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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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Hafter announces he is running in Libya’s presidential elections
Nov 16 Sami Zaptia

Hafter announces he is running in Libya’s presidential elections

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 16 November 2021:Khalifa Hafter announced today that he is running in Libya’s presidential elections planned to start on 24 De...

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Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi registers to run in Libya’s presidential elections
Nov 14 Sami Zaptia

Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi registers to run in Libya’s presidential elections

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 14 November 2021:Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced today that Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Qaddafi, son...

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Qaddafi’s former Presidential plane returns to Libya – end of a saga
Jun 21 Sami Zaptia

Qaddafi’s former Presidential plane returns to Libya – end of a saga

By Sami Zaptia.London, 21 June 2021:The former Presidential Airbus A340 plane that had been stranded in France since 2014 has finally arrived in Libya...

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Jun 7 Sami Zaptia

Qaddafi’s former plane leaves France for final maintenance in Turkey - before returning to Libya

By Sami Zaptia.The Airbus 340 at Orly Airport, Paris France awaiting its fate (with acknowledgement to Michel Carron http://michel-charron.pagesperso-...

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May 7 Sami Zaptia

New head of intelligence appointed

By Sami Zaptia. London, 7 May 2021:  The Presidency Council announced the appointment (Decree 17/2021) yesterday of a new head of Libyan Intelligence....

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Mar 24 Sami Zaptia

UK unable to use Libyan frozen assets to compensate IRA victims of weapons and Semtex supplied by Qaddafi regime

By Sami Zaptia.The British government has ruled out using UN-frozen assets held in the UK to pay compensation to IRA victims of weapons and Semtex sup...

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Book review: From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea. By Adel Dajani
Mar 12 Michel Cousins

Book review: From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea. By Adel Dajani

By Michel Cousins.  Tunis, 11 March 2011:Back in 2011, during the Libyan revolution that saw the Qaddafi regime swept into the history books, pos...

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Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 3/3
Feb 17 Sami Zaptia

Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 3/3

By Sami Zaptia.The 17 February 2011 Revolution graffiti and murals used unifying themes such as this famous quote attributed to anti colonial fighter...

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Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 2/3
Feb 16 Sami Zaptia

Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 2/3

By Sami Zaptia.With the advent of the 17 February 2011 Revolution and the overthrow of the Qaddafi regime, Libyans at the time considered themselves t...

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Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 1/3
Feb 15 Sami Zaptia

Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 1/3

By Sami Zaptia.London, 15 February 2021:The graffiti and murals on the public walls of Tripoli during the revolution of 17 February 2011 captured the...

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