Libya
Libya is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa between Tunisia and Egypt. The Mediterranean Sea forms its Northern border. The de facto capital is port-city of Tripoli and the other major city is Benghazi, also a port. The country is experiencing widespread protests and clashes, as the country’s public services worsen with chronic power cuts. the country has rival administrations and no stable government. (Updated 04.07.2022)
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, visits Italy
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, to Greek journalists during his visit to Italy – February 8, 2022 I had the opportunity to...
Volta Shipping Services starts new shipping service linking Port of Koper with Far East
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2022 – This month, Volta Shipping Services launched the MED service connecting Koper with five Far East ports...
Passenger ships start return to Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) November 28, 2021 – Earlier this month, the new maritime terminal on Libya’s Mediterranean coastline received its...
Libya talks with potential Italian investors
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) November 28, 2021 – Representatives of the Libyan Business Council (LBC) have met with the Italian consul and trade advisor...
American Chamber of Commerce in Libya organises U.S. business delegation in Libya
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – The American Chamber of Commerce in Libya (AmCham Libya) hosted a U.S. business delegation in Libya,...
Libyan ambassador visits port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2021 – Libya’s ambassador to Italy, Omar Abdelsalam al Tarhouni, as visited the port of...
Libya cancels Sirte commercial port project contract with Royal Haskoning
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) October 1, 2021 – Local sources have reported that a contract between Royal Haskoning of the Netherlands and the government...
Turkey-Libya cruises set to start
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 22, 2021 – Murtaza Karanfil, Chairman of the Turkey-Libya Business Council, has said that passengers cruises...
Crude exports to resume from Al Hariga Oil Port, Libya
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) September 17, 2021 – The National Oil Corporation has announced that crude export operations will resume at Al Hariga Oil...
Maltese Minister Bartolo and EU Commissioner Várhelyi discuss developments in Libya
Minister Evarist Bartolo and EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi discuss developments in Libya – September 2, 2021 During a meeting in Bled, Slovenia,...
Malta: Talks in Brussels on Libya
In Brussels, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Evarist Bartolo met bilaterally with the Foreign Affairs Minister of Egypt, Sameh Hassan Shoukry, during...
Turkey’s Albayrak Holding and Yildirim exploring business opportunities in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) July 9, 2021 – Turkey’s Albayrak Holding and Yildirim have both been in Libya exploring future investment opportunities....
Visit of Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs to Libya
Deputy Foreign Minister Costas Frangogiannis will pay a two-day working visit to Libya on July 4th and 5th with stops in Tripoli and Benghazi. The Greek...
Visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to Libya
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Libya together with Hulusi Akar, Minister of National Defence, Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Interior, General...
400 operators attend Algerian-Libyan Economic Forum in Algiers
Algerian-Libyan Economic Forum opened Saturday in Aurassi Hotel, Algiers, with the participation of nearly 400 economic operators from the two countries...
Libya and Algeria to strengthen cooperation in the transport sector
Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) June 9, 2021 – Following talks in Algiers between Libya’s Minister of Transport, Mohamed Al-Shoubi and his Algerian...
Italy-Libya: meeting between Ministers Giovannini and Al Shahoubi
At the center of the talks the strong collaboration between the countries for the recovery of Libya, the support for the transition and the consolidation of...
Equinor representatives visit Libya’s National Oil Corporation
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) May 31, 2021 – A delegation from Norway’s Equinor has visited Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) to review...
Malta: Visit in Libya aimed at opening a Consulate in Benghazi
A Malta delegation led by the Permanent Secretary for Foreign and European Affairs, Mr Christopher Cutajar, paid a visit to Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya, with...
UK embassy deputy head meets Libya’s National Oil Corporation chariman
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mustafa Sanalla, received on April 29, 2021, at the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, the...