Ana Al-Tabib: 

The first competition of its kind in Libya and the Arab world. Throughout  22 episodes premiered in Ramadan, hundreds of medical graduates competed to participate in this competition. 

After the qualifications, 24 doctors from different parts of Libya were able to enter the competition in order to compete and win the programme's prize, which is a full scholarship provided by the private sector for two years. It includes the study and living costs in a foreign university of the winner's choice.

Flusna:
A TV talk show that has been aired twice a week since more than a year, non-stop, to keep pace with the most important economic developments in Libya and their impact on the lived realities of the Libyan citizen.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Seddiq Al-Kabir, held discussions on Tuesday, with the Mayor of Jufra Municipality, Saeed Quringo, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Sheikhs and Elders Council of Jufra Municipality, as well as the

A South Korean governmental delegation inspected the site of the Zuwaytinah Combined Cycle Power Plant Project, in north-eastern Libya.

During the tour, the delegation was briefed on the inspection work carried out by the General Electricity Company of Libya’s (GECOL) technical teams, and the conditions were evaluated in order to permit Korean companies to resume work in Libya.

“The Korean delegation was assured about the state of the project, the good storage method for project materials, and the appropriate and stable conditions in the region and the country,” GECOL said in a statement.

It added that the visit comes as a continuation of the visits made by the Korean government to the worksites of Korean companies. The South Korean delegation was accompanied by a member of GECOL’s Board of Directors. GECOL urged Korean companies to urgently resume business in Libya.

The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Mnifi, called for a detailed report on Libya’s foreign investments.

During a meeting that included his deputy, Abdullah Al-Lafi, President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Mohamed Al-Hafi, and Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdel-Hamid Dbaiba, they reviewed Libya’s outstanding economic issues in various international courts.

During the meeting, which was held in Tripoli, they discussed ways to strengthen and enhance Libya’s judicial position in these cases, in order to preserve state funds and assets.

The meeting also discussed a number of legal issues, the most pressing of which is the fate of Libyan prisoners abroad, especially those imprisoned without trial, and those who remain in pre-trial detainment.

The Presidential Council instructed the government to communicate urgently with the competent authorities in the concerned countries, in order to address this issue without further delays

The Libyan Embassy in Tunisia has set an emergency committee to take urgent action to expatriate Libyans stranded in Tunisia, in line with the instructions of the Presidency Council and the Head of the Government of National Unity in this respect.

The Libyan Embassy said on its SMS page that ‘under direct instructions from the Foreign Minister, the Charge D’affairs of the Libyan Embassy in Tunis called for an emergency meeting, which was attended by the Consul and several attaches.

An emergency committee was agreed at the meeting, to be chaired by the Charge D’affairs to follow up the situation of the Libyan community and the stranded people, and to tend to their needs. Expatriation of the stranded persons has already started, the Embassy said.

The Board of Directors of the Social and Economic Fund held its first meeting for 2021 on Tuesday chaired by the Head of the Government of National Unity Abdul Hamid Al Dbeiba and attended by members of the fund.

The participants discussed difficulties facing the fund and the affiliated companies, and performance of the companies as well as reports submitted by the board.

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Consular Affairs, Murad Ahmeima, met with a delegation from the Russian Federation headed by the Director of the Planning Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Haidar Aghanid, the Chargé d’Affairs of the Russian Embassy in Libya Dzhashmid Poltaev and the Second Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Libya Sergei Khabarov.

During which the necessary arrangements were discussed; To reopen the headquarters of the Russian embassy in Tripoli, welcoming the Russian delegation and their keenness to provide the necessary support to implement the plan to reopen the embassy.

Aghanid stressed the importance of the embassy’s presence in Tripoli; To support and develop the historical relations between the two countries, and to provide services to citizens wishing to visit Russia, expressing the keenness of his country’s government to support the bonds of friendship between the two peoples.

The flour crisis in Libya continues along with its ramifications due to the global wheat crisis, which may put Libyans in distress. Watch the investigation for more details.

Libyan businessman “Hosni Bey” said today, Sunday, in an exclusive statement to Tabadul TV, that many of us have called for eight years to unify the Central Bank, as the Central Bank is the first and most important sovereign institution, and even if the unification and merger were delayed for eight years, through which most of the people were impoverished. Libyan because of inflation, however, I am overwhelmed with the joy of uniting the administrations and we hope for perfection to achieve the hoped for “monetary, financial and economic” stability, as well as control and rein in inflation that has exhausted the citizen’s savings.

“B” added that the unification of the Central Bank of Libya will reduce the role of the parallel market, which at a stage does not exceed 10 times the difference between the official price of the dollar and the parallel, and until Thursday, August 17, 2023, the difference between the official price of the dollar and the parallel was more than 8%, and we expect the unification of the bank to reduce the difference to 3 % Maximum.

The Libyan businessman also stated that the unification of the Central Bank will end the tragedy of the existence of any difference between the cash dinar, the check and the bank card (multiple prices), which during 4 years (2015 to 2018) exceeded 40%, and after 2018 the difference decreased to less than 12% and during the period and Until the unification of the exchange rate on 3/1/2023, pointing out that after the unification of the exchange rate, it settled within the limits of 4%, and we are waiting that after the unification of the bank and clearing departments today, we will see a complete disappearance of the difference (0%).

He pointed out that as a result of this unification, the clearing will automatically be unified “east, west and south” and a direct link will be made between all banks and their branches, including the liberation from the withdrawal ceiling, the transfer ceiling between accounts, and the ceiling of the limits of certified instruments, indicating that the unification will also enable the citizen to transfer his money from the account to another account and from the balance To a card and from one bank to another bank within minutes.

He continued, saying: The clearing is represented in the eyes of the Central Bank of Libya, and through unification, the Central Bank can, electronically, monitor all banking operations on the homeland and in all branches and departments, and from which it can achieve immediate and direct control of all transactions and take immediate measures to stop suspicious transactions.

Hosni Bey emphasized reminding the government that if it wants security stability and if it wants economic growth, away from the general situation, it must address the subsidy file, and the only treatment comes through cash substitution for subsidies to achieve fair distribution.