Egypt, Azerbaijan sign MoUs in culture, water resources in Baku summit
Regional, int’l issuesDuring the meeting, Sisi and Aliyev discussed developments of various regional and international issues of mutual concern. In this regard, the Azerbaijani president praised Egypt’s positive role regarding working to achieve political settlement for the ongoing crises in its regional surrounding. Sisi arrived in Baku on Friday in an official visit as the first Egyptian president to visit Azerbaijan. During his visit, Sisi discussed maximizing cooperation and joint investments with a number of businessmen and CEOs of major companies in Azerbaijan. Egypt and Azerbaijan have signed dozens of MoUs since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1992.
Source:Libya Today
January 28, 2023 14:07 UTC
Libya: Eni launches gas project, investment of 8 billion dollars – Icona News
ROME, JAN 28 – The CEO of Eni, Claudio Descalzi, and the CEO of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara, today signed an agreement to start the development of ‘AE Structures’, a strategic project aimed at to increase gas production to supply the Libyan domestic market, as well as ensure the export of volumes to Europe. The agreement was signed in the presence of the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the Prime Minister of the Libyan national unity government, Abdul Hamid Al-Dbeibah. The total investment is estimated at 8 billion dollars. “Today’s agreement will make it possible to make important investments in the energy sector in Libya, contributing to the development and job creation in the country, and strengthening Eni’s position as the leading operator in Libya,” Descalzi underlined.
Source:Libya Today
January 28, 2023 14:01 UTC
Libyan NOC, Italian Eni sign gas deal in presence of Dbeibeh and Meloni
Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara, met Saturday with the CEO of the Italian energy company, Eni, Claudio Descalzi, to sign an agreement to develop two gas fields off the western coast of Libya. This was in the presence of the Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hameed Dbeibeh, and the Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni. Bengdara had revealed in previous statements that the Italian company had agreed to invest eight billion dollars to develop two gas fields, while the Oil Minister of Dbeibeh’s government, Mohamed Aoun, rejected this agreement. Aoun said in statements Saturday that activating the investment agreement in two gas fields in the Mediterranean, Extraction A and Extraction B, to produce 850 million cubic feet, is illegal and lacks equality between the Libyan and Italian sides. The Libyan government, headed by Fathi Bashagha, also rejected this approach, stressing its objection to what it called the mysterious deal between the National Oil Corporation and Eni.
Source:Libya Today
January 28, 2023 13:40 UTC
Railroads Libya visits Greek rail carriage manufacturer NKT Group
At the invitation of the Greek NKT Group, specialized in the manufacture of freight carriages of all kinds, including passenger transport carriages, the Chairman of Railroads Libya, Saeed Al-Kilani, accompanied by the rest of his delegation, made a field visit to the NKT Group factory last week. During the tour the delegation were briefed on the company’s capabilities in the field of manufacturing rail carriages, starting from the design stage up to the testing stage. Railroads Libya reported that this visit included a lengthy meeting in which aspects of cooperation between the two parties in this field were discussed, including updating specifications, training technical staff, and the possibility of localizing this industry in Libya in the future. Six updated 130 km long Benghazi metro routes approved (libyaherald.com)Egypt’s Bahna Engineering to activate its rail contract: Railways Libya (libyaherald.com)BOT is the way forward for completion of Libya’s railway project (libyaherald.com)A railway system is fundamental to diversifying Libya’s economy post-oil (libyaherald.com)‘The Importance of Railways to Sustainable Growth, Transit Trade and Economic Development’’ workshop – Tripoli, 22 November (libyaherald.com)Libyan Railways Implementation Authority invites International Federation of Railways to participate in November workshop (libyaherald.com)Delegation from Libya’s Rail Authority visits InnoTrans 2022 in preparation for workshop (libyaherald.com)Libyan Rail Authority meets Chinese about restarting projects (libyaherald.com)Libya’s Railroad Authority tests old locomotive and 10 KM track from Khoms Port to Khoms station (libyaherald.com)Egypt and Libya contemplating extending Egypt’s rail line to Benghazi (libyaherald.com)Egypt to build rail line to Benghazi (libyaherald.com)Libya to develop its coastal free zones with African states through its railway project and create partnerships with EU (libyaherald.com)Russia considers resumption of work on Libyan railway (libyaherald.com)Massive LD 50-billion development of Tobruk unveiled; railway to Sudan to be built (libyaherald.com)Libya awaiting Chinese team for railway talks (libyaherald.com)Railway will be resumed (libyaherald.com)Russians in Tripoli for talks on Sirte-Benghazi railway project resumption (libyaherald.com)Tripoli and Benghazi LRT systems progress (libyaherald.com)Tripoli and Benghazi metro systems moving forward (libyaherald.com)Details of foreign consortium to invest and implement Tripoli metro, bus and infrastructure project and its financing revealed (libyaherald.com)
Source:Libya Herald
January 28, 2023 12:18 UTC
Italy's Meloni Expected to Sign Major Gas Deal as She Starts Libya Visit - Latest Tweet by Reuters
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Source:Libya Today
January 28, 2023 11:23 UTC
Italy's Meloni expected to sign major gas deal as she starts Libya visit
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Tripoli on Saturday where she is expected to agree a major gas deal aimed at boosting energy supplies to Europe despite the insecurity and political chaos in the North African country. However, Libya's parliament and major armed factions reject the legitimacy of Dbeibah's government, raising fears of a new bout of conflict after more than two years of comparative peace. Insecurity and lawlessness has made Libya a major, but dangerous, route for migrants seeking to reach Europe, often via the Italian island of Lampedusa. Meloni has made tackling illegal migration a major plank of her governing agenda and she has pushed the issue in recent visits to Algeria and Egypt. Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, who oversees much of the migration issue for Rome, flew to Libya with Meloni.
