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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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Jun 30 Nigel Ash

Amnesty International damns Libyan people-traffickers

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 1 July 2016:Amnesty International is demanding the international community take serious measures to improve the lot o...

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Maltese-based MOAS saves 2000 people in two weeks off Libyan coast
Jun 22 Sami Zaptia

Maltese-based MOAS saves 2000 people in two weeks off Libyan coast

By Sami Zaptia.London, 22 June 2016:Since the Maltese-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) launched its 2016 Mediterranean mission on June 6th, o...

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Jun 14 Michel Cousins

UNHCR demands "thorough and impartial investigation" into Qaddafi soldiers' slayings

By Hadi Fornaji.Tunis, 14 June 2016:The UN human rights organisation UNHCR has called on the Government of National Accord in Tripoli to carry out an...

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Majority of nearly 3,000 Mediterranean 2016 migrant deaths departed from Libya: IOM
Jun 7 Sami Zaptia

Majority of nearly 3,000 Mediterranean 2016 migrant deaths departed from Libya: IOM

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 June 2016:The latest IOM report reveals that Libya is still the main Mediterranean departure point for migrants and says ther...

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Illegal migration crises through Libya set to rise with weak central authorities
May 30 Sami Zaptia

Illegal migration crises through Libya set to rise with weak central authorities

By Sami Zaptia.MOAS rescue points in 2015 (Source MOAS).Malta, 30 May 2016:Illegal migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from the Libyan coast are e...

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May 25 Michel Cousins

Zawia Red Crescent suspends migrant rescue operations as UN runs workshop on saving lives; Italian navy saves 5,000 in two days

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli 25 May 2016:The Red Crescent office in Zawia, west of Tripoli, says that it is freezing all activities relating to illegal...

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Feb 14 Nigel Ash

Italy gives $1.5 million for UNHCR’s Libyan refugee work

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 14 February 2016:Italy has responded to the call by the refugee agency, the UNHCR,  for emergency humanitarian aid...

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Jan 13 Michel Cousins

Italian foreign ministry allocates €1.4 million for urgent Libyan humanitarian aid

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 13 January 2016:The Italian Foreign Ministry is to provide €1.4 million in an emergency aid package to support interna...

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Aug 4 Michel Cousins

UNHCR and IOM work to reduce Mediterranean migrant disasters from Libya

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 4 August 2015:The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migrati...

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Apr 22 Newsdesk2

Tripoli authorities offer cooperation with EU to curb migrant boat crossings

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 22 April 2015:In a bid to build bridges with the EU, the Tripoli-based "National Salvation Government" says it will coo...

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