Mar 17 Sami Zaptia

Libyan business sentiment has improved vastly since October, but could be even better with a few more reforms – leading businessman Bey

By Sami Zaptia.The Libyan dinar purchasing power has doubled in five months and could double again if the Serraj government implements more reforms(Ph...

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Libya’s import customs duty adjusted
Feb 10 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s import customs duty adjusted

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 February 2018: The Faiez Serraj-led Presidency Council/Government of National Accord has announced new adjusted import custo...

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Italians hungry for Libyan business "but not at the cost of their lives"
Feb 16 Nigel Ash

Italians hungry for Libyan business "but not at the cost of their lives"

By Alessandra Bocchi.Tunis, 16 February 2017:Libya has always been a natural market for Italy but though Italian businessmen are anxious to return, se...

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International brand stores reopening in Benghazi
Jan 18 Nigel Ash

International brand stores reopening in Benghazi

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 18 January 2017:Local staff have got their jobs back by bringing about the reopening of four internationally-brand...

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Libya's first major shopping mall opens in Tarhouna
Jan 8 Nigel Ash

Libya's first major shopping mall opens in Tarhouna

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 8 January 2017:Tarhouna has opened Libya’s first major mall with more than 300 shops almost all of which, say the management, h...

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Sep 28 Michel Cousins

Former NTC justice minister Allagi seeks asylum in UK

By Libya Herald reporter. Mohamed Allagi when the NTC's Justice Minister (file photo)Tunis, 28 September 2016:Mohamed Allagi, the human rights lawyer...

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Aug 24 Michel Cousins

Husni Bey rebutts suggestions of involvement in Libyan Muslim-Jewish initiative

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 24 August 2016:Leading Libyan businessman Husni Bey has said that a meeting in a Tunis hotel with Rome-based psycholog...

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Mar 10 Sami Zaptia

Over 500 abandoned containers in Tobruk port - part of foreign currency corruption scam

By Sami ZaptiaContainers at Tripoli Port (Photo: Archives - Libya Herald/Tom Westcott)London, 10 March 2016:There are more than 500 abandoned containe...

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Mar 1 Sami Zaptia

‘’Time to swallow bitter pill. No easy solutions left for Libya’s economic crises’’ Husni Bey

 By Sami Zaptia.The CBL has to devalue the LD exchange rate to save the Libyan economy says leading Libyan businessman Husni Bey (Photo: Sami Zaptia)....

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Feb 7 Michel Cousins

Public sector wages bill 31percent over budget in 2015

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 7 February 2016:Salaries paid by the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) in 2015 to state sector employees were a third over w...

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