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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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Economy Minister Hwej warns that Libya can run out of hard currency reserves if it does not control imports
Jan 18 Sami Zaptia

Economy Minister Hwej warns that Libya can run out of hard currency reserves if it does not control imports

Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Economy Mohammed Al-Hwej, in an exclusive live interview yesterday with the Istanbul-based Libyan satellite TV statio...

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Customs Authority and Internal Security Agency foil attempt to smuggle over € 1 million through Mitiga airport
Sep 18 Sami Zaptia

Customs Authority and Internal Security Agency foil attempt to smuggle over € 1 million through Mitiga airport

The Libyan Customs Authority reported today that a task force at its Mitiga Airport Customs Centre, in coordination with the Internal Security Agency,...

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Fuel subsidies reached LD 60 billion, 30 percent of which is smuggled – therefore can invest just LD 5 bn in housing: CBL Governor Issa
Jul 15 Sami Zaptia

Fuel subsidies reached LD 60 billion, 30 percent of which is smuggled – therefore can invest just LD 5 bn in housing: CBL Governor Issa

The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Naji Issa, said Libya’s subsidised fuel bill has reached 60 billion dinars (about US$ 7 bn), 30 percent of...

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LEF anti-smuggling operations at Ras Ajder Libyan Tunisian land border crossing seize Tunisian vehicles intended for smuggling
Mar 18 Sami Zaptia

LEF anti-smuggling operations at Ras Ajder Libyan Tunisian land border crossing seize Tunisian vehicles intended for smuggling

‎Patrols of the Law Enforcement Force (LEF) of the General Directorate of Security Operations seized several Tunisian motor vehicles at the Ras Ajdir...

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Armed clashes between government forces and local Zuwara forces at Libyan-Tunisian border crossing – Tunisia closes border
Mar 19 Sami Zaptia

Armed clashes between government forces and local Zuwara forces at Libyan-Tunisian border crossing – Tunisia closes border

There were reports late last night/early this morning of armed clashes between government security personnel and local armed forces from Zuwara on the...

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Libya loses about US$ 12 billion annually in smuggled subsidies: Aldabaiba
Jan 18 Sami Zaptia

Libya loses about US$ 12 billion annually in smuggled subsidies: Aldabaiba

During his meeting with the (elected) Local Chiefs of Libya, Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, said Libya loses about LD 60...

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Watch towers along Tunisian border activated to combat illegal migration and smuggling
Nov 16 Sami Zaptia

Watch towers along Tunisian border activated to combat illegal migration and smuggling

The Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Interior announced Wednesday the activation of several electronic observatories of the Border Guard Service, as m...

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Customs Authority seizes 500 smuggled hunting rifles in October and 820 in September at Khoms Port
Oct 14 Sami Zaptia

Customs Authority seizes 500 smuggled hunting rifles in October and 820 in September at Khoms Port

Libya’s Customs Authority announced last Thursday that it had seized at Khoms Port an illegal shipment of 500 hunting rifles that were hidden inside w...

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Public Prosecutor detains 52 accused of being behind the sale of rotten onions
Mar 21 Sami Zaptia

Public Prosecutor detains 52 accused of being behind the sale of rotten onions

After the case of the seizure of large quantities of onions unfit for human consumption from various vegetable markets, the Public Prosecution Office...

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Large quantities of smuggled Egyptian onions unfit for consumption seized and destroyed
Mar 8 Sami Zaptia

Large quantities of smuggled Egyptian onions unfit for consumption seized and destroyed

The official authorities in Tripoli, represented by the Municipal Guard and Environmental Sanitation Tripoli and Abu Salim, and the Internal Security...

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