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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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Tripoli new start-up games centre opens with an optimistic outlook
Aug 30 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli new start-up games centre opens with an optimistic outlook

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 August 2017:Two Tripoli youth are launching a new start-up business venture to help provide some more entertainment for the...

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Aug 29 Nigel Ash

Oil output disruption has cost Libyans $160 billion in just three years says CBL

By Libya Herald reporters.The Central Bank of Libya (Photo: CBL)29 August, 2017:In the past three years, disruption to Libya’s oil production has cost...

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May 16 Michel Cousins

Banks agree loans repayment freeze for LCC employees

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 16 May 2017:A number of banks in Benghazi have agreed to suspend loan deductions from the accounts of employees of the...

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2016 was the worst period in Libya’s recent history: Audit Bureau 2016 Annual Report
May 1 Sami Zaptia

2016 was the worst period in Libya’s recent history: Audit Bureau 2016 Annual Report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 1 May 2017:In its 623-page 2016 Annual Report published on 26 April, the Tripoli-based Audit Bureau said that in 2016 Libya ‘‘c...

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Elkaber's much-awaited press conference offers no new solutions
Apr 23 Sami Zaptia

Elkaber's much-awaited press conference offers no new solutions

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 23 April 2017:The governor of Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Saddek Elkaber said that the main reasons behind Libya's...

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Feb 17 Michel Cousins

OpEd: Why I am not celebrating this Revolution Day

By a prominent Libyan living in Tripoli well known to this newspaper who, for obvious reasons, feels he has to remain anonymousTripoli, 17 February 20...

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Tripoli living conditions protest petering out
Nov 29 Nigel Ash

Tripoli living conditions protest petering out

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 29 November 2016:Even though protestors continued to stake out Algeria Square despite today’s torrential rain, there are clear...

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Nov 27 Nigel Ash

Cash-strapped Libya must sit out OPEC cuts says NOC's Sanalla

By Libya Herald reporters. NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla says no to production cuts  (File photo)Tunis, 27 November 2016:Libya’s economic woes mean that it...

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Nov 19 Nigel Ash

Dinar's value slides sharply

By Moutaz Ali. The dinar's value against the US dollar continues to drop (Photo: Libya Herald).Tripoli, 19 November 2016:In a single day, the dinar ha...

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Nov 2 Sami Zaptia

Serraj blames Hafter, Saleh, Elkaber and Ghariani for Libya's problems

By Sami Zaptia.London, 2 November 2016: In a frank and open interview on the margins of the meetings organized by the British Foreign Office in London...

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