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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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Several MoU’s signed in Washington DC between Hafter’s Libya Reconstruction and Development Fund and US companies
Apr 30 Sami Zaptia

Several MoU’s signed in Washington DC between Hafter’s Libya Reconstruction and Development Fund and US companies

‎The Libya Reconstruction and Development Fund reported yesterday that it had signed ‘‘many’’ memorandums of understanding with the US-Libya Business...

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USLBA’s ‘‘Libyan American Forum for Development and Reconstruction’’ starts in Washington D.C. from 28 to 29 April
Apr 29 Sami Zaptia

USLBA’s ‘‘Libyan American Forum for Development and Reconstruction’’ starts in Washington D.C. from 28 to 29 April

The U.S.-Libya Business Association’s (USLBA) ‘‘Libyan American Forum for Development and Reconstruction’’ (28 to 29 April) opened in Washington D.C....

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US Tripoli embassy organizes Tunis business meeting with LLIDF and US companies
Mar 30 Sami Zaptia

US Tripoli embassy organizes Tunis business meeting with LLIDF and US companies

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 March 2018: The US embassy Tripoli (currently based in Tunis) organized a business meeting between a number of US companies...

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May 10 Sami Zaptia

Payment, rather than security is seen as barrier to return of foreign companies to Libya

By Sami Zaptia.The Libya Investment Summit, Istanbul, 9-11 May (Photo: Sami Zaptia).Istanbul, 9 May 2017: Speaking on the opening day of the Libya Inv...

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Libya’s Liquidity Crunch and the Dinar’s Demise: Psychological and Macroeconomic Dimensions of the current crisis
Apr 21 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s Liquidity Crunch and the Dinar’s Demise: Psychological and Macroeconomic Dimensions of the current crisis

By Jason Pack.Washington DC, 21 April 2017:Libya faces an ever-worsening currency and liquidity crisis which cannot be surmounted without a stable pol...

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US nominates new ambassador to Libya
Jul 8 Michel Cousins

US nominates new ambassador to Libya

By Libya Herald staff,Tunis, 8 July 2015:The White House has confirmed the news, widely rumoured for several months, that its current ambassador in Ne...

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USLBA provides input on Audit Bureau Strategic Plan
Jul 19 Newsdesk1

USLBA provides input on Audit Bureau Strategic Plan

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 19 July 2014:In response to the Libyan Audit Bureau’s request for comments on its five-year Strategic plan, US-Libya Bu...

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May 16 Sami Zaptia

USLBA welcomes EBRD decision to admit Libya as member

Tripoli, 16 May 2014:The U.S.-Libya Business Association (USLBA) yesterday welcomed the news that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development...

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US-Libyan Trade and Investment Council agreed
Dec 18 Michel Cousins

US-Libyan Trade and Investment Council agreed

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 18 December 2013:Libya and the US are to set up a trade and investment council to regulate commercial issues between the two...

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Nov 19 Nigel Ash

Libya and the Gettysburg address

Dear Editor, As the people of Libya mourn the tragic deaths last week of peaceful protestors, and the nation continues to grapple with the un...

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