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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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ACA head holds summit with Ministers on his freeze on new state employment and scholarships
Jan 28 Sami Zaptia

ACA head holds summit with Ministers on his freeze on new state employment and scholarships

Abdallah Gaderbo, the head of the increasingly active and bold state sector watchdog, the Administrative Control Authority (ACA), held a meeting last...

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ACA suspends appointment of new state sector jobs and state scholarships
Jan 15 Sami Zaptia

ACA suspends appointment of new state sector jobs and state scholarships

The state oversight agency, the Administrative Control Authority (ACA), issued two decisions Wednesday, one of which could be labelled as a brave deci...

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Libya’s total 2024 revenues were LD 123.5 billion, spending was LD 123.2 billion – leaving a surplus of about LD 300 million
Jan 13 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s total 2024 revenues were LD 123.5 billion, spending was LD 123.2 billion – leaving a surplus of about LD 300 million

‎In its statement of revenues and expenditures for 2024,‎ the Central Bank of Libya ‎revealed today that:  Total revenues in 2024 amounted t...

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Audit Bureau 2023 Annual Report: 2023 state subsidies amounted to LD 68.5 billion
Dec 1 Sami Zaptia

Audit Bureau 2023 Annual Report: 2023 state subsidies amounted to LD 68.5 billion

According to a leaked copy of the (Tripoli based) Libyan Audit Bureau’s 2023 Annual Report, widely publicised by several Libyan news sites, total gove...

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HoR Speaker Salah decree reduces FX sales surcharge from 20 to 15 percent
Nov 20 Sami Zaptia

HoR Speaker Salah decree reduces FX sales surcharge from 20 to 15 percent

Ageela Saleh, Speaker of Libya’s eastern based parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR), passed a decree today (86/204) reducing the surcharge/l...

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Taxes can now be paid through e-payments: Finance Ministry
May 18 Sami Zaptia

Taxes can now be paid through e-payments: Finance Ministry

The Tripoli based Finance Ministry of Finance announced last Thursday (16 May) that to facilitate the tax payment process for citizens, Minister of Fi...

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IMF 2024 Concluding Statement on Libya's Article IV consultations
May 13 Sami Zaptia

IMF 2024 Concluding Statement on Libya's Article IV consultations

In its Concluding Statement on its 2024 Mission on Article IV consultations with released today, the IMF said Libya's short- and medium-term economic...

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Aldabaiba and El-Kaber confusing Libyans with contradictory statistics: Who is telling the truth? Does Libya have a deficit or not?
Mar 23 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba and El-Kaber confusing Libyans with contradictory statistics: Who is telling the truth? Does Libya have a deficit or not?

In their continuing public attempts to win over public opinion to their narrative and version of reality and lay the blame at the feet of the other, T...

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Blame game over ''wasted billions'' of state funds by CBL continues between Aldabaiba and El-Kaber
Mar 23 Sami Zaptia

Blame game over ''wasted billions'' of state funds by CBL continues between Aldabaiba and El-Kaber

The public blame game has continued between the Tripoli based Libyan prime minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, and Saddek El-Kaber, the Governor of the C...

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Aldabaiba rejects and hits back at El-Kaber and Saleh’s attempts to introduce 27 percent FX tax
Mar 19 Sami Zaptia

Aldabaiba rejects and hits back at El-Kaber and Saleh’s attempts to introduce 27 percent FX tax

In a speech broadcast last night on state controlled Libyan TV, Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba said he completely rejects t...

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