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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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Libya’s Laico Tunis hotel reopens after delayed refurbishment
Apr 25 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s Laico Tunis hotel reopens after delayed refurbishment

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 April 2018: The Libyan owned hotel, Laico Tunis, opened on Monday after years of refurbishment. The hotel was initially open...

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Saif Qaddafi alleged supporters announce his candidacy for 2018 elections at Tunis press conference
Mar 19 Sami Zaptia

Saif Qaddafi alleged supporters announce his candidacy for 2018 elections at Tunis press conference

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 March 2018: Supporters of Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi, son of deposed dictator Muamar Qaddafi, launched their campaign for Saif Al...

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Annual Libyan Banking Sector Development Forum to be held in Tunis
Nov 21 Sami Zaptia

Annual Libyan Banking Sector Development Forum to be held in Tunis

By Sami Zaptia.London, 21 November 2017:The Annual Libyan Banking Sector Development Forum will take place in Tunis next week, organizers told Libya H...

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HoR increases retirement age to 70
Nov 9 Michel Cousins

HoR increases retirement age to 70

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 9 November 2017:The House of Representatives has increased the retirement age from 65 to 70. It did so in a vote yeste...

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Aug 24 Michel Cousins

Aref Nayed launches new movement for change in Libya

By Libya Herald reporter. Aref Nayed (File photo)Tunis, 24 August 2017:Prominent Libyan political figure and former ambassador to the UAE Aref Nayed h...

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Abducted Arab Youth Union secretary-general freed in Tripoli
Aug 6 Michel Cousins

Abducted Arab Youth Union secretary-general freed in Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 7 August 2017:Mustafa Gadara, the secretary-general of the Arab Youth Union who was kidnapped from a downtown hotel...

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head of Arab Youth Union seized in Tripoli
Aug 2 Michel Cousins

head of Arab Youth Union seized in Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 2 August 2017:The secretary general of the Arab Youth Union, Mustafa Gadara, was abducted in Tripoli today. The first...

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Oil crews battle fire near major producing field
Jul 3 Nigel Ash

Oil crews battle fire near major producing field

By Olfa Andolsi.Tunis, 3 July 2017:A fire in a Marada palm grove today briefly threatened production from the Raguba oil field.The blaze, which was bl...

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Jun 24 Nigel Ash

UNSMIL's Kobler says he believes peace will come soon

By Libya Herald reporters. Martin Kobler's Eid message was notably upbeat (File photo)Tunis, 24 June 2017:Departing UNSMIL chief Martin Kobler has sai...

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Jun 22 Michel Cousins

Thirty-three percent difference in Eid Zakat payment between east and west

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 22 June 2017:The House of Representatives’ Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Committee has announced that the amount for the Z...

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