Posted on 11 November 2011. Tags: Infrastructure, Reconstruction
A second batch of South Korean water engineers will leave for Libya later this month to help the war-torn nation restore its water supply services, a Seoul official said Friday. Water is still in short supply and security conditions in Libya have not fully stabilized although the country’s nine-month civil war ended last month with [...]
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Posted in Construction & Engineering, Employment, Industry & Trade, Public Works
Posted on 09 November 2011. Tags: Infrastructure, Reconstruction, Turkey
Libya may be months from a new government, but the still-infrequent international flights to Tripoli are packed with businesspeople looking to land contracts with this oil-rich North African state. The Turks and Europeans appear to be moving quickly, while the Americans seem to be several steps behind. On one recent afternoon, the plush Rixos hotel [...]
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Posted in Industry & Trade, Investment
Posted on 08 November 2011. Tags: Egypt, Essam Sharaf, Field Marshal Tantawi, Infrastructure, Libyan Businessmen's Association, Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Can revolutions succeed where decades-old dictatorial systems failed, and usher in stable, mutually beneficial economic relations between Egypt and Libya? The coming months may bring the answer. Last month’s visit to Cairo by the chairman of Libya’s National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, came just days after he declared his country liberated, and opened what [...]
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Posted in Construction & Engineering, Industry & Trade