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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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Dec 7 Callum Paton

Free higher education for refugees restarts

By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 7 December 2013:Free access to higher education for all refugees in Libya has resumed, the Ministry of Higher Educatio...

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UNHCR says conditions for refugees unimproved
Dec 7 Nigel Ash

UNHCR says conditions for refugees unimproved

By Callum Paton.Tripoli, 7 December 2013:UNHCR has said it has seen no improvement in conditions for refugees who have fled to Libya. It described the...

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Migrants claim Libyan gunfire caused boat tragedy
Oct 14 thomwestcott

Migrants claim Libyan gunfire caused boat tragedy

By Tom Westcott. Up to 50 people are believed to have died after the boat capsized (Photo: UNHCR)Tripoli, 14 October 2013:Survivors of a doomed migran...

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Jul 9 thomwestcott

A birth and three deaths on drifting migrant dinghy

By Tom Westcott and Reem Tombokti.Tripoli, 9 July 2013:A baby has been born on an overcrowded dinghy left drifting off the Libyan coast after its engi...

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Jul 6 thomwestcott

Migrants reportedly shot fleeing Libyan detention centre

Tripoli, 6 July 2013:Three migrants with gunshot wounds rescued off the coast of Malta last week were apparently fired at when fleeing a Libyan detent...

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Refugees from Libya refuse to leave closed Choucha camp
Jun 30 thomwestcott

Refugees from Libya refuse to leave closed Choucha camp

By Houda Mzioudet. The Choucha refugee camp (photo: UNHCR)Tripoli, 30 June 2013:Some 650 refugees have refused to leave the Choucha refugee camp at th...

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New US ambassador socialises with Libyans in Tripoli café
Jun 22 Michel Cousins

New US ambassador socialises with Libyans in Tripoli café

By Houda Mzioudet.US Ambassador Deborah Jones (centre) with others at a Tripoli beachside café Tripoli, 22 June 2013: The new US ambassador to Libya...

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New US ambassador Deborah Jones presents credentials
Jun 20 Sami Zaptia

New US ambassador Deborah Jones presents credentials

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 20 June 2013:Merely hours after setting foot in Tripoli, newly appointed US Ambassador to Tripoli Deborah Jones presented her...

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Jun 20 Michel Cousins

World Refugee Day celebrated in Libya with UNHCR

By Nancy Porsia.Tripoli, 20 June 2013:World Refugee Day is being celebrated for the second time in Libya. This morning hundreds of internal displaced...

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Choucha refugee camp to close at end of June
Jun 10 thomwestcott

Choucha refugee camp to close at end of June

Refugees protest against the closure of the Choucha CampTripoli, 10 June 2013:The Choucha refugee camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border will close as pla...

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