The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has issued a statement expressing bewilderment at the decision of the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sirraj to hold a meeting for the two governors of the CBL – in Tripoli and in Al-Bayda – in order to end parallelism as per the …
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Militia group shuts down Sharara oil field
A militia group protecting Sharara oil field has decided to halt oil production until their demands are met.
Read More »Benghazi port open for the first time since 2014
Benghazi port in east Libya reopened for the first time in three years on Sunday after being forced into closing because of clashes in the cradle of the 2011 revolution.
Read More »Arab League calls for Libyan assets to be unfrozen
Arab foreign ministers have called for the UN freeze on Libyan assets abroad to be lifted. Making the call at the Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo yesterday, they said that access to the money was needed by the Presidency Council (PC) to fund services needed by the Libyan …
Read More »Oil output disruption has cost Libyans $160 billion in just three years says CBL
In the past three years, disruption to Libya’s oil production has cost the country $160 billion, the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) said today. That is almost $9,000 per head per year for every one of the country’s six million people.
Read More »New LIA chief wants UN to introduce “smart sanctions”
The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) says it is being crippled by the UN freeze on its once $69 billion of international assets, to the extent that in 2014 alone it lost $719 million.
Read More »Clashes erupt over cash in banks in Libya’s Al-Khoms city
Clashes broke out Thursday morning over the arrival of cash in Sahari Bank in Al-Khums city center.
Read More »Eastern government bans Italian companies for alleged hostility towards Libya
The Ministry of Economy of the Interim Government, a parallel body in east Libya, has issued a resolution to ban the Italian companies from working in Libya or establishing any joint Libyan-Italian firms.
Read More »Maetig promises Zliten NATO bomb victims compensation
Presidency council (PC) co-deputy leader Ahmed Maetig has said the families of the those killed by a NATO airstrike during the 2011 revolution on the village of Majer, near Zliten, must have further compensation for their losses. He was speaking in the town yesterday.
Read More »Russia’s man in Libya: Moscow wants to renew Gaddafi’s contracts with Haftar
Moscow has plans to renew agreements with Libya that were signed under the deposed dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, Russia’s chief contact in Libya said on Friday.
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