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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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ESDF and subsidiary LIDCO hold meeting with KPMG to follow up on financial evaluation within ESDF's programme for subsidiary companies
Nov 20 Sami Zaptia

ESDF and subsidiary LIDCO hold meeting with KPMG to follow up on financial evaluation within ESDF's programme for subsidiary companies

The Libyan Investment and Development Company (LIDCO) reported today, that under the auspices of the Economic and Social Development Fund (ESDF), KPMG...

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Audit Bureau celebrates 70th anniversary - launches with National Anti-Corruption Commission strategic partnership to tackle corruption
Sep 26 Sami Zaptia

Audit Bureau celebrates 70th anniversary - launches with National Anti-Corruption Commission strategic partnership to tackle corruption

Last Wednesday the Libyan Audit Bureau held an event in Tripoli to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The even was attended by Tripoli Prime Minister Abd...

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World Bank to reopen Tripoli office after near seven-year closure
Feb 18 Sami Zaptia

World Bank to reopen Tripoli office after near seven-year closure

The World Bank has agreed to reopen its office in Tripoli‎ after a closure of nearly seven ‎‎years (since 2019).‎ ‎The revelation came today after Tr...

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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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After a ten-year hiatus, the Real Estate Registry only partially reactivated: News and analysis
Apr 20 Sami Zaptia

After a ten-year hiatus, the Real Estate Registry only partially reactivated: News and analysis

Contrary to some confusion about the circulating news, Libya’s Real Estate Registry has only been partially reactivated after a ten-year closure follo...

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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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CBL Governor El-Kaber meets Bank of England Deputy Governor and others during London visit
Dec 10 Sami Zaptia

CBL Governor El-Kaber meets Bank of England Deputy Governor and others during London visit

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 10 December 2021:The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Saddek El-Kaber, and his accompanying delegation, met Sir Da...

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Central Bank of Libya’s El-Kaber and Hibri meet – launch bank’s unification process
Dec 6 Sami Zaptia

Central Bank of Libya’s El-Kaber and Hibri meet – launch bank’s unification process

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 6 December 2021:The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced today that its Governor, Seddek El-Kaber, and Deputy Governor, Ali H...

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Apr 28 Sami Zaptia

Towards more gender-inclusive Arab national institutions: UN report

By Sami Zaptia.(United Nations ESCWA)London, 28 April 2021:The Arab region continues to suffer from widespread gender disparities in educational attai...

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Op-Ed: Economic transparency and structural reform remain Libya’s last hope
Sep 15 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Economic transparency and structural reform remain Libya’s last hope

By Jason Pack15 September 2020:For a range of reasons, 21st century civil wars have tended to be more protracted and multiparty than those of the 20th...

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