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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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LISCO exports rebar to Lebanon and HBI to Portugal
Feb 3 Sami Zaptia

LISCO exports rebar to Lebanon and HBI to Portugal

The Libyan Iron and Steel Company reported yesterday that it is continuing to export its products to international markets.It reports that it has begu...

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Libya top importer of Egyptian marble and granite and third importer of Egyptian cement
Sep 7 Sami Zaptia

Libya top importer of Egyptian marble and granite and third importer of Egyptian cement

A report by Egypt’s Export Council for Building Materials, Refractories and Metal Industries, reported by Egyptian online publication Maal (Money), st...

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10,000 Tramadol tablets per day factory intercepted at Tripoli port with tip from foreign intelligence – Syrian owner arrested
Sep 9 Sami Zaptia

10,000 Tramadol tablets per day factory intercepted at Tripoli port with tip from foreign intelligence – Syrian owner arrested

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 September 2021:Libya’s Anti-Narcotics General Authority (ANGA) revealed today that it had intercepted and seized a Tramadol h...

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LISCO exports steel shipment to Lebanon
Aug 1 Sami Zaptia

LISCO exports steel shipment to Lebanon

By Sami Zaptia.London, 1 August 2019:Libya's Misrata-based state-owned Iron and Steel Company (LISCO) announced yesterday that it has exported 5,000 t...

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Libya makes further steel exports to Algeria
Jul 5 Sami Zaptia

Libya makes further steel exports to Algeria

By Sami Zaptia.London, 5 July 2019:Libya's state-owned Libya Iron and Steel Company (LISCO) announced further exports last week.The Misrata based LISC...

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Oct 8 Sami Zaptia

Libya's militia problem worse than Lebanon: UNSMIL's Salame

By Sami Zaptia.UNSMIL head Ghassan Salame said that Libya's militia problem is worse than the militia problems of Lebanon because of state funding (Ph...

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Feb 15 Sami Zaptia

Libya has cheapest residential Wimax broadband in region: report

By Sami Zaptia.Libya's residential broadband Wmax is the cheapest in the region a report says (Photo: Libya Herald/Tom Westcott)London, 15 February 20...

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Sep 3 Nigel Ash

Clarification: the Haddad 1 freighter arms-smuggling arrest

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 3 September 2015:In our report yesterday on the arrest off Crete of the Bolivian-registered freighter Haddad 1,  suspecte...

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Last film-showing of season tomorrow night in Tripoli: Where do we go now?
Jul 5 thomwestcott

Last film-showing of season tomorrow night in Tripoli: Where do we go now?

Tripoli, 5 July 2013:An award-winning Lebanese film about a group of women who try to ease religious tensions between their Christian and Muslim menfo...

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Film showing tonight: Kite
May 25 thomwestcott

Film showing tonight: Kite

Tripoli, 25 May 2013:An award-winning Lebanese film about a young girl’s experience of love, secrecy and an arranged marriage, will be shown at Tripol...

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