UN envoy says violence still looms large over Libya

UN Special Envpy for Libya Ghassan Salame said Wednesday that the threat of violence remained in Libya. He was speaking in a videoconference during a Security Council meeting. Salame underscored that armed factions were making shows of strength recently in Tripoli, along the country’s border with Tunisia and in Derna, and that they fight in residential areas with no concern for the civilians living therein. Salame noted that he was in Tunisia because violence near the Tripoli airport had prevented him from reaching the Libya city and that the arms…

Spanish hotels fear Brits will choose cheap breaks in Tunisia this summer

SPAIN’S holiday hot spots have been warned they need to find ways to prevent British tourists from being tempted away by cheap holidays to places such as Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia this summer. Hotel bosses say they have “no hope” of competing on price as all inclusive one-week holidays at five-star hotels in Turkey can cost as little as €400. They claim that Spain can’t rely on holidaymakers who have been avoiding Arab countries over safety fears any more. Dubbed as “the borrowed tourists” they have been travelling in Spain,…