LIBYA : Libyan military delegation visits Paris
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Source:Libya Today
October 27, 2022 06:48 UTC
Ozzy Osbourne to Join Metaverse Music Festival
Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne is set to perform at a key metaverse festival along with some of the world’s biggest artists, it was revealed last week. In a tweet, top metaverse platform Decentraland announced it would open the Metaverse Music Festival 2022, a novel platform hosting over 100 artists, including the Godfather of Heavy Metal, rap superstar Soulja Boy, and electronic music icon Dillon Francis, among many others. Announcing Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival 2022 🤘 🗓️ Nov 10-13📍15 unique stages🎵100+ artists across all genres, including @OzzyOsbourne, @DillonFrancis, @souljaboy and more! — Decentraland (@decentraland) October 17, 2022Decentraland will host the festival’s second annual gathering from 10 to 13 November and plans to announce further artists over the next few weeks. Rise of the Web3 MusicianThe news comes amid a series of major collaborations with metaverse platforms, leading to large-scale promotions of emerging technologies.
Source:Libya Today
October 27, 2022 05:31 UTC
NGO: Libyan Coast Guard threatened to shoot down plane
This is not Libyan territorial waters, over,” a member of the Sea-Watch crew flying overhead responded to the Libyan authorities via radio. “Get away from Libyan territorial otherwise we’ll shoot you by some missiles,” the Libyan Coast Guard vessel allegedly responds back. A spokesman for the Libyan coast guard did not immediately answer phone calls and messages seeking comment. Last year, the European Union-funded and trained Libyan coast guard was caught on camera chasing and shooting in the direction of a migrant boat. “The so-called Libyan coast guard are carrying AK-47s with them and they have already used them several times,” Weiss said.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 20:28 UTC
US diplomat holds talks with Dbeibeh’s cousin and his ministers
The Chargé d’Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Libya, Leslie Ordeman, held talks in Tripoli today on “transparency and financial accountability” with several cabinet members of the Tripoli-based government led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. Ordeman met with Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Adel Juma, Communications Minister Walid Al-Lafi and Dbeibeh’s own cousin Ibrahim Dbeibeh. According to the American Embassy, they discussed “efforts to increase transparency and financial accountability in the public sector for sustainable and inclusive development throughout Libya”.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 18:40 UTC
New French Ambassador Mostafa Mihraje arrives in Tripoli to assume his post
New French Ambassador to Libya, Mostafa Mihraje, arrived in Tripoli today to assume his post. He succeeds Béatrice Le Fraper du Hellen. On his arrival, Mihraje tweeted ‘‘Arrived safely in Tripoli to take up my duties and the direction of the French embassy in Libya. It is an opportunity for me to convey to the Libyan people the greetings of the French people.’’Mihraje was previously Consul General of France in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and served as France’s special envoy to the Organization for Islamic Cooperation in 2018.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 13:30 UTC
Police bust organised crime drug ring
The police have arrested four people in connection with organised crime over alleged drug trafficking and money laundering. The joint operation, which involved a number of sections within the Corps, was carried out after police received information that a drug deal was scheduled to take place. A 21-year-old man was also arrested at the Marsa shop, after he was found in the possession of objects related to drug trafficking, and cannabis which was ready to be trafficked. A search yielded cocaine, a weighing scale, a pistol, ammunition and a number of mobiles. The four men are being held at the Floriana lockup, as investigations by the police are still ongoing.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 10:57 UTC
Türkiye, Libya ink 2 more deals for closer defense cooperation
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah signed two deals with Türkiye's defense minister on Tuesday, building on an agreement that was agreed in 2019. Another deal signed by Dbeibah on Tuesday aims to "boost the capacity of Libya's air force using Turkish expertise," read the statement, accompanied by pictures of him with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar. Dbeibah was in Türkiye to visit the SAHA Expo defense and aviation fair. The latest deals come three weeks after Türkiye's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu signed a deal in Tripoli allowing for oil and gas exploration in Libyan waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. Ankara’s support for Tripoli’s previous Government of National Accord (GNA) helped turn the tide of Libya’s civil war.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 10:40 UTC
Top 5 Reasons to Invest in Spatial Audio in 2022
This is why “spatial audio” is now gaining so much attention. Here are some of the major reasons why businesses with an interest in XR should consider investing in spatial audio. With spatial audio, interactions feel more natural and human, as well as being easier to follow. Increasingly, as audio technology evolves, we’re also becoming more adept as human beings at recognising the presence of spatial audio cues. Customers will be able to tell the difference between the psychological experience of a VR environment enhanced with spatial audio, and a lower-level VR interaction.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 10:26 UTC
