Large quantities of smuggled Egyptian onions unfit for consumption seized and destroyed
Mar 8 Sami Zaptia

Large quantities of smuggled Egyptian onions unfit for consumption seized and destroyed

The official authorities in Tripoli, represented by the Municipal Guard and Environmental Sanitation Tripoli and Abu Salim, and the Internal Security...

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Over 100 random tests found no potassium bromide in bakeries: Economy Minister Hwej
Aug 17 Sami Zaptia

Over 100 random tests found no potassium bromide in bakeries: Economy Minister Hwej

Over 100 tests taken randomly from bakeries across Libya found no evidence of the presence of the carcinogenic additive potassium bromate in bakeries,...

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Economy Minister follows up on fuel distribution and counter-smuggling efforts including GPS tracking
Aug 11 Sami Zaptia

Economy Minister follows up on fuel distribution and counter-smuggling efforts including GPS tracking

At a meeting at the ministry’s Tripoli headquarters yesterday, the Ministry of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Hwej, followed up on the fuel distribution m...

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Ministry of Economy and Trade bans all retail and wholesale commercial activity by non-Libyans
May 24 Sami Zaptia

Ministry of Economy and Trade bans all retail and wholesale commercial activity by non-Libyans

The Minister of Economy and Trade issued Resolution No. 508 of 2022 yesterday which prohibits the practice of all retail or wholesale commercial activ...

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Jan 20 Sami Zaptia

Attorney General detains head of Social Solidarity Fund and former head of Municipal Guard

By Sami Zaptia.The Attorney General / Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating how Libyans were allowed home from Istanbul without Coronavirus test...

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In an effort to bring prices down, Libya exempts food imports from all duties
Nov 11 Sami Zaptia

In an effort to bring prices down, Libya exempts food imports from all duties

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 11 November 2021: In an effort to counter price rises, the Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba-led Libyan government passed a decree (537/21...

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Unlicensed Tripoli ‘‘McDonald’s’’ closed for health and safety infringements
May 25 Sami Zaptia

Unlicensed Tripoli ‘‘McDonald’s’’ closed for health and safety infringements

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 May 2021:The Libyan Food and Drug Control Centre reported yesterday that an unlicensed ''McDonald’s'' restaurant in the Hay...

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Jan 17 Sami Zaptia

Most Tripoli bakeries close due to new exchange rate raising flour prices

By Sami Zaptia.Most Tripoli bakeries closed Saturday and Sunday citing flour price increases (Photo: Archives).London, 17 January 2021: Most bakeries...

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Women’s Municipal Guard unit set up in Benghazi
Apr 19 Michel Cousins

Women’s Municipal Guard unit set up in Benghazi

By Aymen Muftah.Benghazi, 19 April 2017:For the first time in Benghazi, the local municipal guard has set up an all-female unit. Based in Majouri dist...

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Two cars blown up in Derna, both drivers injured
Nov 11 thomwestcott

Two cars blown up in Derna, both drivers injured

Tripoli, 11 November 2013:In two separate attacks, explosive devices placed under the cars of former Derna security personnel have been detonated, lea...

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