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Libya announces end of voting process for sixteen municipal councils
(MENAFN) The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced on Saturday that voting has concluded and ballot counting has begun for 16 municipal councils as part of the third phase of local elections. “Polling centers closed at exactly...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Ex-French Leader to serve his sentence in solitary confinement
(MENAFN) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, recently convicted of criminal conspiracy over illicit funding for his 2007 election campaign, is expected to serve his sentence in solitary confinement, according to media reports. A Paris court...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Sarkozy to Serve Sentence in Solitary Confinement
(MENAFN) Former French head of state Nicolas Sarkozy, found guilty of participating in a criminal conspiracy aimed at securing illegal financing for his 2007 presidential bid, will carry out his custodial term in solitary confinement, according to...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Italy saves ninety-one migrants in Mediterranean Sea
(MENAFN) Italian authorities reported on Sunday that the Coast Guard successfully rescued 91 irregular migrants and recovered the bodies of two men from a distressed vessel drifting near Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean Sea. According to a...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Italian Coast Guard Rescues 91 Migrants Near Lampedusa
(MENAFN) The Italian Coast Guard successfully saved 91 irregular migrants and retrieved the remains of two others from a distressed vessel drifting near Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean Sea, officials reported on Sunday. According to a...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Ninety-one migrants get rescued by Italy in Mediterranean
(MENAFN) The Italian Coast Guard rescued 91 irregular migrants and recovered the bodies of two others from a distressed vessel drifting near Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean Sea, authorities reported Sunday. According to a Coast Guard...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
U.S. Military Activity Near Venezuela Threatens Peace, Maduro Says
(MENAFN) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday denounced what he labeled as escalating “imperialist ambitions” by the United States, warning they pose a threat to peace and stability across the Caribbean and Latin America. Speaking at a...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Libya Sets October 20 for Resumption of Municipal Elections
(MENAFN) Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced Monday that it will resume municipal elections on October 20, targeting dozens of local councils across the country. The HNEC confirmed the vote will occur in areas where council...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Libya, Indonesia Forge Stronger Economic Cooperation
(MENAFN) Libya’s Government of National Unity confirmed Sunday that it has finalized an agreement with Indonesia to establish a joint committee aimed at boosting economic cooperation, according to a Libyan news agency. The agreement was formalized...
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Seeding the Personnel of the Military Corporate State, Part Two
In recent reports, Restoration News investigated former Democratic intelligence officers who have entered politics in the Trump era with the explicit intention of protecting the intelligence services and the larger military corporate complex from...
Owner: Sam Anthony
Former French president Sarkozy begins five-year prison term in Libya funds case
The 70-year-old ex-leader left home with wife Carla Bruni, cheered by supporters singing La MarseillaiseFrance's former president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his residence to present himself to La Sante Prison for incarceration on a five-year prison...
Owner: Lakhani Family
Parallel government calls for law to cap cash holdings outside banks
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The Libya Observer
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Libya's parallel government has urged the House of Representatives (HoR) to pass a law setting a legal ceiling for the amount of cash individuals and businesses can hold outside the banking system. Prime Minister of the east-based government,...
Owner: Non-transparent
Nicolas Sarkozy Imprisoned: The Rise, Rule, and Ruin of France’s ‘Hyper-President’
Sarkozy, who governed from 2007-2012, maintains his innocence and has appealed. His imprisonment is the first for a French head of state since World War II, marking a significant moment in the nation's political history.Paris (France): The iron...
Owner: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
France Jails Former President Sarkozy, Who Waves to Cheering Crowds From Police Car
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a conservative, was applauded by supporters as he went to prison on Tuesday, protesting his innocence as he went and calling for the government to be dissolved for fresh national elections. Nicolas Sarkozy...
Owner: Larry Solov, Susie Breitbart and The Mercer Family
Nicolas Sarkozy Jailed in Historic First for a French President
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered La Santé Prison in Paris on Tuesday, nearly a month after being sentenced to five years in prison for illegally seeking Libyan funding for his election campaign—a first in French history.اضافة اعلان...
Owner: Mohamed Alayyan
Teteh discusses the latest political developments in Libya with the Saudi Chargé d’Affaires
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, discussed the latest developments regarding the political track in Libya with the Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,...
Owner: Non-transparent
Boulos: The United Nations will soon call for a new round of talks on Libya
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The Libya Observer
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US President's senior advisor for African Affairs Massad Boulos confirmed that the United Nations will soon call for a new round of talks on Libya, with the aim of making progress in the ongoing discussions to resolve the country’s political...
Owner: Non-transparent
Libya’s Benghazi Parliament Summons Central Bank Chief Over Cash Shortage
Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives voted Monday in Benghazi to summon the Central Bank of Libya’s leadership for questioning, seeking answers on why cash supplies have dried up and how monetary policy is being run. Lawmakers acted...
Owner: Felice Friedson
“The Sea is a Gigantic Cemetery”: NGOs, Refugees Protest Italy-Libya Migration Deal
“The sea is a gigantic cemetery. Italy is Libya’s accomplice.” This chilling accusation echoed through Rome’s Piazza Vidoni on Saturday, as NGOs, refugees, and human rights groups rallied to demand an end to the Italy-Libya memorandum. Acccording...
Owner: People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS)