Maltese businessman who provided mercenary escape boats acquitted of Libya sanctions breach
A Maltese chartering company owner and four employees have been acquitted of supplying vessels for the evacuation of mercenaries from Libya in breach of EU sanctions. The boats were leased on the pretext that they were going to be used to evacuate 'geological survey workers' from Libya in 2019. The men had been released from arrest by police two days after the Maltese company that leased them the two RHIBs, Sovereign Charters, accepted to pay a €15,000 fine for immigration irregularities. Lodge claimed that Opus Capital Headquarters had informed him that they would be sending two RHIBs that had been leased from Sovereign Charters Ltd. The prosecution insisted that as the defendants had not sought the authorisation of the Sanctions Monitoring Board before sending the RHIBs to Libya, this constituted a breach of EU sanctions on Libya.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 09:39 UTC
1300 migrants in distress in Italian PM’s first test on immigration
Listen to this story:ROME – On Tuesday, as new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni doubled down on her hardline anti-migrant policies, a rescue hotline sent an alert warning that boats carrying 1,300 people were in distress between the coasts of Italy and Malta. In a tweet sent Tuesday morning, the hotline said “Reportedly, a person died and engines aren’t working anymore. Earlier in the evening, the hotline reported that “12 people have died or are unconscious and many suffer from dehydration. Ocean Viking yesterday sent a series of tweets saying they had rescued two boats in distress carrying 146 people total. On Wednesday Alarm Phone dispatched another tweet stating that the 1,300 migrants in distress were finally rescued by the Italians “After long operations carried out” throughout the night.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 08:32 UTC
Libya, Turkey double down with defence deals after maritime pact
Libya’s Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah signed two deals with Turkey’s defence minister on Tuesday (25 October), building on a 2019 agreement that angered European nations. The 2019 deal had seen Turkey claim large and potentially gas-rich areas of the eastern Mediterranean, angering Greece, France and the European Union. Athens says Turkey ‘blackmailed’ Libya to sign MoU by sending weapons Turkey blackmailed Libya to agree to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) demarcating maritime zones in the region by sending weapons to the country, Greek media quote a high-ranking diplomat as saying. Another deal signed by Dbeibah on Tuesday aims to “boost the capacity of Libya’s air force using Turkish expertise”, read the statement, accompanied by pictures of him with Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar. Dbeibah was in Turkey to visit a defence exhibition.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 04:44 UTC
Libyan Interim Prime Minister, Turkish Defense Minister Sign Military Cooperation Deals
The first agreement envisions "the use of Turkish experience in improving the effectiveness of Libya's military aviation capabilities." "The second agreement included protocols for the implementation of the security agreement signed by the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (of Libya) in 2019," the statement said. In February, the parliament sitting in the east of Libya voted for the candidacy of former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha for the post of prime minister. In March, ministers from the government formed by Bashagha were sworn in before parliament in the city of Tobruk. In May, Bashagha, after an unsuccessful attempt to place the cabinet in Tripoli, announced that the government would start working in the city of Sirte.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 04:04 UTC
Libya, Turkey Sign Defense Deals After Maritime Spat
Libya’s Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah signed two deals with Turkey’s defense minister on Tuesday, building on a 2019 agreement that angered European nations. The 2019 deal had seen Turkey claim large and potentially gas-rich areas of the eastern Mediterranean, angering Greece, France, and the European Union. Another deal signed by Dbeibah on Tuesday aims to “boost the capacity of Libya’s air force using Turkish expertise,” read the statement, accompanied by pictures of him with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar. The latest deals come three weeks after Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu signed a deal in Tripoli allowing for oil and gas exploration in Libya’s Mediterranean waters. That was also built on the 2019 deal, which demarcated the countries’ shared maritime borders but sparked anger in Greece and Cyprus.
Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 03:07 UTC
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Source:Libya Today
October 26, 2022 01:45 UTC
Italy's Meloni easily wins confidence vote in parliament
ROME (AP) — Italy’s new far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday night easily won the first of two required confidence votes in Parliament by a comfortable margin. On Wednesday, the new government will face a vote in the upper chamber, the Senate, where it also holds a solid majority. Such attitudes are tantamount to "a lack of respect for the Italian people, who don't need lessons,'' Meloni said. With the confidence votes out of the way, Meloni will be able to get down to the business of governing. “I have never felt sympathy or closeness for any non-democratic regime, including fascism,” Meloni told lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies.
Source:Libya Today
October 25, 2022 22:09 UTC