Libyan News Agency Veteran Journalists Honored .
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Tripoli : 03. 5. 2015 - Ministry of Culture and Civil Society
and Press Promotion Authority honored Sunday morning a number of
veteran journalists of Libyan News Agency as part of honoring list
including ( 12 ) Libyan journalists .
The honoring ceremony was organized by the Ministry and Press
Authority at Al-Waddan Hotel in Tripoli marking the World Day for
Freedom of the Press which corresponds the 3rd of May every year.
The festivity was attended by Ministers of Culture and Civil
Society , Information, Education and Higher Education , in addition
to a host of specialists in the field of journalism and local , Arab
and international mass media .
The list of those honored from LANA include the late Mr. ''
Mohammed Ben Zaytoon '' , the first Director General of Libyan News
Agency in 1963 , Mr. Ali Ramadan Farhaat , Mr. Ashamli Massoud and
Mr. Abdel Azziz Mousa .
It is worth noting that this is the first honoring ceremony of
its kind since the establishment of Libyan News Agency ( Lana ) =
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