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Safe Bulkers, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2025 Results and Declares Dividend on Common Stock
MONACO, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today its unaudited financial results for the three-month periods ended March...

Diplomats from 53 Nations Unite at U.S. Congress for High-Level Briefing on Diplomacy, Global Security and Cooperation
Global leaders reunite at Annual Congressional Briefing on “Diplomacy and Global Leadership: Strengthening Security and Cooperation in a Changing World." WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a rare and powerful...

Special Delivery: Liberian Couple Turns Back from Dangerous Route to Europe. And Become Parents!
If things had gone differently, Baby Siaka* might have been born in Spain or France. Or Mali. Or Algeria. Or even at sea. All could have been plausible birthplaces for the first child of a young Liberian couple who left home in December 2017 to...

Hoyer, Engel, Bass, House and Senate Democrats Call on President Trump to Allow Liberian Refugees to Remain in the United States
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (NY-16), House Foreign Affairs Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Subcommittee Chairwoman Karen Bass (CA-37), Senate...

IMF Staff Completes 2019 Article IV Mission to Liberia
March 8, 2019 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the...

President Trump says US - Liberia ties "Stronger Now Than Ever" - Accepts Credentials of Ambassador Pattern
Download logo United States President Donald Trump says he is committed to working with the Government of Liberia to advance our common agenda and deepen the strong and abiding friendship between our two countries. The American President statement...

Liberia: IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Approves US$10.2 Million Disbursement
Press Release No. 15/583 December 21, 2015 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fourth review under an Extended Credit Facility (ECF)1 arrangement for Liberia. The completion of the review enables the...

Hungary accredits first ever Ambassador in Liberia
Download logo "Hungary has accredited an Ambassador in Liberia for the first time: the Hungarian Ambassador to Ghana recently presented his credentials to Liberian President George Weah”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó...

Liberia: IMF Executive Board Approves 3-Month Extension of the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement
Press Release No. 15/498 November 5, 2015 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on October 14, 2015—the decision was taken without an Executive Board meeting1—a 3 month-extension of Liberia’s Extended Credit...

Deputy Minister Kenny Morolong: Nation Brand Forum
Hon Maylouisa Noel Hill, Liberia’s Assistant Minister for New Media and National Branding, Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Mr Dada Morero (who will join us later in the programme), President of BUSA and Co-Chair of B20, Mr Mxolisi...

"Liberia: Overcoming Challenges–Past, Present, and Future," Speech by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
By Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Monrovia, Liberia, September 11, 2015 As prepared for delivery Good morning! Minister Konneh – thank you for your gracious introduction. My thanks to all of you for joining me...

Liberia: Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the Conclusion of Visit to Liberia
Press Release No. 15/409 September 11, 2015 Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Monrovia at the conclusion of her visit to Liberia: “My visit to Liberia has...

Liberia: IMF Staff Completes Review Mission to Liberia
Press Release No. 15/493 November 3, 2015 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not...

UN torture prevention body to visit Liberia
Download logo The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is set to carry out its second visit to Liberia from October 29 to November 2 to explore the treatment of people deprived of their liberty and the safeguards in place for...

Infrastructure South Africa hosts the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa 2025, 25 to 27 May
The Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) will host the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa 2025 between 25 and 27 May in Century City, Cape Town. The SIDSSA is a pioneering event aimed at bringing together key stakeholders,...

Liberia update: New information from genetic sequencing
On 29 June 2015, a new case of Ebola virus disease was identified in Liberia 50 days after interruption of active transmission was achieved on 9 May. Since then, a cluster of cases has been identified, all of them from Nedowein in Margibi county....

Liberia: Request for an Extension of the Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility-Staff Report and Press Release
Summary: The proposed three-month extension would enable conclusion of the discussions for the review. In the past months, the authorities and staff have made progress towards completion of the review, but further discussions are needed in some...

Department of State Issues Solicitation for Off-road SUVs for Monrovia Embassy
Monrovia, Liberia , June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Department of State seeks vendors to provide five off-road SUVs for the American embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. This opportunity has no set-asides with the associated NAICS code of 441228....

European Union has launched new phase of technical support to the General Auditing Commission of Liberia
On Wednesday, 3 July 2018, the European Union (EU) and the General Auditing Commission (GAC) of Liberia officially launched a new phase of technical support to the GAC at the Office of the National Authorising Officer (NAO) in the Executive...

UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Bahrain, Algeria, the Gambia, Liberia, Lithuania, and Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The UN Human Rights Committee has published its findings on the civil and political rights record of countries it examined during its latest session: Bahrain, Algeria, the Gambia, Liberia, Lithuania, and Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The...