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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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Libya needs over one million housing units over next 10 years costing over 200 billion dinars
Nov 29 Sami Zaptia

Libya needs over one million housing units over next 10 years costing over 200 billion dinars

The Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Housing and Construction, Abubakr Awidat, stated that the total number of housing contracts concluded from 2008 u...

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NOC chairman participates in expanded meeting on new fuel import mechanism through tender
Nov 27 Sami Zaptia

NOC chairman participates in expanded meeting on new fuel import mechanism through tender

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported today that its Chairman, Masoud Suleiman, participated in an expanded meeting that included the Attorney G...

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Misrata Free Zone Customs seizes ten containers from Turkey full of table salt instead of coffee beans as part of a hard currency smuggling operation
Nov 26 Sami Zaptia

Misrata Free Zone Customs seizes ten containers from Turkey full of table salt instead of coffee beans as part of a hard currency smuggling operation

The Official Spokesperson of Libya’s Customs Authority, Colonel Fahmi Al-Magouri, announced yesterday that officers at its Misrata Free Zone Customs C...

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PM Aldabaiba follows up on his 150,000 unit housing initiative
Nov 26 Sami Zaptia

PM Aldabaiba follows up on his 150,000 unit housing initiative

‎Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba on followed up in a meeting at his Tripoli office yesterday on the efforts of the Central B...

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Third edition of Banking and Business Technology Forum kicked off in Misrata under patronage of Central Bank of Libya
Nov 23 Sami Zaptia

Third edition of Banking and Business Technology Forum kicked off in Misrata under patronage of Central Bank of Libya

The third edition of the Banking and Business Technology Forum kicked off in Misrata last Saturday (22 to 24 November) under the patronage of the Cent...

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CBL welcomes signing of Unified Development Agreement between HoR & High State Council: important step towards strengthening financial stability and unifying development efforts
Nov 18 Sami Zaptia

CBL welcomes signing of Unified Development Agreement between HoR & High State Council: important step towards strengthening financial stability and unifying development efforts

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) today welcomed the signing of the Unified Development Programme Agreement between the House of Representatives and the...

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Tripoli PM Aldabaiba reviews his 150,000-unit house-building initiative
Nov 17 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli PM Aldabaiba reviews his 150,000-unit house-building initiative

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, met with Faisal Bin Dardaf, Director of the National Housing and Urban Development Program...

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Rethinking the Central Bank’s Policy: Why Weekly Dollar Auctions Are the Key to Defeating Speculators - Husni Bey
Nov 13 Sami Zaptia

Rethinking the Central Bank’s Policy: Why Weekly Dollar Auctions Are the Key to Defeating Speculators - Husni Bey

Leading Libyan businessman and regular economic commentator and critic, Husni Bey, had criticized since 1982 the Central Bank of Libya’s (CBL) past an...

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e-payment use rises sharply to October 2025 - part of CBL effort to lure Libyans away from cash use
Nov 13 Sami Zaptia

e-payment use rises sharply to October 2025 - part of CBL effort to lure Libyans away from cash use

According to the latest CBL monthly statistical bulleting covering 1 January to 31 October 2025, the number of Point of Sale (PoS) machines reached 14...

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Latest CBL figures show LD 8.3 billion surplus - but dollar spending deficit reaches US$ 6.7 billion
Nov 12 Sami Zaptia

Latest CBL figures show LD 8.3 billion surplus - but dollar spending deficit reaches US$ 6.7 billion

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) published its monthly revenue and expenditure statement yesterday for the period January to October 2025. Libyan dina...

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