This Is Beirut 2024-01-22 20:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Renewal Bloc stated on Monday that it will participate in the parliamentary session to discuss the 2024 budget, “despite its principled and constitutional stance against legislating in the absence of a president and amid the obstruction of the presidential election.” This decision aims to ensure the quorum for the session, “protecting ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-22 19:42 - Reading : less than a minute
An honor charter was signed between the Union of Educational Institutions and the Teachers’ Syndicate at the Ministry of Education on Monday. Shortly after, the Teachers' Syndicate issued a statement that says, “Based on the agreement signed at the Ministry of Education, which obliges the Union of Private Educational Institutions to finance ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-22 16:22 - Reading : less than a minute
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Boukhari, received at his residence in Yarzeh on Monday Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, according to the Saudi Arabian Embassy’s statement. During the meeting, the discussions tackled the most prominent political developments on both the Lebanese and regional fronts, in addition to ...
Maurice Matta 2024-01-22 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Teachers' Syndicate in Lebanon is set to go on strike in all private schools across the country tomorrow, Tuesday, unless private educational institutions comply with the teachers' demands. This follows the withdrawal of the Union of Private Educational Institutions from the agreement sponsored by the Minister of Education, which seeks to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-22 15:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) issued a statement on Monday regarding their successful interception of drug smuggling attempts outside Lebanon. The Regional Anti-Drug Office in Sidon, part of the Judicial Police Unit, successfully thwarted a smuggling operation on December 30, involving 418,380 Captagon pills concealed professionally inside ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-22 15:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Treasury advances remain the easiest way for the government to cover its expenses. They have primarily enabled it to pay the salaries of a large number of civil servants and incur other expenses considered unnecessary. In just one year, Najib Mikati’s government spent $400 million in areas that did not yield productive results, knowing that the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-21 20:12 - Reading : less than a minute
Druze leader Walid Joumblatt held talks on Sunday afternoon with the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, on issues related to the presidential elections, the explosive situation in southern Lebanon, and the appointments to the Military Council. Joumblatt, who meets regularly with Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh as part of the coordination established ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-21 20:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Journalist Riad Tawk will appear in court on Tuesday following a libel suit filed against him by the Deputy Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation, Sabbouh Sleiman. On Tuesday, Judge Sleiman suspended the execution of the arrest warrant against former Minister of Public Works, Youssef Fenianos, who is being prosecuted for administrative ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-21 17:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Dozens of environmental activists gathered in Amchit on Sunday to protest against private construction work overlooking the natural coastal cave that is home to Mediterranean monk seals. Activist Farid Abi Younes called on Saturday for the demonstration, when the work on the building site resumed despite the opposition of the inhabitants of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-21 16:33 - Reading : less than a minute
The website of the Lebanese Parliament was anonymously hacked this Sunday afternoon, January 21. The official webpage, www.lp.gov.lb, has been inaccessible since then.
This Is Beirut 2024-01-21 14:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai has once again warned against "marginalizing the Maronite community" and called on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to "open the doors of Parliament" by calling an election meeting. "Stop keeping the doors of the presidential palace closed! Stop marginalizing the Maronite community, which is a founding element of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-21 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Elie Aoun, former Maronite MP from Chouf, died on Sunday at the age of 84. He was a former member of the Progressive Socialist Party's parliamentary bloc and a lawyer who first entered Parliament in 2000 on the list of Druze leader Walid Joumblatt. He was re-elected again in 2005, and once more in 2009, on the same list. Born in Damour in 1939, ...