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)
Malta minister appeals for peace in the Eastern Mediterranean during visit to Greece
Minister Evarist Bartolo appeals for peace in the Eastern Mediterranean during an official visit to Greece – September 7, 2020 The Minister of Foreign...
Libya’s ports try to restart limited oil exports
Tripoli, Libya (PortSEurope) September 11, 2020 – Tankers started arriving at the eastern Libyan port of Brega last month to take on oil – a...
Greek and Maltese minister discuss issues in the East Mediterranean
Statements by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendia, at the end of his meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Malta,...
Libya: EU High Representative holds talks with President Serraj and President of the House of Representatives Saleh
The High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell visited Libya on Tuesday 1st September for the first time since the beginning of his mandate, continuing...
EU and Libya discuss effects of illegal blockades
Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Eng. Mustafa Sanalla and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy...
Turkish and Libyan officials meet
Meeting of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu with President Khaled al-Mishri of the High Council of State of Libya – August 28, 2020 Foreign...
Visit of Turkish Foreign Minister to Malta and Libya, August 5-6, 2020
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Malta and Libya on 5-6 August 2020 – August 6, 2020 Minister Çavuşoğlu met with Minister for...
Libyan oil company resumes exports after months of blockade
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) reports that it has lifted force majeure and restarted oil...
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs meets with Tunisian counterpart
Statements by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendias, at the end of his talks with the Tunisian counterpart of Noureddine Erray – June 29,...
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs meets the President of Tunisia, Kais Saied
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendias, following his meeting with the President of Tunisia, Kais Saied – June 29, 2020 I had the great...
Libya’s Zawiya port set to restart oil exports
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) June 9, 2020 – The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced that production from the Sharara field has restarted...
Turkey interested in construction projects in Libya
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 8, 2020 – Presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın has said that Ankara is considering the possibility of a range of...
New Koper port-Libya shipping service starts in July
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – A new service will be launched linking the North Adriatic Slovenian port of Koper and Libya (port unnamed),...
U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s Interview with Greece’s MEGA TV
MEGA TV – Yiannis Moutsos – May 27, 2020 MEGA TV: Mr. Ambassador, thank you very much for this interview. It’s quite an honor to have you at MEGA as...
Analysis – Russia uses Libya’s partition to gain control of its Mediterranean ports
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) May 4, 2020 – The year-long siege of Tripoli, seat of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), by the...
Tuniship vessel docks in Tripoli port, Libya
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 29, 2020 – The first vessel in a new direct shipping line between the port of Sfax and the port of Tripoli, has...
Sfax-Tripoli (Libya) shipping service starts
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 25, 2020 – The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the new direct shipping line between the port of Sfax and...
Tunisia to launch weekly freight trips to Libya
Tunis, Tunisia (Ports Europe) April 9, 2020 – Ministry of Transport and Logistics has announced that a cargo shipping line between Tunisia and Libya will...
Greek Prime Minister joins a panel with Atlantic Council during US visit
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) January 8, 2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis departed for the United States on Sunday, for a visit between...
Analysis – After Syria’s Tartus port, Russia eyes Libya’s Mediterranean port of Tobruk
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – The advance of the army of general Khalifa Belqasim Haftar towards Tripoli raises again the issue of Russia’s...