This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 20:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Wednesday evening, the leader of the Lebanese Forces party, Samir Geagea, received the French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, stating that his party is open to a third candidate, “unlike the Resistance Axis.” “The Resistance Axis wants to know the president before the election session, which is unacceptable,” Geagea stated after the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 17:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The economic organizations, led by former Minister Mohammad Choucair, held a meeting on Wednesday with the Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Trade, Mohamed Abou Haidar. The meeting was dedicated to presenting the new electronic services recently launched by the Ministry's Consumer Protection Directorate. The prospects for cooperation ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 17:12 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Wednesday, French presidential envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian met with Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel at the party’s headquarters in Saifi to discuss the presidential dossier. Gemayel stated that the meeting aimed to warn Le Drian about “some pitfalls that may be in preparation,” and to demand that certain steps in the electoral process be ...
Joanne Naoum 2024-05-29 16:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In 2020, while Lebanese citizens were still reeling from the devastating Beirut port explosion, alarming news surfaced about the presence of ammonium nitrate at the Zouk Mikael thermal plant factory in Keserwan, Mount Lebanon. This revelation sparked fears of another possible deadly catastrophe. Four years later, no official has been held ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 16:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese customs at the Port of Beirut received a donation from the German government on Wednesday, including equipment to support the work of the Port's container control unit. The ceremony was attended by, among others, the German Ambassador to Lebanon, Kurt Georg Stöckl-Stillfried, the acting president of the Supreme Customs Council, Rima ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-29 15:19 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On the second day of his visit to Lebanon, the French presidential envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, met Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday in Ain el-Tineh. Berri reiterated his call “to initate consultations on one subject, the election of a President of the Republic, without preconditions.” Emphasizing his adherence to the French ...
Rami Rayess 2024-05-29 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Seldom has Lebanon faced the international community with a unified position. It was the case this time, however, regarding one of the most important and pressing matters for the country; the Syrian migrants whose presence on Lebanese soil has become a burden that requires a thorough and responsible approach, away from grudge-bearing and hasty ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-05-29 08:07 - Reading : less than a minute
British Ambassador to Lebanon H.E. Hamish Cowell celebrated 21 winners of the "Ambassador for a Day" competition on Tuesday at his residence in Baabda.
2024-05-28 23:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Upon his arrival in Beirut on Tuesday afternoon, French President Emmanuel Macron's personal envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, met with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. The meeting was of a strictly ceremonial nature, as the French emissary, like all the Lebanese, is well aware that he cannot hope to make headway with Mikati on the two ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-28 20:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Mount Lebanon first investigating judge, Nicolas Mansour, issued contradictory arrest warrants for the suspects arrested in the TikTokers' pedophile case at the end of the first hearing he devoted to their interrogation on Tuesday. Their lawyers had presented formal defects at the start of the hearing. Judge Mansour also issued arrest ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-28 19:55 - Reading : less than a minute
The Constitutional Council (CC) rejected, on Tuesday, the three appeals lodged against the law extending the terms of municipal councils and mokhtars. The law was adopted by Parliament on April 25. The Constitutional Council invoked the exceptional circumstances in Lebanon, alluding to the war in South Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel. The ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-05-28 17:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
It is a surprise to none that nothing in Lebanon is done within the deadlines stipulated by the Constitution, mainly due to the biggest problem that the Lebanese regime faces: unilateral decisions and hegemony over the State. In 2022, the main slogan of the elections was that the new Parliament will honor its most important commitment, electing a ...