This is Beirut 26/03 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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Air Algérie is preparing to resume flights to Lebanon after suspending operations last August due to the military conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. According to An-Nahar, the Algerian government plans to send a delegation to assess security conditions at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport before resuming services. Notably, ...
This is Beirut 26/03 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Safety Numbeo Safety Index ranking
Lebanon may not be the world champion of Olympic calm, but it certainly has a surprise in store for you! With its 78th place (out of 147) in the Numbeo Safety Index ranking, it ranks ahead of major countries like the United States, France and England. Yes, you read that correctly – it’s quite an achievement! Who would have thought that, in a ...
This is Beirut 26/03 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Kamal Chehade AI Technology
Lebanon’s Minister of the Displaced and State Minister for Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Kamal Shehadeh, has underscored the critical role of digital transformation in driving the country’s economic development. In an interview with CNBC Arabia, Shehadeh described digital transformation as “a key step to strengthening economic ...
This is Beirut 26/03 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Rating agency Moody's warned that internal and geopolitical tensions could weaken the Israeli economy, particularly the key high-tech sector. According to Moody's, uncertainty about long-term security and the economic outlook are higher than usual, which could have serious consequences for the country's public finances and institutional ...
Liliane Mokbel 26/03 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The local market is flooded with US dollar bills of all denominations – $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 – showing various signs of wear: stained, damaged, torn, creased, faded, and sometimes even patched with tape. But are these bills still valid? In a country where the economy is almost entirely dollarized, the high demand and intense ...
This is Beirut 25/03 22:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Banque du Liban Central Bank of Lebanon
As the Lebanese Cabinet under Nawaf Salam prepares to appoint a new governor for the Banque du Liban (BDL), assessments on Wassim Mansouri's interim tenure since August 2023 are mixed. Some view his actions as having preserved a degree of stability amidst unprecedented political and security crises, while others argue that the stability he has ...
This is Beirut 25/03 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Wall Street clung to strong gains and European stocks rose on Tuesday over easing concerns about the next round of tariffs from US President Donald Trump. The Dow, the broad-based S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq were all up around 0.1 percent in early deals, following a rally fuelled by technology stocks the previous day. Sentiment was buoyed ...
This is Beirut 25/03 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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China on Tuesday accused Canada of "seriously damaging" its interests, defending its tariffs against the country after Ottawa launched a dispute against Beijing at the World Trade Organization. Beijing this month slapped a 100 percent surcharge on rapeseed oil, oil cakes – a type of animal feed – and peas imported from Canada. China said the ...
This is Beirut 25/03 10:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
European sales of Tesla electric cars dropped 49 percent in January-February compared with the same period a year earlier, the ACEA manufacturers' association said Tuesday. Ageing models are one factor behind the plunge so far this year, but e-vehicle clients may also be refusing to buy in protest of Tesla's billionaire owner Elon Musk since he ...
This is Beirut 24/03 21:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Economic organizations, led by former Minister Mohammad Choucair, discussed strategies to revitalize and modernize Lebanon's agricultural sector with Minister of Agriculture Nizar Hani on Monday. The meeting was held at Beirut and Mount Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, in the presence of representatives of the main agricultural associations. Choucair ...
This is Beirut 24/03 21:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Facing economic and technological challenges, Lebanon is turning towards a digital revolution to reshape its economy and services. In an interview with Akhbar al-’An, Kamal Shehadeh, Minister of the Displaced and State Minister for Technology Affairs and Artificial Intelligence, outlined an ambitious plan to modernize the country’s digital ...
Christiane Tager 24/03 20:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul since 2019 and member of the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi or CHP in Turkish), the main opposition party, was incarcerated after being convicted of “public insults” against government officials. This development comes at a particularly difficult time for the Turkish economy, already ...