Latest posts in Infrastructure & Developmenthttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/enhttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/head-of-airports-authority-inaugurates-first-meeting-tasked-with-testing-readiness-of-systems-and-equipment-at-tripoli-international-airport/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/head-of-airports-authority-inaugurates-first-meeting-tasked-with-testing-readiness-of-systems-and-equipment-at-tripoli-international-airport/ The first meeting of the joint committee, formed by virtue of the Minister of Transport's Decision No. (353) of 2026, was held yesterday at the L...Tue, 26 May 2026 09:07:35 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/libyan-railroads-meets-china-civil-engineering-construction-corp-joint-committees-to-negotiate-activating-signed-contracts/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/libyan-railroads-meets-china-civil-engineering-construction-corp-joint-committees-to-negotiate-activating-signed-contracts/ Libyan Railroads announced yesterday that its Chairman, Saeed Salem Al-Kilani, along with his technical team, held a meeting on the same day with...Mon, 25 May 2026 12:06:58 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/malta-civil-aviation-authoritys-security-department-visits-tripolis-mitiga-airport-with-view-to-restarting-flights/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/malta-civil-aviation-authoritys-security-department-visits-tripolis-mitiga-airport-with-view-to-restarting-flights/ Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport’s management received a delegation from the Malta Civil Aviation Authority's Aviation Security Department...Fri, 22 May 2026 09:22:43 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/airports-authority-and-civil-aviation-authority-review-visual-presentation-by-spanish-company-indra-on-modern-aviation-technologies/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/airports-authority-and-civil-aviation-authority-review-visual-presentation-by-spanish-company-indra-on-modern-aviation-technologies/ As part of ongoing efforts to modernize systems and enhance the efficiency of technical services at airports, an expanded meeting was held at the...Thu, 21 May 2026 09:01:58 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/eu4skills-project-organises-workshop-on-quality-management-systems-in-the-marine-fisheries-and-fish-products-sector/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/eu4skills-project-organises-workshop-on-quality-management-systems-in-the-marine-fisheries-and-fish-products-sector/ A training workshop on quality management systems in the marine fisheries and fish products sector, organized in coordination with the Libyan Exp...Tue, 19 May 2026 10:33:51 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/bosnia-herzegovina-engineering-company-energoinvest-signs-e-2-71-million-contract-with-libyan-iron-and-steel-co-to-construct-a-power-station/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/bosnia-herzegovina-engineering-company-energoinvest-signs-e-2-71-million-contract-with-libyan-iron-and-steel-co-to-construct-a-power-station/ Several Bosnian media sources reported today that Bosnian engineering company Energoinvest has secured its return to the Libyan market after more...Tue, 19 May 2026 09:09:16 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/minister-of-housing-from-baku-completion-and-construction-of-150000-housing-units-and-the-transition-towards-smart-cities-is-the-aim/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/minister-of-housing-from-baku-completion-and-construction-of-150000-housing-units-and-the-transition-towards-smart-cities-is-the-aim/ ‎Libya’s Tripoli based Minister of Housing and Reconstruction, Essam Al-Tamouni, stressed that his government’s slogan "Return to Life" represent...Sun, 17 May 2026 17:24:20 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/first-phase-projects-in-benghazis-julyana-district-inaugurated-including-five-bridges/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/first-phase-projects-in-benghazis-julyana-district-inaugurated-including-five-bridges/ The first phase of the Julyana project in Benghazi, which includes the construction of five modern bridges as part of the infrastructure developm...Sun, 17 May 2026 08:00:11 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/sebhas-newly-developed-airport-inaugurated-during-a-lavish-ceremony/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/sebhas-newly-developed-airport-inaugurated-during-a-lavish-ceremony/ Sebha International Airport was inaugurated yesterday during a lavish ceremony following the completion of its construction and equipping under t...Sun, 17 May 2026 07:37:45 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/fly-dubai-announces-launch-of-its-direct-dubai-benghazi-route-starting-from-17-june/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/fly-dubai-announces-launch-of-its-direct-dubai-benghazi-route-starting-from-17-june/ Fly Dubai announced the launch of its direct flights between Dubai and Benghazi starting from 17 June. The service will have three flights per we...Fri, 15 May 2026 08:19:01 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/localising-industries-related-to-housing-sector-to-reduce-reliance-on-imports-discussed-to-speed-up-housing-projects/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/localising-industries-related-to-housing-sector-to-reduce-reliance-on-imports-discussed-to-speed-up-housing-projects/ The Minister of Industry and Minerals, Mohamed Abdelgader, along with the Undersecretary of the Ministry and the Director General of the National...Thu, 14 May 2026 07:28:36 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/sebha-airport-reopens-following-completion-of-maintenance-on-main-runway-and-aprons/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/sebha-airport-reopens-following-completion-of-maintenance-on-main-runway-and-aprons/ Sebha International Airport announced last Saturday (9 May) the reopening of its airspace starting at 12:00 midnight on the same day. This comes...Mon, 11 May 2026 08:25:39 