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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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Audit Bureau bans 23 Libyan and foreign companies, freezes smuggled money accounts
Jan 19 Sami Zaptia

Audit Bureau bans 23 Libyan and foreign companies, freezes smuggled money accounts

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 January 2017: The Tripoli-based Libyan Audit Bureau has today announced that it has banned a total of 23 Libyan and foreign...

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Aug 4 Sami Zaptia

Audit Bureau allows Commerce and Development bank cheque clearance below LD 10 k

By Sami Zaptia.The Audit Bureau has lifted its suspension on Commerce and Development bank cheque clearance under LD 10 K while investigating possible...

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Mar 18 Sami Zaptia

AB suspends four NCB employees for corruption - refers them to Public Prosecutor

By Sami Zaptia.The Tripoli-based Audit Bureau suspends four NCB employees for corruption.London, 18 March 2016:The Audit Bureau announced Thursday tha...

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Dec 2 Sami Zaptia

CBL imposes new foreign currency transfer rules

By Libya Herald reporter.The CBL has imposed new rules on local banks for the personal transfers of foreign currency.Tunis, 02 December 2015:The Centr...

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Workshop in Tripoli on establishment of investment and export guarantee fund
Sep 2 Sami Zaptia

Workshop in Tripoli on establishment of investment and export guarantee fund

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 2 September 2015:A workshop was held today at the Tripoli Chamber of Commerce on the establishment of an investment...

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Aug 27 Nigel Ash

CBL launches crackdown on FX credit card fraud

By Saber Ayyub.  The CBL wants to crack down on credit card fraud (File photo)Tripoli, 27 August 2015:Libyan bank executives were summoned to the Cent...

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Jul 22 Michel Cousins

Ghariani rails against credit cards

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripol, 22 July 2015:Sheikh Sadek Al-Ghariani, still accepted as Grand Mufti by the Libya Dawn regime in Tripoli, has again venture...

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CBL fines Sahara and Gumhouria banks LD 100,000 each for financial irregularities
Apr 16 Callum Paton

CBL fines Sahara and Gumhouria banks LD 100,000 each for financial irregularities

Naam Alkhosi.Central Bank of LibyaTripoli, 16 April 2014:The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has fined  two Tripoli branches of the Sahara Bank and Gumhou...

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Libya Trade and Infrastructure Finance conference held in Istanbul
Feb 12 Sami Zaptia

Libya Trade and Infrastructure Finance conference held in Istanbul

By Sami ZaptiaTripoli, 12 February 2014:The Libya Trade and Infrastructure Finance conference was held in Istanbul, Turkey on February 6 which was att...

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Dec 27 Michel Cousins

Opinion: Reforming Libya’s financial sector

Mark Dempsey was commissioned by the London-based Legatum Institute to draw up a paper on Libya’s Central Bank and banking system. He interviewed priv...

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