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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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IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2026 Article IV Consultation Mission to Libya
Apr 11 Sami Zaptia

IMF Staff Concluding Statement of the 2026 Article IV Consultation Mission to Libya

The IMF released yesterday the ‘‘Libya: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2026 Article IV Consultation Mission’’ conducted with Libyan authorities fro...

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Military Intelligence Chiefs Conference for the Sahel and Mediterranean countries 2026 held in Tripoli
Apr 6 Sami Zaptia

Military Intelligence Chiefs Conference for the Sahel and Mediterranean countries 2026 held in Tripoli

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, and Minister of Defence, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba, attended the opening of the 2026 Military Intelligence Chiefs Con...

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Op-Ed: Boulos entrenches Libya’s "flawed reality" and absence of a European role opens door to paths that deepen crisis
Mar 10 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Boulos entrenches Libya’s "flawed reality" and absence of a European role opens door to paths that deepen crisis

Speaking to Libya Herald on the current impasse in Libya's political roadmap, Rabie Shreir, a former member of the UN-organised Libyan Political Dialo...

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Qatari, Italian and Swiss US$ 2.7 billion investment in Misrata Free Zone to increase its capacity to 4 million containers annually
Jan 18 Sami Zaptia

Qatari, Italian and Swiss US$ 2.7 billion investment in Misrata Free Zone to increase its capacity to 4 million containers annually

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba, announced today the launch one of the largest maritime infrastructure projects in Libya's...

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Sirte Free Zone offers 70% reduction in duties for all goods through its port for two years
Nov 23 Sami Zaptia

Sirte Free Zone offers 70% reduction in duties for all goods through its port for two years

The internationally unrecognised Libyan Government based in Benghazi announced last Friday (21 November) Cabinet issued Resolution No. (28) of 2025, s...

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Japan’s ONE launches its first shipping operations to Libya through Misrata Free Zone
Jul 21 Sami Zaptia

Japan’s ONE launches its first shipping operations to Libya through Misrata Free Zone

‎Misrata Free Zone (MFZ) announced yesterday that Japan’s Ocean Network Express (ONE), one of the world's largest shipping companies, has launched its...

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JOLLY ARGENTO’s first docking at a Libyan port is a vote of confidence in Misrata Free Zone
Oct 12 Sami Zaptia

JOLLY ARGENTO’s first docking at a Libyan port is a vote of confidence in Misrata Free Zone

The Director of the Media Office of the Misrata Free Zone (MFZ), Aladdin Baba, confirmed in an exclusive interview with Libya Herald that the ship JOL...

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Serraj government creaking under pressure: with electricity blackouts, water cuts, youth fleeing to Europe and demonstrating, and municipalities calling for immediate action
Aug 22 Sami Zaptia

Serraj government creaking under pressure: with electricity blackouts, water cuts, youth fleeing to Europe and demonstrating, and municipalities calling for immediate action

By Sami Zaptia.London, 22 August 2020:The internationally recognized Libyan government of Faiez Serraj, based in the capital Tripoli, is creaking unde...

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Aug 16 Michel Cousins

Spanish NGO ship detained by Libyan coastguard

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 16 August 2017:A ship belonging to Spanish migrant rescue organisation Proactiva Open Arms was arrested by the Libyan...

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Nearly 11,000 migrants repatriated from Libya and 3,165 Mediterranean fatalities: IOM
Aug 27 Sami Zaptia

Nearly 11,000 migrants repatriated from Libya and 3,165 Mediterranean fatalities: IOM

By Sami Zaptia.London, 27 August 2016:Nearly 11,000 migrants were repatriated from Libya and there were 3,165 migrant fatalities recorded in the Medit...

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