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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Acting Economy Minister meets smaller merchants objecting to restricting imports to official banking transactions
Jan 8 Sami Zaptia

Acting Economy Minister meets smaller merchants objecting to restricting imports to official banking transactions

The Acting Minister of Economy and Trade, Suhail Abu Shiha, met with the committee formed by merchants yesterday at the Ministry’s headquarters, to di...

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Aug 18 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s General Union of Chambers’ head attacks Tripoli CBL’s policy intransigence

By Sami Zaptia.The head of the Libyan General Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mohamed Raied has  accused the Tripoli CBL of policy intrans...

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Jul 13 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli CBL claims it has no objection to its international audit – international veiled threat of sanctioning its CBL Governor

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: Tripoli CBL).London, 13 July 2020:The Tripoli Central Bank (CBL) of Libya has again claimed that it has no objection to an inter...

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Dec 27 Michel Cousins

Opinion: Reforming Libya’s financial sector

Mark Dempsey was commissioned by the London-based Legatum Institute to draw up a paper on Libya’s Central Bank and banking system. He interviewed priv...

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