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/kufra-airport-reports-further-increase-in-overflight-traffic-coinciding-with-the-hajj-season-flights-to-and-from-saudi-arabia/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/kufra-airport-reports-further-increase-in-overflight-traffic-coinciding-with-the-hajj-season-flights-to-and-from-saudi-arabia/ Kufra Airport reported last Friday (8 May that) its skies are witnessing a surge in air traffic these days, coinciding with the Hajj season. I...Mon, 11 May 2026 08:11:29 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/giz-organises-workshop-on-sustainable-municipal-waste-management-systems/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/giz-organises-workshop-on-sustainable-municipal-waste-management-systems/ Germany’s GIZ Libya reported last Thursday (7 May) that a new phase of Municipal Waste Management Planning workshops has officially started (25 April...Sun, 10 May 2026 16:56:38 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/afdb-offers-to-help-fund-libyas-libya-africa-transit-corridors-project-laip/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/afdb-offers-to-help-fund-libyas-libya-africa-transit-corridors-project-laip/ The Libya Africa Investment Portfolio (LAIP) reported yesterday that representatives of the African Development Bank (AfDB) expressed their stron...Fri, 08 May 2026 10:14:57 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/after-launching-its-flights-to-tripoli-on-1-may-air-cairo-plans-new-flights-to-sebha-misrata-and-benghazi-soon/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/after-launching-its-flights-to-tripoli-on-1-may-air-cairo-plans-new-flights-to-sebha-misrata-and-benghazi-soon/ After launching its first scheduled flights (three times a week) to Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport on 1 May, Air Cairo announced that it is planning to...Thu, 07 May 2026 06:30:00 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/newly-installed-automated-weather-station-in-shahat-part-of-growing-network-of-automated-weather-stations-across-eastern-libya/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/newly-installed-automated-weather-station-in-shahat-part-of-growing-network-of-automated-weather-stations-across-eastern-libya/ The UNDP Libya reported yesterday that, together with the Ambassador of France to Libya Thierry Vallat, and his team, it visited a newly installe...Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/pm-aldabaiba-inaugurates-6th-african-construction-equipment-exhibition-with-several-international-participants/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/pm-aldabaiba-inaugurates-6th-african-construction-equipment-exhibition-with-several-international-participants/ Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba inaugurated the 6th African Construction and Equipment Exhibition (2 to 5 May), yesterd...Sun, 03 May 2026 11:09:50 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/air-france-flights-over-libya-causing-concern-to-crew-union-other-airliners-have-been-overflying-since-2025/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/air-france-flights-over-libya-causing-concern-to-crew-union-other-airliners-have-been-overflying-since-2025/ The reauthorization of flights over Libya by French airlines since the end of March is causing concern among some Air France flight crew unions,...Sun, 03 May 2026 10:35:23 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/boeing-signs-a-strategic-agreement-with-libya-to-modernize-its-civil-aviation/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/boeing-signs-a-strategic-agreement-with-libya-to-modernize-its-civil-aviation/ The Tripoli based Libyan government, through its Ministry of Transport, announced today that it had signed a strategic cooperation agreement with...Sat, 02 May 2026 14:15:43 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/libyan-development-reconstruction-fund-inaugurates-dernas-2000-housing-project/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/libyan-development-reconstruction-fund-inaugurates-dernas-2000-housing-project/ The Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund inaugurated yesterday Derna’s 2,000 housing unit Al-Salam project. The project includes various...Sat, 02 May 2026 10:50:58 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/national-development-agency-signs-contract-for-national-food-sovereignty-project-1000-centre-pivot-irrigation-circuits/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/05/national-development-agency-signs-contract-for-national-food-sovereignty-project-1000-centre-pivot-irrigation-circuits/ The National Development Agency (NDA) announced yesterday the signing in Benghazi of a contract for the implementation of the ‘‘National Food Sov...Fri, 01 May 2026 08:31:40 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/air-algerie-inspects-tripolis-mitiga-airport-in-preparation-for-resumption-of-flights/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/air-algerie-inspects-tripolis-mitiga-airport-in-preparation-for-resumption-of-flights/ Preliminary steps are being taken at Mitiga International Airport to resume air travel between Libya and Algeria. Libya’s Airports Authority r...Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:36:07 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/medsky-confirms-start-of-direct-dusseldorf-flights-from-17-may/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/medsky-confirms-start-of-direct-dusseldorf-flights-from-17-may/ Privately owned Libyan airliner, MedSky, confirmed yesterday the start of their direct flights to and from Düsseldorf airport starting on 17 May....Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:03:20 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/sebha-airport-closed-for-urgent-runway-maintenance-until-end-of-april/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/sebha-airport-closed-for-urgent-runway-maintenance-until-end-of-april/ The Sirte based, and Hafter controlled, National Development Authority (NDA), announced yesterday that Sebha airport will be closed until the end...Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:51:01 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/us-company-culmen-international-to-provide-technical-and-human-capacity-training-to-libyas-customs-authority/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/us-company-culmen-international-to-provide-technical-and-human-capacity-training-to-libyas-customs-authority/ The Libyan Customs Authority reported last Saturday (25 April) that it had signed a cooperation memorandum with US company, Culmen International,...Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:50:08 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/italys-ansett-aviation-italia-approved-by-libyan-civil-aviation-authority-as-a-training-provider/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/italys-ansett-aviation-italia-approved-by-libyan-civil-aviation-authority-as-a-training-provider/ According to aviation media reports, the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority has approved Ansett Aviation Italia, a Milan-based flight simulator...Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:20:11 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/new-shipping-line-between-italy-tunisia-tripoli-launched-today/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/new-shipping-line-between-italy-tunisia-tripoli-launched-today/ Tunisia’s Ministry of Transport confirmed today that the Tunisian Port of Zarzis received its first container ship, marking the commencement of i...Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:50:31 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-and-korea-discuss-resuming-stalled-housing-projects/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-and-korea-discuss-resuming-stalled-housing-projects/ The Director of the National Housing and Real Estate Development Programme, Faisal bin Dardaf, held a meeting last Tuesday (21 April) with the Ko...Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:48:23 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-and-african-development-bank-group-launch-transport-sector-reforms-to-drive-economic-recovery/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-and-african-development-bank-group-launch-transport-sector-reforms-to-drive-economic-recovery/ The African Development Bank reports that it concluded a three-day workshop with Libya’s Tripoli based Ministry of Transport to define the roadma...Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:31:41 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-launches-its-2026-2050-national-water-security-strategy/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-launches-its-2026-2050-national-water-security-strategy/ The Tripoli based Libyan government officially endorsed its 2026-2050 National Water Security Strategy, taking a massive step toward combating water...Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:21:17 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/first-direct-flight-from-tripoli-lands-in-madrid-after-a-hiatus-of-more-than-a-decade/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/first-direct-flight-from-tripoli-lands-in-madrid-after-a-hiatus-of-more-than-a-decade/ The Spanish Embassy in Tripoli welcomed yesterday the arrival of the first direct flight from Tripoli’s Mitiga airport to Madrid - after a hiatus...Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:16:11 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/tunis-air-to-resume-flights-to-libya-in-coming-weeks-new-sea-lines-to-be-launched-soon-linking-italy-tunisia-and-libya/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/tunis-air-to-resume-flights-to-libya-in-coming-weeks-new-sea-lines-to-be-launched-soon-linking-italy-tunisia-and-libya/ ‎During the plenary session of the Tunisian parliament held yesterday to answer questions from MPs, Tunisia’s Minister of Transport, Rachid Amri,...Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:41:21 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/syrias-fly-cham-to-start-direct-flights-to-tripoli-from-25-april/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/syrias-fly-cham-to-start-direct-flights-to-tripoli-from-25-april/The Emirati-Syrian private airliner, Fly Cham, announced last Monday (13 April) that it will commence a new route through direct flights between the S...Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:03:41 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/benina-airport-receives-dubai-civil-aviation-authority-and-flydubai-in-preparation-of-resumption-of-direct-flights/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/benina-airport-receives-dubai-civil-aviation-authority-and-flydubai-in-preparation-of-resumption-of-direct-flights/A delegation from the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Flydubai was received by Saleh Jibril Al-Amrouni, Director General of Benghazi’s Benina Inter...Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:58:10 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/medsky-ceo-foretells-the-resumption-of-direct-tripoli-london-flights-as-an-imperative-on-several-levels/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/medsky-ceo-foretells-the-resumption-of-direct-tripoli-london-flights-as-an-imperative-on-several-levels/Following the announcement by Libya’s privately-owned MedSky airlines of the resumption of direct flights to and from Madrid from 21 April and the lis...Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:11:53 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-and-algeria-agree-resumption-of-flights/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-and-algeria-agree-resumption-of-flights/Libya’s Ministry of Transport reports that an air transport agreement between Algeria and Libya was agreed during a signing ceremony yesterday at the...Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:02:16 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/austrias-desert-greener-explores-localisation-of-its-advanced-water-desalination-technology-with-municipality-of-tripoli-centre/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/austrias-desert-greener-explores-localisation-of-its-advanced-water-desalination-technology-with-municipality-of-tripoli-centre/The Municipality of Tripoli Centre (MTC) reported yesterday that its mayor held a meeting with Austrian company Desert Greener to discuss implementing...Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:46:10 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/italian-embassy-in-libya-ita-and-the-libyan-board-of-architecture-announce-competition-for-students-in-architecture-and-urban-design/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/italian-embassy-in-libya-ita-and-the-libyan-board-of-architecture-announce-competition-for-students-in-architecture-and-urban-design/The Italian Trade Agency (ITA), in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Libya and the Libyan Board of Architecture (LBA), announced this week a...Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:27:46 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/sebhas-new-palm-city-residential-project-106-residential-buildings-with-3000-housing-units/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/sebhas-new-palm-city-residential-project-106-residential-buildings-with-3000-housing-units/The Hafter-controlled National Development Agency (NDA) announced yesterday the start of construction work on the “Palm City” (New Sabha) project, whi...Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:32:25 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/savings-and-real-estate-bank-discusses-with-chinese-company-ways-of-cooperation-in-implementation-of-development-projects/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/savings-and-real-estate-bank-discusses-with-chinese-company-ways-of-cooperation-in-implementation-of-development-projects/‎The Minister of Housing and Reconstruction, Essam Al-Tamouni, discussed yesterday, with the Chairman of the Savings and Real Estate Investment Bank a...Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:45:30 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/new-china-qingdao-port-to-libya-route-avoiding-hormuz-straight-to-reduce-shipping-time-by-up-to-ten-days-julyana-free-port/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/new-china-qingdao-port-to-libya-route-avoiding-hormuz-straight-to-reduce-shipping-time-by-up-to-ten-days-julyana-free-port/China has announced the launch of a new maritime shipping route from Qingdao Port, connecting it to Egypt and Libya via Port Said, then Benghazi and M...Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:57:26 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/dusseldorf-airport-lists-in-its-schedule-two-direct-medsky-flights-to-and-from-libya-from-17-may/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/dusseldorf-airport-lists-in-its-schedule-two-direct-medsky-flights-to-and-from-libya-from-17-may/According to the flight schedule of Düsseldorf International Airport, seen by Libya Herald today, direct flights to and from Libya will commence this...Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:57:26 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/national-housing-and-real-estate-development-programme-opens-registration-for-construction-companies-to-implement-new-and-stalled-projects/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/national-housing-and-real-estate-development-programme-opens-registration-for-construction-companies-to-implement-new-and-stalled-projects/The Tripoli based Libyan government announced yesterday that its National Housing and Real Estate Development Programme (NHRDP) has announced the open...Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:56:57 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-and-turkey-discuss-increasing-air-transport-including-flights-to-sebha/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/libya-and-turkey-discuss-increasing-air-transport-including-flights-to-sebha/The Minister of Transport, and Financial Advisor to the Prime Minister, Mohamed Al-Shahoubi, met in Tripoli last Wednesday (1 April) with the Turkish...Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/lidco-discusses-with-turkey-mechanisms-to-reactivate-stalled-projects-and-new-projects/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/lidco-discusses-with-turkey-mechanisms-to-reactivate-stalled-projects-and-new-projects/The General Manager of the state Libyan Investment and Development Company (LIDCO), Tariq Al-Shaafi, received, last Wednesday (1 April), the Commercia...Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:30:00 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/mitiga-airport-completes-preparations-to-receive-air-cairo-flights/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/mitiga-airport-completes-preparations-to-receive-air-cairo-flights/Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport Administration announced last Thursday (2 April) that it had welcomed a high-level delegation from Air Cairo on...Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:01:00 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/italian-companies-to-start-work-on-the-160-kms-aziziya-ras-ajdir-road-part-of-emsaad-ras-ajdir-motorway-being-built-by-italy/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/italian-companies-to-start-work-on-the-160-kms-aziziya-ras-ajdir-road-part-of-emsaad-ras-ajdir-motorway-being-built-by-italy/The Emsaad-Ras Ajdir Road Implementation and Management Authority (ERMA) announced yesterday the commencement of work on sub-section (4.3) of the road...Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:30:00 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/burj-al-baher-project-to-restart-implementation-llidf-acquires-intercontinental-al-ghazala-hotel-project-in-partnership-with-owners/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/burj-al-baher-project-to-restart-implementation-llidf-acquires-intercontinental-al-ghazala-hotel-project-in-partnership-with-owners/The Burj Al Baher project, located on the coast in the Mitiga area of Tripoli, is to restart implementation soon. The news came out of a meeting held...Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:01:00 GMThttps://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/medsky-to-start-its-tripoli-madrid-flights-on-21-april/https://staging2.libyaherald.com/2026/04/medsky-to-start-its-tripoli-madrid-flights-on-21-april/In a short announcement on its social media page, Medsky announced yesterday that it is to launch its long-heralded direct Tripoli-Madrid-Tripoli flig...Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:01:00 GMT