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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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Migrant deaths in Mediterranean hit new record in November, over 4600 dead in 2016
Nov 18 Sami Zaptia

Migrant deaths in Mediterranean hit new record in November, over 4600 dead in 2016

By Sami Zaptia.London, 18 November 2016: The death toll of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, mostly from the Libyan coast, hit a new record for...

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Maltese-based MOAS saves 2000 people in two weeks off Libyan coast
Jun 22 Sami Zaptia

Maltese-based MOAS saves 2000 people in two weeks off Libyan coast

By Sami Zaptia.London, 22 June 2016:Since the Maltese-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) launched its 2016 Mediterranean mission on June 6th, o...

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May 22 Newsdesk2

EU's plan to intercept, destroy migrant boats will increase risks for asylum seekers says Human Rights Watch

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 22 May 2015:Military action by European Union states to reduce illegal migration across the Mediterranean could expose...

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The EU wants to sink people-smugglers' fleets before migrants embark
Apr 23 Nigel Ash

The EU wants to sink people-smugglers' fleets before migrants embark

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 24 April 2015:France is to ask the UN for permission to destroy the stock of vessels belonging to people-smugglers, while the...

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Four hundred migrants feared dead while thousands more plucked from the Med
Apr 14 Nigel Ash

Four hundred migrants feared dead while thousands more plucked from the Med

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 14 April 2015:At least 400 migrants may have drowned since Friday, as the rising tide of asylum seekers leaving Libya by boat...

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Sep 15 Newsdesk1

Nearly 200 bodies of illegal migrants found off Tripoli coast, 36 rescued

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 15 September 2014:The Libyan Coast Guard has found another capsized vessel off the coast east of Tripoli on Sunday, sur...

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Jul 13 Newsdesk1

Malta-based couple funds first ever private rescue vessel for migrants lost at sea

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 13 July 2014:A Malta-based philanthropist couple has responded to the October Lampedusa shipwrecks that killed around 7...

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Latest doomed migrant boat was from Zuara
Oct 12 Michel Cousins

Latest doomed migrant boat was from Zuara

By Hadi Fornji. Migrants being rescued after their boat sank in Maltese waters (Photo: Armed Forces of Malta)Tripoli, 12 October 2013:It has emerged t...

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