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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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84,000 boxes of cooking oil seized as part of anti-monopoly and price-fixing campaign
Feb 7 Sami Zaptia

84,000 boxes of cooking oil seized as part of anti-monopoly and price-fixing campaign

The Tripoli based Libyan government reported last Thursday (5 February) that a warehouse in the Injila area, south of Tripoli, was raided and approxim...

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CBL Governor urges executive authorities to take measures to close unlicensed foreign exchange bureaux, prohibit imports outside the banking system
Dec 19 Sami Zaptia

CBL Governor urges executive authorities to take measures to close unlicensed foreign exchange bureaux, prohibit imports outside the banking system

The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Naji Issa, has sent several letters, widely leaked today to Arabic-language Libyan media, to the Tripoli ba...

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Health Ministry discusses with Saudi investor, and others, establishment of a pharmaceutical factory in Libya
Dec 10 Sami Zaptia

Health Ministry discusses with Saudi investor, and others, establishment of a pharmaceutical factory in Libya

The Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Health reported (yesterday / Tuesday 9 December) that the Undersecretary and Acting Minister of Health, Mohammed...

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Tripoli government relents to pressure from small business – suspends decision 42/2025 restricting imports to those paid for by banking transactions
Oct 31 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli government relents to pressure from small business – suspends decision 42/2025 restricting imports to those paid for by banking transactions

Further to recent meetings and demonstrations by small importers in Misrata and Tripoli, and their meeting with Naji Issa, the Governor of the Central...

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Libyans still need visas to travel to China
Aug 27 Sami Zaptia

Libyans still need visas to travel to China

The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Libya confirmed yesterday that the reports circulating on some social media pages regarding the cance...

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Algeria seeks to facilitate the flow of Algerian goods and services to the Libyan market
Jun 9 Sami Zaptia

Algeria seeks to facilitate the flow of Algerian goods and services to the Libyan market

‎Algerian media reported that Foreign Trade and Export Promotion Minister Kamal Rezig chaired a coordination meeting last Wednesday (4 June) with a nu...

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Workshop on ‘‘Regulating the Legal and Banking Framework’’ in Libya issues final recommendations
May 18 Sami Zaptia

Workshop on ‘‘Regulating the Legal and Banking Framework’’ in Libya issues final recommendations

The final recommendations of the workshop on ‘‘Regulating the Legal and Banking Framework with the Participation of the Private Sector and Internation...

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The ‘‘Made in Algeria 3’’ exhibition will be held from 3 to 6 June at the Tripoli International Fairgrounds.
May 1 Sami Zaptia

The ‘‘Made in Algeria 3’’ exhibition will be held from 3 to 6 June at the Tripoli International Fairgrounds.

The ‘‘Made in Algeria 3’’ exhibition will be held from 3 to 6 June at the Tripoli International Fairgrounds.The local organisers report that the event...

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Alternatives to fuel subsidies with cash payments delivered to Aldabaiba
Jun 27 Sami Zaptia

Alternatives to fuel subsidies with cash payments delivered to Aldabaiba

Mohamed Hwej, the Minister of Economy and Trade in the Aldabaiba government, has referred to the government his proposals for alternatives to replace...

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Libya International Forum for SMEs to be held 3-6 October 2021
Apr 2 Sami Zaptia

Libya International Forum for SMEs to be held 3-6 October 2021

By Sami Zaptia.London, 2 April 2021:The National Program for Small and Medium Enterprises discloses the date of the launch of the Libya International...

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