World News: Political News
UN mission , asks for 165 million dollars to fund humanitarian aid in Libya.
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Tripoli, 10.12.2015 - Lana - The UNSMIL , today Thursday , had asked the international community , to provide 165 million dollars , for humanitarian aid for the year 2016 , for more than 2.4 million persons in Libya , and calling for a ceasefire for the aid to reach its destinations. UN coordinator for humanitarian affairs in Libya 'Ali Za'atari' , in a statement today , said that the mission needs about 165 million dollars to close the humanitarian gap , and to concentrate on the people through the year 2016 , confirming that the mission didn't get this small amount , considering... Read more
Public movement in Gharyan calls for support to national accord document.
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Gharyan, 10.12.2015 - (Lana) - The public movement in Gharyan municipality , yesterday Wednesday , declared its strong support to the accord , which was agreed upon between the two delegations of GNC and the HoR , recently in the capital Tunis. The public movement in its statement , which Lana got a copy of it , called on all citizens , civil society institutions and activists , to go for a demonstration tomorrow Friday , in the martyrs square in Gharyan , in support for this accord and the Libyan parties , to continue in this path , for the sake of the country's unity. =Lana=... Read more
Central bank of Libya releases new five and ten dinar notes.
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Tripoli, 09.12.2015(Lana) Central bank of Libya has released new five and ten dinar notes that would be put to circulation as of next Sunday. On its website the bank said quality of paper and security matters were considered . It said the clock tower in Tripoli was depicted and another for Cyrene ruins on the five dinars note, while the ten dinars note has the picture of Omar Al-Mukhtar freedom fighter and another to calvarias of Libya. It explained that old notes will be withdrawn gradually after setting a deadline for their replacement. =.... Read more
EU: Rome meeting on Libyan crisis provides important international platform to progress towards national unity government.
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Brussels, 09.12.2015(Lana) EU pokesperson for External Work Office, Catharine Ray said that Rome meeting scheduled for December 13 on Libyan crisis provides an important international platform to progress towards a national unity government. She recalled the EU stance supportive of the UN efforts to reach a political solution in Libya, saying that would be conducive to the interests of the Libyan people and the international work too in fighting the so-called state organization. The EU official in a statement carried by the Italian news agency Aki Tuesday said any... Read more
Special Envoys to Libya support political accord.
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Paris, 09.12.2015 (lana) Special envoys to Libya from France, Germany, UK, USA, EU reaffirmed their support to the UN facilitated Libyan political accord being the only way to settle the political, security and institutional crisis in Libya. In a joint statement released by the French Foreign Ministry Tuesday, the ambassadors said the political accord constitutes a consensus and crowning a year of negotiations among broad segments of Libyan participants in the national dialogue. The statement said the accord enjoys the support of the Libyan people and majority of GNC... Read more