This Is Beirut 2024-08-19 11:44 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon's water supply has been severely disrupted due to the ongoing blackout in the country since Saturday afternoon, following the shutdown of power plants due to fuel shortages. Jean Gebran, President of the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Establishment (EBML), confirmed on Monday that water distribution has been affected by the power outages, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 20:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following the blackout in Lebanon on Saturday afternoon, glimmers of hope are appearing, and solutions are beginning to take shape. On Sunday, the Board of directors of Électricité du Liban (EDL) announced that it had approved the supply of around 5,000 kiloliters of petroleum derivatives to the Zahrani power plant, financed by a loan approved ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 13:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The caretaker Minister of Environment and President of the National Emergency Commission, Nasser Yassin, stated that the food and medicine stocks are sufficient for four months, noting that "as long as supply lines are not affected, things will proceed normally." In an interview with the Al-Araby Al-Jadeed website, Yassin mentioned that there is ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 12:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The board of directors of Électricité du Liban (EDL) is meeting on Sunday to find a temporary solution to the total blackout that has hit Lebanon since Saturday afternoon due to a lack of fuel. According to information reported by the Al Jadeed television channel, the aim of the meeting is to send 5 million liters of diesel to the Zahrani power ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-18 11:57 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Energy Walid Fayad announced, late on Saturday evening, that a solution had been found to the total blackout that Lebanon has been experiencing since Saturday afternoon. According to Fayad, Egypt is expected to send diesel fuel, which will arrive by August 23 and enable the power stations to start operating again. In an ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-17 17:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Despite the preventive measures taken since July 27 and repeated warnings from Lebanon's electricity company, Electricité du Liban (EDL), the Zahrani power plant is now out of service, following the shutdown of the Deir Ammar plant on August 7. As a result, Lebanon is now in total darkness. Despite every possible precaution taken by EDL to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 21:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Energy Walid Fayad “hoped” that the total blackout would not take place, as announced on August 17. He indicated that the ministry was working hard to find solutions, with the first shipment of diesel not expected until the first week of September. In this context, it should be noted that as early as Saturday, August 17, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Knights of Malta association, also known as the Order of Malta, announced that it is preparing to launch a food aid project for Lebanon, with the support of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. The project is set to start in September 2024 and will run for 16 months, according to a press release issued by the association on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 12:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Amid the threats facing Lebanon, citizens fear shortages of all kinds, particularly fuel, as the memory of the gasoline shortages in the summer of 2021 lingers. However, there is no reason to panic at the moment, as gasoline and diesel are available, reassures Maroun Chammas, president of the Association of Petroleum Importing Companies, to This ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-15 18:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Union of Arab Banks stood out by publishing an exclusive interview with the renowned robot Sophia. The interview was issued in French in the UAB Magazine and in English in The Banking Executive magazine, published by the International Arab Bankers Union. Sophia, activated on April 19, 2015, in Hong Kong, is a humanoid robot developed by ...
Liliane Mokbel 2024-08-15 17:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Air France and Transavia resumed their flights to Beirut on Thursday, after suspending them on July 29. Does this mean that Beirut International Airport (BIA) is now considered safe for civil aviation, despite ongoing hostilities in southern Lebanon? Is this an indication that reinsurance and insurance companies have revised their assessment of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-14 22:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon’s electricity company, Électricité du Liban (EDL), is considering using bill payments to fund Iraqi fuel purchases and avert a blackout. The Ministry of Energy and Water is preparing to resort to an emergency measure to avoid a total blackout, which could occur within the next three days, by August 17, due to the absence of any fuel ...