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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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Takala wins contested High State Council presidency elections
Jul 28 Sami Zaptia

Takala wins contested High State Council presidency elections

Mohamed Takala yesterday won the elections to become head of the High State Council. ‎Takala reported to local Libyan media that in the five-member c...

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Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister Aldabaiba launches Three-Track Political Initiative
Jun 4 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister Aldabaiba launches Three-Track Political Initiative

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, announced his intention to launch a new political initiative in the coming days that inclu...

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UNSMIL warns against unilateral actions, calls for political actors to focus on establishing a consensual path to elections
May 1 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL warns against unilateral actions, calls for political actors to focus on establishing a consensual path to elections

In a statement issued yesterday, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said it was ‘‘concerned about recent political and security deve...

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Tripoli based Libyan PM Aldabaiba takes part in Q&A as part of Tripoli Media Days – talks about Russia, corruption, El-Kaber, Bengdara and elections
Dec 20 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli based Libyan PM Aldabaiba takes part in Q&A as part of Tripoli Media Days – talks about Russia, corruption, El-Kaber, Bengdara and elections

‎Speaking for about an hour at the Government Communication Forum, within the question-and-answer segment called ‘‘The Prime Minister Answers’’, which...

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UNSMIL’s Koury to launch new Libyan political initiative
Dec 16 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL’s Koury to launch new Libyan political initiative

UNSMIL Officer-in-Charge Stephanie Koury launched a new UN-facilitated Libyan political process yesterday.The new initiative will involve convening a...

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The historic 5+5 JMC meeting in Benghazi agrees several confidence-building measures
Apr 9 Sami Zaptia

The historic 5+5 JMC meeting in Benghazi agrees several confidence-building measures

UNSMIL released a statement yesterday at the end of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) meeting held in Benghazi on Friday. The meeting brought to...

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High State Council selects 6 committee members for 6+6 joint election laws committee
Mar 30 Sami Zaptia

High State Council selects 6 committee members for 6+6 joint election laws committee

The High State Council announced Wednesday that it has selected its six members to make up the joint committee (the 6+6 committee) with the House of R...

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In the year that Libya hopes to hold elections, decision declaring all previously registered NGOs void is now deemed binding
Mar 20 Sami Zaptia

In the year that Libya hopes to hold elections, decision declaring all previously registered NGOs void is now deemed binding

The Head of the Law Department of the Supreme Council of Law issued a legal opinion on 8 March declaring all NGOs and civil society organizations that...

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U.S. urges key Libyan leaders to approach UN election plan in constructive spirit
Mar 3 Sami Zaptia

U.S. urges key Libyan leaders to approach UN election plan in constructive spirit

During Monday’s regular update to the Security Council on Libya, UNSMIL head and Special Representative to the Secretary General Abdoulaye Bathily lau...

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Op-Ed: Twelve years on from the 17 February revolution of 2011, Libya is still stuck in a political quagmire
Feb 16 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Twelve years on from the 17 February revolution of 2011, Libya is still stuck in a political quagmire

Looking back on some articles I had written over the last 11 years on the successive anniversaries of the revolution, today, on the eve of yet another...

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