This Is Beirut 2024-02-23 08:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On the agenda of Friday's Cabinet meeting is the much-debated bank restructuring project, part of the economic and financial recovery plan drawn up by the caretaker government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati. The plan seeks to absolve the State of any responsibility for the resounding financial collapse into which official policies have plunged ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-22 22:39 - Reading : less than a minute
According to Al-Markaziya news agency, a French-Qatari summit in support of the Lebanese army is scheduled for February 27 between French President Emmanuel Macron and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The respective commanders of the French and Qatari armies and the Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Army, General Joseph Aoun, are ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-22 22:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Education Abbas Halabi announced on Thursday in an interview with MTV that he is preparing to "cancel the Brevet exams" this year, due to the war that has been going on since October 8 on the southern front between Hezbollah and Israel, preventing many students, particularly those living in this region, from pursuing their ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-22 16:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) MP Ziad Hawat warned on Thursday against "confessional imbalance within certain public administrations," calling for the swift election of a president to restore balance in the country and relaunch the normal functioning of institutions. Hawat denounced the Council of Ministers' latest appointment of nine customs inspectors ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-02-22 15:00 - Reading : less than a minute
On the occasion of World Scout Day, celebrating the International Scouting Movement's founder Robert Baden Powell's birthday on the 22nd of February, our reporter Chelsea Al Arif met with the scouts of Jesus and Mary Group, SSCC Sioufi Group, and St. Jean Group to delve into what motivates the scouts of Lebanon to continue their founder's legacy.
This Is Beirut 2024-02-22 14:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi emphasized on Thursday the necessity of holding municipal elections in accordance with the law and constitutional deadlines. "The budget this year allocated funding for those elections, which was not available in the previous year,” noted Mawlawi in an interview with the daily “Al ...
ici 2024-02-22 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Retired military personnel staged on Thursday a sit-in in front of governmental and financial administration in the cities of Sidon and Tyre in the south of Lebanon, while a group of them blocked the road in front of the Tripoli Serail towards Al-Bahsas in the north. “Negotiations with the government have been halted as of nine o'clock this ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-21 23:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MP Michel Moawad, from the Renewal bloc, deplored in an interview with LBCI on Wednesday evening that the Lebanese government's decision on war and peace had been "hijacked" by Hezbollah, charging that caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati "let Hezbollah have its way, to the detriment of the country's sovereignty." For the opposition MP, "the only ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-21 22:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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A US Congressional delegation including Democrat senators Richard Blumenthal and Christopher Coons started a visit to Lebanon on Wednesday for talks with Lebanese officials on the political situation and persisting violence on the southern border between Hezbollah and Israel since October 8. Accompanied by US Ambassador Lisa Johnson, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-21 20:54 - Reading : less than a minute
Renowned veteran Lebanese journalist Camille Menassa passed away on Wednesday after a long battle with illness. He was 88. Menassa is known for his roles as the director of news and political programs at Lebanon’s official TV, TeleLiban, from 1960 to 1971, and as Middle East correspondent for French radio and television from 1960 to 1964. In ...
Joanne Naoum 2024-02-21 19:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In a move that brought the simmering divisions between the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and its former ally Hezbollah into the open, former President and FPM founder Michel Aoun and the party’s current leader, MP Gebran Bassil, denounced Hezbollah’s military activities against Israel in South Lebanon. "We are not bound to Gaza by a defense ...
2024-02-21 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
According to the new 2024 Budget, a Mukhtar's stamp now costs LBP 50,000, which means that an individual civil or family status record now costs a minimum of LBP 600,000, while others can reach up to LBP 1 million.