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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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Breakthrough expected in LD-dollar FX market: Central Bank launches comprehensive cash sales plan and distributes US$ 1 billion to banks
Apr 14 Sami Zaptia

Breakthrough expected in LD-dollar FX market: Central Bank launches comprehensive cash sales plan and distributes US$ 1 billion to banks

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced a comprehensive package of new measures to regulate the foreign exchange market, ahead of an expanded meetin...

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CBL continues briefings to talk up the dinar – vows to inject US$ 1.5 billion and bring dinar down to the LD 6.90 mark
Apr 6 Sami Zaptia

CBL continues briefings to talk up the dinar – vows to inject US$ 1.5 billion and bring dinar down to the LD 6.90 mark

The Libyan dinar gained value at close of business tonight on the black-market foreign exchange to about LD 8.33 per dollar, up from yesterday’s LD 8....

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For the first time in 15 years, Libya receives international approval to import dollars in cash
Jan 30 Sami Zaptia

For the first time in 15 years, Libya receives international approval to import dollars in cash

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced that it has received international approval to import US$ 600 million monthly in cash, for the first time in...

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CBL devalues LD by 14.7% from approximately LD 5.43/dollar to about LD 6.36/dollar
Jan 18 Sami Zaptia

CBL devalues LD by 14.7% from approximately LD 5.43/dollar to about LD 6.36/dollar

The Central Bank of Libya announced today that it has devalued the Libyan dinar by 14.7 percent from approximately LD 5.43 to LD 6.36 per US$. The CB...

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CBL stats until end of September 2025: Libya has LD 8.4 billion surplus but US$ 6 billion deficit
Oct 17 Sami Zaptia

CBL stats until end of September 2025: Libya has LD 8.4 billion surplus but US$ 6 billion deficit

According to the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) latest statistical bulletin published last Wednesday (15 October) on Libya’s revenues and expenditures fo...

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CBL announces that first ‘‘Absolute Speculative’’ Certificates of Deposit will be issued to banks from 12 October
Oct 8 Sami Zaptia

CBL announces that first ‘‘Absolute Speculative’’ Certificates of Deposit will be issued to banks from 12 October

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced today that its planned ‘‘Absolute Speculative (Mudaraba)’’ Certificates of Deposit will be issued to banks f...

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Granting licenses to official foreign exchange bureaux is a step toward eliminating FX black-market: Aldabaiba
Aug 5 Sami Zaptia

Granting licenses to official foreign exchange bureaux is a step toward eliminating FX black-market: Aldabaiba

The granting of licenses to official foreign exchange (FX) bureaux is a good step toward ensuring the existence of legal and safe channels for foreign...

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CBL to bring FX rate of dinar to less than LD 7 per US$: CBL Governor Issa
Aug 4 Sami Zaptia

CBL to bring FX rate of dinar to less than LD 7 per US$: CBL Governor Issa

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) will use all its capabilities to bring the foreign exchange (FX) rate of the Libyan dinar (LD) to below LD 7 per US$....

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CBL grants licenses to 52 new FX bureaux – bringing total to 187
Jul 29 Sami Zaptia

CBL grants licenses to 52 new FX bureaux – bringing total to 187

‎In accordance with the Central Bank of Libya's plan to activate the role of Foreign Exchange Bureaux and FX companies, and in follow-up to the previo...

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CBL devalues Libyan dinar by 13.3 percent to LD 5.56 per dollar
Apr 7 Sami Zaptia

CBL devalues Libyan dinar by 13.3 percent to LD 5.56 per dollar

‎The Central Bank of Libya announced yesterday, by virtue of its Board of Directors Resolution No. (18) of 2025, the devaluation of the Libyan dinar a...

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