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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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Libyan Army’s 444th Combat Brigade arrests fuel smugglers and seizes fuel trucks
Aug 3 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Army’s 444th Combat Brigade arrests fuel smugglers and seizes fuel trucks

The 444th Combat Brigade, a detachment of the (western-based) Libyan Army reported yesterday that it had made arrests of fuel smugglers and seized fue...

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Customs Authority returns 22,200 litres of seized smuggled fuel to Brega Company
Jul 31 Sami Zaptia

Customs Authority returns 22,200 litres of seized smuggled fuel to Brega Company

The Customs Authority at the Ras Jdair Libyan-Tunisian land border crossing has handed over a total of 22,200 litres of seized fuel intended for smugg...

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444th Combat Brigade storms crime dens south of Tripoli
May 29 Sami Zaptia

444th Combat Brigade storms crime dens south of Tripoli

In what it described as ‘‘a painful and fatal blow to smugglers, arms dealers, and outlaws’’, the 444th Combat Brigade, a detachment of the (western-b...

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In an effort to counter fuel smuggling, the Economy Minister orders fuel trucks to be fitted with GPS tracking devices
Apr 5 Sami Zaptia

In an effort to counter fuel smuggling, the Economy Minister orders fuel trucks to be fitted with GPS tracking devices

In the country’s continuing effort to counter the smuggling of its subsidised fuel, Libya’s Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Hwej, has issued a...

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444 Brigade continues fight against fuel smugglers
Apr 3 Sami Zaptia

444 Brigade continues fight against fuel smugglers

The fighting detachments of the 444th Brigade announced yesterday that it is continuing its anti-fuel smuggling campaign on the edges of greater Tripo...

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Apr 20 Sami Zaptia

GPS truck tracking to be used to counter fuel smuggling, profiteering by fuel distributors will be penalized

By Sami Zaptia.The Ministry of Economy is reviewing fuel distribution and fighting corruption (file photo).London, 20 April 2021:The possibility of us...

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Oil and gas cooperation discussed between NOC and Malta
Aug 9 Sami Zaptia

Oil and gas cooperation discussed between NOC and Malta

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 August 2020:Cooperation in the oil and gas sector was the main topic of discussion between Libya and Malta during the meeting...

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May 26 Sami Zaptia

Swiss company Kolmar taken to court for possible war crime of pillage through buying smuggled Libyan oil

By Sami Zaptia.After the publication of the report in March by Public Eye and TRIAL showing that Swiss company Kolmar was involved in the smuggling of...

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Mar 3 Sami Zaptia

Fuel subsidy reform proposal presented to Serraj government

By Sami Zaptia. The Tripoli-based Libyan Ministry of Economy has put forward a reform proposal for Libya's fuel subsidies.London, 3 March 2020:The Min...

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Libya’s fuel smuggling: a new Swiss connection is revealed
Mar 2 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s fuel smuggling: a new Swiss connection is revealed

By Sami Zaptia. London, 2 March 2020: An investigation spanning over a year by Public Eye and TRIAL International in Switzerland, Malta and Sicily rev...

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