Almost 90 people have now been killed by drinking poisoned alcohol, says the Ministry of Health, but no more hospitalizations have taken place in the past few days.

A recent report sheds some light on how the LD68.5bn ($55bn) budget, approved by the National Transitional Council (NTC) in March 2012, was used.

The combined value of deposits held in Libya's commercial banks is now about 20% higher than in 2010, but lending remains relatively low.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports is offering a LD10,000 ($8,000) prize for a new logo for the Africa Cup of Nations 2017, which will be held in Libya for the first time since 1982.

The Libya Report wishes all its Libyan readers a happy second anniversary on 17 February!

New figures from the National Oil Corporation (NOC) indicate that Libya's crude oil production averaged 1.47 million bpd last year, compared to around 1.68 million bpd in 2010.

The cover of February's National Geographic magazine carries a photo of the Temple of Zeus in Cyrene, the Greek-era site on Libya's northeast Mediterranean coast.

The recent attack on the Ain Amenas gas complex in south-east Algeria, which killed some 37 foreign workers, has raised the question of whether oil and gas exploration in neighbouring Libya may be affected.

The General National Congress (GNC) yesterday voted to rename Libya as the 'State of Libya', meaning it officially ceases to have the longest name of any country in the world.

A brief look at five factors that will shape the Libyan business environment in 2013: