Libya

Getting back to business in Libya

As politicians and diplomats strive for a return to normality in Libya, potential avenues for Swiss business are being sketched out. However, there is still a lot of work to be done before business with Libya can go back to how it was under Moammar Gaddafi’s rule or even expand. […]

Offering support

The Jordanian government decided to send a large delegation of officials and business leaders to Libya to offer support for its reconstruction, a move that is necessary, even if it came a bit late in the hour.The minister of industry and trade will head the delegation – hefty from the […]

Destroying a Country’s Standard of Living: What Libya Had Achieved, What has been Destroyed

by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky “There is no tomorrow” under a NATO sponsored Al Qaeda rebellion.  While a  “pro-democracy” rebel government has been instated, the country has been destroyed. Against the backdrop of war propaganda, Libya’s economic and social achievements over the last thirty years, have been brutally reversed: The [Libyan […]

Heritage Oil buys control of Libyan oil field

 British company Heritage Oil, which has an exploration project in a sea area controlled by Malta, said last week that it has acquired a controlling interest in a Libyan company licensed to provide oil field services including offshore and land-based drilling.  Heritage said it paid $19.5 million for a 51 […]

Jordan reiterates support for Libyan people

AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Saturday reiterated Jordan’s support for the Libyan people in achieving their aspirations in the reconstruction of a new Libya. The Monarch also voiced his support for the National Transitional Council (NTC) in its efforts to rebuild Libya and maintain its sovereignty, independence […]

A heartbreaking task ….

Working in a ‘Crises’ and ‘Post-Crises-Environment’ has its rewarding moments, when you can feel that you could help some people in trouble. In Libya for instance before the current conflict there were many foreign workers from all over the world. Some were skilled workers from Europe and Asia, others unskilled […]

To King Sarkozy, the spoils

source. asia times on line THE ROVING EYE While neo-Napoleonic French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his sidekick British Prime Minister “David of Arabia” Cameron were basking in the glow of their victory lap in Tripoli, the place was swarming with multilingual contractors. But nobody knows what’s really going on in […]

Libya Has Historic Day at UN

It was a dramatic day for Libya at the United Nations. In the morning, the National Transitional Council, which now governs the country, was granted the Libyan seat in the General Assembly hall. In the afternoon, the U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution lifting some sanctions and easing others […]