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Former Nationalist MP Robert Arrigo was posthumously awarded the medal for service to the Republic during the Republic Day investiture ceremony in Valletta. The President appointed seven members to The National Order of Merit and 10 other individuals were awarded the Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika. In 2008, elected from both the 9th and 10th districts, Cristina was appointed education minister. Dr Zrinzo was instrumental in setting up the Malta National Breast Screening Programme, which has been in place since 2009. She chaired the Steering Committee for Malta’s National Post-COVID Strategy and occupied various other senior roles at governmental level.

The country had easily been able to produce around 1.65 million bpd of mostly high-quality light, sweet crude oil and production had been on a rising production trend, up from about 1.4 million bpd in 2000. Given this plan, there appeared scope to increase crude oil production up to the 2.1 million bpd targeted by Libya’s minister of gas and oil, Mohamed Aoun, and to hit the informal interim target of 1.6 million bpd by the end of 2023. It is apposite to remember as well at this point that Libya still has around 48 billion barrels of proved crude oil reserves – the largest in Africa. Preceding that month, a broad-based blockade of Libya’s energy infrastructure had caused its oil production to plummet from around 1.2 million bpd to less than 100,000 bpd at one point. Overall, during that wave of blockades and shutdowns, Libya was losing around 550,000 bpd of its oil production.

CAIRO: Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the European Union’s border and coast guard agency of being complicit in migrant abuses by Libya by allowing the North African country’s coast guard to intercept migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea for southern Europe. Following a data-based investigation repor t released by the New York-based watchdog last Thursday, it concluded that the agency, known as Frontex, uses its aerial surveillance technology to help Libyan forces locate migrant boats — rather than other rescue organisations or merchant ships also patrolling the Mediterranean. Every year, thousands of migrants hoping to reach Europe make their way through Libya, where a lucrative trafficking and smuggling business has flourished in a country fragmented for years between rival administrations in the east and west, each backed by different armed groups and foreign governments.

The purported mastermind, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was convicted in 2001 and received compassionate release in 2012 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Ma’sud, 71, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison on charges of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death. Mas’ud and Megrahi travelled from Malta to Tripoli together on Dec. 21, 1988, the day of the Lockerbie air disaster. That then knocks a hole in the case against Megrahi,” he said by telephone from Brighton, England. “If you take away the Malta suitcase connection then there’s no case at all.

Two other Libyan intelligence officials have been charged for the 1988 attack, but Mas'ud was the first defendant to appear in American court. The New York-bound Pan Am flight exploded over Lockerbie less than an hour after takeoff from London on Dec. 21, 1988. At the time, Mas'ud was in Libyan custody. The announcement was a career bookend for Barr, who in his first stint as attorney general in the early 1990s had announced criminal charges against two other Libyan intelligence officials. That affidavit said Mas'ud told Libyan law enforcement that he flew to Malta to meet al-Megrahi and Fhimah.

“Although nearly 34 years have passed since the defendant’s actions, countless families have never fully recovered,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Erik Kenerson said during a court proceeding attended by victims’ relatives. The Justice Department announced Sunday that Mas’ud had been taken into U.S. custody, two years after it revealed that it had charged him in connection with the explosion. Two other Libyan intelligence officials have been charged in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in the attack, but Mas’ud was the first defendant to appear in an American courtroom for prosecution. The New York-bound Pan Am flight exploded over Lockerbie less than an hour after takeoff from London on Dec. 21, 1988. Among the 190 Americans on board were 35 Syracuse University students flying home for Christmas after a semester abroad.

The Libyan government has lifted a force majeure on upstream exploration activity as it strives to increase oil and gas production in the country. French shipbroker BRS Group believes this is a sign of improving stability in the North African country. The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) said in a statement that it would provide the “necessary support and ensure safety” for international oil companies if they were to return.

On Nov. 29, 2022, a federal grand jury formally indicted Mas’ud on the same charges contained in the criminal complaint. From the time the tragic events occurred in 1988 through the present, the United States and Scotland have jointly pursued justice for all the victims of the Pan Am 103 bombing. “Nearly 34 years ago, 270 people, including 190 Americans, were tragically killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. In the winter of 1988, Mas’ud was directed by a Libyan intelligence official to fly to Malta with a prepared suitcase. Subsequently, Mas’ud boarded a Libyan flight to Tripoli schedule to take off at 9:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than three decades after a bomb brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone aboard, a former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the explosive appeared Monday in federal court, charged with an act of international terrorism. Two other Libyan intelligence officials have been charged in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in the attack, but Mas’ud was the first defendant to appear in an American courtroom for prosecution. The New York-bound Pan Am flight exploded over Lockerbie less than an hour after takeoff from London on Dec. 21, 1988. At the time, Mas’ud was in Libyan custody. He also said the operation was ordered by Libyan intelligence and that Gadhafi thanked him and other members of the team after the attack, according to an FBI affidavit.

The French embassy in Libya, Janzour Municipality and Expertise France celebrated on Monday the official opening of the Manara Coworking Space located in the Janzour district on the western edge of Tripoli. French Ambassador to Libya, Mostafa Mihraje, said “The collaboration between the French government and Janzour municipality started with the creation of the “Janzour Coding Academy”. Today it’s a step forward and an important achievement having this coworking space for them exclusively. The coworking space team will also organize events allowing mompreneurs to develop their skills and build a professional network, Expertise France explained. The involved stakeholders are looking forward to implementing more women supporting initiatives involving more regions and municipalities, Expertise France added.

The National Commercial Bank (NCB) is encouraging card culture by encouraging its customers to use their various debit and ATM cards – rather than visit bank branches, Musbah Akkari the NCB chairman told Libya Herald today. Akkari was formerly chairman of the largest Libyan state bank, Jumhouria bank. The NCB chairman had reported that withdrawals from his bank’s ATM machines in February this year were 8 million dinars. By using their cards customers can get their cash in other places other than at banks. We want customers to collect their cards and use their cards which have multiple uses other than cash withdrawals.’’, he explained.

Wrecked houses are seen after the 1988 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. (Martin Cleaver/AP)A lot has happened between the Pan Am Flight 103 explosion over Lockerbie, Scotland, and the US taking custody of suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi. Here's a short timeline of the events that have occurred since the bombing:Dec. 21, 1988: Pan Am Flight 103 explodes 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after takeoff from London. The 259 people on board the New York-bound Boeing 747 are killed, along with 11 people on the ground. He is currently in custody in Libya.

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FILE PHOTO: Oun, oil minister in Libya's new Government of National Unity speaks in TripoliKUWAIT (Reuters) - Libya is producing about 1.2 million barrels per day of oil, oil minister Mohamed Oun told reporters on the sidelines of an OAPEC meeting on Monday. "We hope to return to 2010 levels, which was 1.6 million bpd, within two or three years," he added. He added that he hoped that Libya's decision to lift force majeure on oil and gas exploration, which was announced last week, would encourage foreign oil companies to return to the country. (Reporting by Ahmed Hagagy, writing by Ahmad Ghaddar in Dubai; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Louise Heavens)