World News: Political News
Director of Eni: In Libya We Chose Organic Growth, Fear no Competition.
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Brussels, 6 December 2017(Lana) The CEO of the Italian Energy Group Eni Claudio Descalzi said the group was not concerned by activities of its rival French 'Total' in Libya, noting that Eni has settled on 'organic growth', production increase, instead of integration and acquisition. Responding to a question at a seminar held her on relations between the EU and Africa, Descalzi said competition always existed, we were born like dwarfs versus giants, but we managed to overcome competition all over the world, and certainly it did not concern us especially in Libya. 'Our... Read more
CEO of National Oil Company Meets British Ambassador.
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Tripoli, 6 December 2017(Lana) The Chairman of the Board of the National Oil Company Mustafa Sun'allah has met the British Ambassador Peter Millett to discuss exchange in oil industry area. The British Ambassador has stressed desire by British companies to contribute to projects in the oil industry namely maintenance work and transfer of technology. Millett invited the NOC to coordinate a meeting between NOC companies and British companies working in the oil industry next year in the Scottish city of Aberdeen. =... Read more
UN Expedite Repatriation of Migrants to their Countries.
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Tunis, 6 December 2017(Lana) The International Organisation for Migration IOM has said it was accelerating repatriation of thousands of migrants from Libya to their countries. The Organisation said it plans to evacuate up to 15,000 by the end of the year. The move was designed to ease crowdedness at the concentration camps, where the number of migrants increased as a result of a halt in boat trafficking activities across the Mediterranean to Italy, it said. IOM has repatriated 14500 migrants to their countries this year as part of a voluntarily repatriation scheme. ... Read more
NOC Conducts Largest Environmental Study in Libya So Far.
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Tripoli, 6 December 2017(Lana) THE National Oil Company has said it carried out what it called the largest study in Libya so far on the affect of oil activities on environment in the oases of Jkhira, Jalou and Oujala. The company said it had set up two committees to assess the affect oil operations had on the western region and the oases region. It described the study as the largest and most comprehensive that had been conducted in the country since it was established. The Committees included experts in environmental sciences and specialists from the General Environment... Read more
President of Presidency Council Heads Holds Talks With President of European Council in Abidjan.
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Abidjan, 29 November 2017(Lana) The President of Presidency Council Fayez Al Serraj on Tuesday held talks on the sidelines of the Euro-African Summit with the President of the European Council Donald Tusk in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan. Tusk renewed EU support for the Government of National Accord and the Council's effort to bring back stability to the country. He said he appreciated the difficulties facing the GNA in addressing the illegal migration issue, welcoming the announcement by Al Serraj of an enquiry into allegation of violation of migrants rights. Al Serraj... Read more