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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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CBL Governor Issa meets IMF Deputy Managing Director Okamura – IMF offers technical support in strengthening Libyan dinar
Apr 23 Sami Zaptia

CBL Governor Issa meets IMF Deputy Managing Director Okamura – IMF offers technical support in strengthening Libyan dinar

‎The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Naji Issa, and his accompanying delegation, met yesterday with Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director of...

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CBL Governor Issa starts meetings at World Bank-IMF 2025 Spring Annual Meetings in Washington DC
Apr 23 Sami Zaptia

CBL Governor Issa starts meetings at World Bank-IMF 2025 Spring Annual Meetings in Washington DC

‎On the sidelines of his attendance at the 2025 Spring Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank held this week in Washington, D.C., Naji Issa, Go...

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Libya is facing major internal and external economic challenges that cannot and will not be ignored: PM Aldabaiba
Apr 23 Sami Zaptia

Libya is facing major internal and external economic challenges that cannot and will not be ignored: PM Aldabaiba

‎Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, said Libya today is facing major internal and external economic challenges that we cannot...

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Libya's economic outlook uncertain due to: domestic political instability, oil price volatility, intensifying regional conflicts, and deepening geo-economic fragmentation.
Apr 17 Sami Zaptia

Libya's economic outlook uncertain due to: domestic political instability, oil price volatility, intensifying regional conflicts, and deepening geo-economic fragmentation.

In its Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission to Libya released yesterday, the IMF said: The dispute over the leadership of the...

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CBL-IMF preparatory Article IV Consultations ended in Tunis
Dec 8 Sami Zaptia

CBL-IMF preparatory Article IV Consultations ended in Tunis

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) reported last Friday (6 December) that the preparatory meetings being held in Tunis last week for the ‘‘2025 ‘Article...

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UNSMIL welcomes HoR’s appointment of consensual CBL Board of Directors‎
Oct 22 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes HoR’s appointment of consensual CBL Board of Directors‎

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) yesterday welcomed the appointment of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) p...

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LBC holds meeting ahead of the Paris French Libyan Forum of 3 July
Jun 27 Sami Zaptia

LBC holds meeting ahead of the Paris French Libyan Forum of 3 July

The Libyan Business Council (LBC) announced last Tuesday (25 June) that it had held a meeting on the same day at its Tripoli headquarters of several d...

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84 Chinese companies participate in the First China-Libya Economic Forum in ‎Peking
Jun 2 Sami Zaptia

84 Chinese companies participate in the First China-Libya Economic Forum in ‎Peking

‎The ‎Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister inaugurated the first China-Libya Economic Forum in ‎Peking last Friday 31 May, under the slogan "Libya, Chi...

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IMF 2024 Concluding Statement on Libya's Article IV consultations
May 13 Sami Zaptia

IMF 2024 Concluding Statement on Libya's Article IV consultations

In its Concluding Statement on its 2024 Mission on Article IV consultations with released today, the IMF said Libya's short- and medium-term economic...

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Central Bank of Libya holds numerous meetings at IMF/WB Spring Meetings in Washington DC
Apr 18 Sami Zaptia

Central Bank of Libya holds numerous meetings at IMF/WB Spring Meetings in Washington DC

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) held numerous meetings at IMF/WB 2024 Spring Meetings (17 – 19 April) in Washington DC.The Atlantic Council Starting...

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