‘Mini-Meeting’ discusses first two steps of Libya's UN Roadmap in its first meeting in Rome
Apr 30 Sami Zaptia

‘Mini-Meeting’ discusses first two steps of Libya's UN Roadmap in its first meeting in Rome

The so-called ‘Mini Meeting’ to discuss the first two steps of the UN Roadmap held its first meeting yesterday in Rome under the auspices of the...

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Tripoli Prime Minister Aldabaiba welcomes the signing of the Unified Public Spending Agreement
Apr 13 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Prime Minister Aldabaiba welcomes the signing of the Unified Public Spending Agreement

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba welcomed last Saturday (11 April) the signing of the US-brokered Unified Public Spending Agr...

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Libya's Western and Eastern administrations agree a unified budget
Apr 11 Sami Zaptia

Libya's Western and Eastern administrations agree a unified budget

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced this morning, 11 April, that it welcomes the signing of Annex No. 1 to the Unified Development Agreement. I...

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Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis reopens Greek Consulate in Benghazi
Mar 31 Sami Zaptia

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis reopens Greek Consulate in Benghazi

The Greek Consulate in Benghazi was reopened last Sunday (29 March), in the presence of the Chairman of the House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs...

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CBL to abolish tax on foreign exchange sales and tax on foreign exchange personal allowance to a rate of 6.37 dinars to the dollar
Mar 15 Sami Zaptia

CBL to abolish tax on foreign exchange sales and tax on foreign exchange personal allowance to a rate of 6.37 dinars to the dollar

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) briefed Libyan media yesterday of its intention to implement the decision of the Speaker of the House of Representativ...

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Aldabaiba receives support from Presidency Council and High State Council for new ministerial appointments
Mar 12 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba receives support from Presidency Council and High State Council for new ministerial appointments

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, has succeeded in obtaining the political backing from the Presidency Council and the High...

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HoR unofficial meeting proposes a new reform Roadmap to elect new leadership and amend internal regulations
Mar 11 Sami Zaptia

HoR unofficial meeting proposes a new reform Roadmap to elect new leadership and amend internal regulations

About 40 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) held an unofficial meeting at the HoR’s Benghazi headquarters yesterday after which they declar...

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Second Deputy HoR Speaker Duma denies having chaired an HoR session during which the new tax law was passed
Mar 5 Sami Zaptia

Second Deputy HoR Speaker Duma denies having chaired an HoR session during which the new tax law was passed

The Second Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Misbah Duma, has refuted the statement by the Speaker of the HoR, Ageela Saleh, that...

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Saleh refutes responsibility for passing new import tax – blames his Deputy Doma
Mar 4 Sami Zaptia

Saleh refutes responsibility for passing new import tax – blames his Deputy Doma

Libya's parliamentary leaders are queuing up to distance themselves from the newly introduced and extremely unpopular import tax. The Speaker of Liby...

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HoR members call for amendment of the HoR’s internal regulations – to check Ageela Saleh’s unilateral decision-making powers
Mar 3 Sami Zaptia

HoR members call for amendment of the HoR’s internal regulations – to check Ageela Saleh’s unilateral decision-making powers

In a video statement published late last night / early this morning from its Benghazi headquarters, around 50 Members of Libya’s Parliament (House of...

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