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Libya, Tunisia
Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

The Italian interior ministry will channel EU funds into the rehabilitation of a Libyan coast guard vessel it pledged to renovate in 2017. The boat is to be in shipshape and the crew trained within a year. [...]

Published on 29/06/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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European commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, was not able to say where the EU-funded Libyan maritime rescue coordination centre is located. The centre, financed by the European Union to help boats in trouble in the Mediterranean, should have been operational by 2020.

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Rome to renovate third and last Libyan patrol boat in dry dock in Bizerte

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