Johnny Kortbawi 2024-01-30 12:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The average Lebanese citizen used to earn a modest salary. For the sake of this story, let's assume that this income was a hundred Lebanese pounds. However, it’s important to clarify that here, the pound is a mere fictional currency, as in reality, a hundred lebanese pounds is not a typical salary in a country like Lebanon, where the pound ...
2024-01-30 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Following two drastic floods affecting businesses and homes in Karantina, public works have begun on the river to make sure it doesn’t happen again. But when it comes to the damage that has already been done, will locals ever be able to save what they lost?
This Is Beirut 2024-01-29 18:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Head of the National Liberal Party Camille Chamoun visited on Monday the caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi, with whom he discussed the ongoing closure of real estate offices in Mount Lebanon. He expressed concern that despite this closure, "properties are being registered in secret," considering this a "demographic threat with the ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-01-29 16:26 - Reading : less than a minute
The League of Civil Servants is leading a ten-day strike starting Tuesday until February 9 to protest the current government's decision to approve a 2024 budget lacking salary increases for civil servants.
2024-01-28 23:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein, Special Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, announced on CBS News that he is "supposed to return soon to the region" to continue efforts for a restoration of calm at the southern border between Lebanon and Israel. He stated that the "window for diplomacy is still there”, adding, "the status-quo of where we are now can't last ...
2024-01-28 19:44 - Reading : less than a minute
On Sunday, caretaker Minister of Energy Walid Fayad said that the issue of oil leaks in the Nahr el-Kabir (Big River) at the border with Syria, in the North, is actively being addressed. According to a statement from the Ministry, the leaks are the result of "one of the worn-out pipelines or encroachments in the river." "After we learned about ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-28 18:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After a relatively calm morning, tensions increased again on Sunday afternoon between Hezbollah and Israel along the southern border, then again in the evening. Three people were killed in an Israeli raid in Marwahin. Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of the villages of Marwahin, Ramya, Maroun al-Ras, Yaroun, Shihine, Jabaline, Naqoura, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-28 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Metropolitan of Beirut, Archbishop Elias Audi, stigmatized in his Sunday Sermon the obstruction of the investigation into "the crime of the explosion of August 4," which constitutes "a disgrace for our state and for some of our judges." "The latter have not only failed in their duty to uncover the truth and impose justice, but they are ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-28 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In light of the agreement on maritime border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel with US mediation, Cyprus resorted to negotiations with Israel to adjust its maritime borders. It hopes to make progress on this issue with Lebanon as well. The head of the Cypriot intelligence services, Tasos Tzionis, who visited Beirut last week, urged Lebanese ...
Samar Yamout 2024-01-28 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The problem of Lebanese prison centers is not limited to the economic crisis. In reality, most detention centers are overcrowded. Human Rights Watch highlights the serious situation in Lebanese prisons, particularly due to the economic crisis that has plagued the country for more than 3 years. Saturation and the deterioration of living conditions ...
Johnny Ftouhi 2024-01-27 19:54 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
The Lebanese population would have liked to benefit from a continuous power supply, as promised two decades ago by the Ministry of Energy. However, Lebanon is on the list of countries with the worst electricity management record. What's more, it's the country with the darkest reputation, thanks to decades of waste, corruption and failure. In ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-27 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transports Ali Hamieh asserted that Lebanon, and in particular Hezbollah (the formation he represents within the government), "do not consider the time is right for the demarcation of borders with Syria and Cyprus." He added, "This requires legal and technical studies to avoid the mistakes made in the ...