the "Electronic Program of Libya".

The presentation was held in the hall of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics in Azawia Street to define the role of the ministries as an essential partner in implementing the strategy and determining the contact points between them in the next…

Dr. Mustafa Abdalla Abulgasem Kashiem, University of Tripoli

The European Union “EU” as well as the rest of the western countries, especially the United States of America “USA” misread the      situations in the Arab world during the spring revolutions in the years 2010-2011. When the uprising began in Tunisia in 17-12- 2010, the EU in general and the French government in particular supported frankly the Tunisian regime. Due to France misreading of the Tunisian…

06 September 2012

The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) is to open a new college in Misrata with the aim of offering students vocational training, Malta’s Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has announced.

The Times of Libya reports that following a meeting with Libyan President Mohamed Magarief, an agreement had been reached in principle on setting up a campus which would offer vocational courses chosen by the Libyan authorities according to the country’s…

Tripoli, 17 September:

The Ministry of Labour has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education and Employment in Malta to provide Libyans with training across a number of technical and vocational fields.

The agreement is the result of a series of meetings between the two parties that have been ongoing since January. Two further agreements were also signed together with the memorandum of understanding between the respective ministries, the Maltese…

Italian networking and engineering company Sirti has reportedly won a contract to build a long-distance fiber-optic network in Libya.

According to Dow Jones Italian service, the Libyan Minister of Telecommunications, Anwar Elfeitori; the Italian Ambassador to Tripoli, Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi; and the CEO of Sirti, Stefano Lorenzi, attended the launch of the new venture.

Sirti will own 55% of the joint venture, with the Libya Posts,…

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Wintershall, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Germany’sBASF, is sending a clear signal of its commitment to building a New Libya: together with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), Germany’s largest, internationally active crude oil and natural gas producer is building a new pipeline which will connect oil production from the Wintershall concession C96 and the oil field Nafoora, operated by the Libyan oil company Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco), with the…

The following is the full text of the speech given by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the G-8 on the subject of Arab Countries in Transition:

Good morning. Let me start by thanking everyone for the contributions that you have already made to this partnership, and for your support of democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. In Deauville, during the G-8…

In a strong validation of its increasingly robust fundamentals, Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), the Multilateral Development Bank of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) in which the Libyan government has a 15% stake, has announced that Moody’s has upgraded its issuer and senior unsecured rating from A1 to Aa3, while maintaining a stable outlook. 



The substantial jump in…

Libya hopes to start implementing its new Islamic banking law by the end of the year and expects strong demand among the public for sharia-compliant financial services, Libyan central bank governor Saddek Omar Elkaber said on Monday.

The country approved an Islamic banking law in May and has been working to amend its legislation to attract foreign investment and stimulate its private sector following last year's war…

Mellitah Oil & Gas B. V. (Libyan Branch), intends to issue the tender below and wish to invite reputable, interested and experienced contractors specialized in providing similar services for pre-qualification. The Pre-Qualification submission will be evaluated for establishing the Bidders List for the said tender.

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Company intends to open a new fast-track…

Italian networking and engineering company Sirti has reportedly won a contract to build a long-distance fiber-optic network in Libya.

According to Dow Jones Italian service, the Libyan Minister of Telecommunications, Anwar Elfeitori; the Italian Ambassador to Tripoli, Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi; and the CEO of Sirti, Stefano Lorenzi, attended the launch of the new venture.…

The Libyan Minister of Industry, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Fetaisi [Mahmoud Fetais, Al-Fteissi, Muhammad al-Futaysi] (pictured), has met with Sudan’s Minister of Minerals, Kamal Abdal-Latif, and the Chairperson of the Libyan Foundation for Mining, Ibrahim…