Source:Libya Today
January 28, 2023 11:21 UTC
Italy, Libya sign $8B gas deal as PM Meloni visits Tripoli
Research aligning defense and military areas could help secure the area’s future. With the proximity of Fort Hood, this has the potential to redefine the economy. The park is still conceptual at this point, and it’s uncertain when it will be a reality. Even with the university designing a big campus, there are no guarantees of success. It’s a bold concept, but it’s unknown at this point how it will all play out.
Source:Libya Today
January 28, 2023 11:00 UTC
Italy's premier visits Libya for talks on energy, migration
Comment on this story Comment Gift Article ShareCAIRO — Italy’s prime minister arrived in Libya on Saturday for talks with officials from the country’s west-based government that will focus on energy and migration, top issues for Italy and the European Union. She previously visited Tunisia and earlier this week Algeria, Italy’s main supplier of natural gas, where she signed several memorandums. The Italian firm has continued to operate in Libya despite ongoing security issues, producing gas mostly for the domestic market. Libya delivered just 2.63 billion cubic meters to Italy through the Greenstream pipeline last year, well below the 8 billion cubic meters annual levels before the country descended into civil unrest. Last year, in the wake of the Russian onslaught, Italy reduced imports by two-thirds, to 11 billion cubic meters.
Source:Libya Today
January 28, 2023 10:27 UTC
Libya’s hybrid armed groups dilemma
On the issue of what to do with the plethora of armed groups that had emerged, Martin comments on the “failure to understand the armed groups and tackle the full security sector. While the number of Tripoli-based armed groups had decreased, those that remained had consolidated their power in a vertically-integrated model running from senior government offices to the young men toting guns on the street. Local communities will know better than centralized authorities how to reintegrate armed group actors into their milieu, forsaking the gun for more peaceful occupations. How armed group actors are included in the political process requires careful deliberation — and a caveat emptor. Since then, however, armed groups have pushed their way more directly into the political process, with the help of foreign actors who have hosted “secret” meetings between the western Libyan armed groups and Haftar’s military and civilian representatives.
Source:Libya Today
January 28, 2023 05:17 UTC
Make It Different
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Source:Libya Today
January 28, 2023 01:23 UTC
MFZ obtaining better security ISPS-Code classification means more traffic and cheaper costs
Misrata Free Zone (MFZ) port announced yesterday that it had received an improved safety classification in accordance with the requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS-Code). The improved safety classification covers bulk carrier, oil tanker and cargo ships and is valid for five years. MFZ said the improved certification helps increase the classification of the port globally and attracts new shipping lines and reduces ship insurance. Speaking exclusively to Libya Herald, Aladdin Baba, Director of the Marketing and Media Department of the MFZ, confirmed that the MFZ port has fully fulfilled the requirements of the new classification’s security plan. Thus, the MFZ port gets classification No.
Source:Libya Herald
January 27, 2023 23:05 UTC
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Italian Prime Minister prepares for Libya trip to sign oil and gas deals
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is preparing for a visit to Libya as part of efforts to secure more oil and gas supplies from North Africa. The NOC plans to bolster oil production to 2.1 million barrels per day by 2025. Europe, faced with dwindling Russian exports, aims to secure alternative sources of natural gas. The companies will also conduct studies to “identify possible measures” to improve Algeria's energy export capacity to Europe. The country is Africa's biggest gas exporter and supplies about 11 per cent of the natural gas consumed in Europe.
Source:Libya Today
January 27, 2023 22:09 UTC
How classified documents became a schoolgirl's show-and-tell
That someone was 13-year-old Kristin Preble. She took the papers to school as a show-and-tell project for her eighth grade class. Preble took them to his Franklin Park home, where they sat for more than three years as a faintly appreciated keepsake. "We had looked through them but didn't think they were important," Carol Preble, Kristin's mother, said back then, apparently unimpressed by the classified markings. Debategate faded, but not the concern over how classified documents are handled by those in power.
Source:Libya Today
January 27, 2023 20:20 UTC
Awqaf Authority launches program to spread religious teachings in schools
The General Awqaf Authority in Tripoli, which is controlled by the former Grand Mufti of Libya, dismissed by the House of Representatives (HoR), al-Sadiq al-Ghariani, seeks to spread extremist ideology in Libya through religious schools in Tripoli and its environs, in addition to a religious program that targets primary and preparatory public schools. The Awqaf Authority in the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, which is under the hardline mufti al-Ghariani, announced the launch of a program in public schools, which it said, “aims to spread religious awareness in schools, and to combat intellectual and cultural invasion,” during a meeting of the authority with Education Minister Musa al-Maqryef on Thursday. The minister recommended that this program include “students, teachers, and parents until the desired goals are achieved.”In April 2022, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh granted the dismissed mufti, Sadiq al-Ghariani, permission, by official decree No. 709, to establish religious schools for the stages of preparatory and secondary education. Al-Ghariani issued a decree to put Dbeibeh’s decision into action and established several religious schools in various municipalities, especially in Tripoli and the cities around it.
Source:Libya Today
January 27, 2023 20:11 UTC
Digital in Architecture
Digital in Architecture, a free eBrief from SNA Displays, discusses how the architectural community is integrating LED displays into physical spaces. It also provides several key examples of how organizations of all sizes are taking advantage of LED display technology as a visual medium. The opportunities for mood-setting content, digital public art, branding, communication, and other memorable forms of messaging are too enticing to pass up. Furthermore, with the increased demand for LED display technology, audio-visual integrators consistently recommend intentionally designing spaces with AV in mind, not as an afterthought. Download this free eBrief to learn more about how architects are incorporating LED video display technology into the design and construction of new spaces and the modernization of older spaces.
Source:Libya Today
January 27, 2023 19:24 UTC