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LANA Director General heads committee for Benghazi Capital of Culture in Islamic World
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Tripoli, February 22, 2023 (LANA) - The Preparatory Committee for the Benghazi Programme, Capital of Culture of the Islamic World for the current year, held its first meeting, Wednesday, at the headquarters of the House of Representatives in Benghazi, headed by the Director General of the Libyan News Agency, Ibrahim Hadiya. The committee discussed the general programme of the celebration and its general form, approved the official theme for the celebration, and decided to divide the work into specific sub-committees according... Read more
Foiling attempt to smuggle a huge amount of Captagon and hashish destined for Libya.
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Rome, February 22, 2023 (LANA) - The Italian authorities thwarted an attempt to smuggle 14 tons of Captagon and 3 tons of “hashish” destined for Libya and Saudi Arabia, with an estimated value of $1.2 billion. According to the Guardia di Finanza newspaper, the Italian Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered the arrest of Taher al-Kayyali, Syrian citizen, accusing him of being behind the operation, which was seized in 2020 in the port of Salerno. The judge... Read more
Staff of Office of Ministry of Defense and Headquarters of General Staff celebrate February Revolution anniversary.
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Tripoli, February 22, 2023 (LANA) - Staff of the Ministry of Defense and the headquarters of the General Staff organized, Tuesday, a joint celebration on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of February Revolution, in the presence of the Chief of the General Staff of the Libyan Army, Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Haddad. In a speech during the ceremony that was held at the headquarters of the Tripoli Naval Base, Major- General, Al-Haddad, called for upgrading and promoting... Read more
Libyan writers, artists, and media professionals call for release of their investment portfolios.
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Tripoli, February 22, 2023 (LANA) - A number of Libyan writers, artists, and media professionals have called on the owners of investment portfolios to release their portfolios, which have been suspended without legal basis since 2012. They stressed on Monday, in a statement, of which the Libyan News Agency received a copy, their adherence to their right to their portfolios, pointing to previous steps that reaffirm their disbursement and the revocation of their freezing, which was in violation of the. ... Read more
Libya chairs the ninth general conference of the Arab Women Organization next week.
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Cairo, February 21, 2023 (LANA) - It was announced in the Egyptian capital today that the ninth conference of the "Arab Women's Organization" will be held on Monday and Tuesday, "27 and 28 February," to discuss (challenges facing women and girls in the Arab region).The announcement indicated that the conference, which will be chaired by the State of Libya, “will review a number of major regional studies prepared by experts from Arab countries from a comparative perspective, in the areas of: laws of violence and harassment in... Read more