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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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Oct 8 Sami Zaptia

Failure to raise US debt ceiling could damage global economy - Christine Lagarde

By Sami Zaptia.Washington DC, 8 October 2013:With the US government shutdown and political deadlock at the US Congress threatening a global economic f...

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Sep 30 Sami Zaptia

IMF raises the ‘’red flag’’ on Libyan economy – GNC member

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 30 September 2013:Leading GNC member and member of its influential Security Committee, Abdulmonen Alyaser, pulled no punches d...

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Sep 30 Sami Zaptia

US embassy reception attracts quality turnout

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 30 September 2013:There was a quality turnout to the reception hosted by the US embassy at its compound yesterday evening in T...

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Jun 18 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Libya’s credit crunch

By Fayruz Abdulhadi.London, 18 June 2013:It takes sifting through very little economic data on Libya to realize that the country’s most underutilized...

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Libya: the new Norway on the Mediterranean – Ralph Chami, IMF
Jun 4 Sami Zaptia

Libya: the new Norway on the Mediterranean – Ralph Chami, IMF

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 4 June 2013:On 31 May the IMF released the full report of its Article IV consultation with Libya. Consultations under Article...

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Cabinet meeting forms committee on subsidies - Zeidan
May 30 Sami Zaptia

Cabinet meeting forms committee on subsidies - Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 29 May 2013:At yesterday’s press conference Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that his cabinet had formed a committee to discuss...

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May 19 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: My 2 Cents - A Vision for a new Libya

By Hafed Al-Ghwell and Daniel Heath.Washington DC, 19 May 2013:In Northern Ireland there is a city with two names.  For nationalists, those who wish t...

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Apr 20 Nigel Ash

World Bank President: Middle East challenges are extremely complicated

 By Sami Zaptia.Washington DC, USA April 20, 2013: World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim has told the IMF-World Bank meeting this week in Washington t...

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Libya’s massive rebuilding efforts to sustain double-digit growth in 2013: Barasi
Apr 20 Michel Cousins

Libya’s massive rebuilding efforts to sustain double-digit growth in 2013: Barasi

Tripoli, 20 April 2013:Libya’s massive rebuilding efforts, driven by large-scale investments on new projects, would ensure double-digit growth in 2013...

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Apr 17 Michel Cousins

The IMF and the vexing issue of reforming subsidies: ramifications for Libya.

By Sami Zaptia.Washington DC, 17 April 2013:The IMF report based on a 22 country-case study of energy subsidy reform concludes that though aimed at pr...

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