2024-05-30 23:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
It is no longer a secret that the visit of the French President's special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, “failed to achieve a major breakthrough on the presidential issue,” as confirmed by a Western diplomatic source to This Is Beirut. However, this visit stands out from previous ones as it still prompted a slight shift in the stance ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-30 22:18 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
A Qatari bid for the construction of renewable energy power plants is causing acrimonious exchanges between the two ministries of Economy and Energy. The caretaker ministers of Economy and Energy, Amine Salam and Walid Fayad, respectively, engaged in a heated exchange on Thursday, holding separate press conferences two and a half hours apart to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-30 19:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese General Security announced on Thursday the criteria for accepting identification documents for obtaining or renewing a Lebanese biometric passport. The passport application must be accompanied by an identity card or an individual civil status certificate. If the identity card was issued more than 10 years ago, an individual civil ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-30 19:39 - Reading : less than a minute
On Thursday, a school bus carrying students caught fire on the al-Shifa–Abi Samra road in Tripoli. The fire was contained before spreading, averting another catastrophe. The fire had started on the driver's side of the floorboard and was believed to have been caused by a short circuit. Unfortunately, the previous day, Wednesday, disaster could ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-30 13:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Michel Moawad, leader of the Independence Movement and Renewal Bloc (Tajaddod) MP, reiterated his stance in favor of “the election of a sovereigntist president who puts Lebanon and its interests first.” In an interview with LBCI on Wednesday evening, Moawad explained that Sleiman Frangieh’s alliance with Hezbollah and the pro-Iranian axis ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-05-30 12:23 - Reading : less than a minute
On the occasion of World Multiple Sclerosis Day, This Is Beirut revisits an interview published on January 20 with the president of the Lebanese Association for Multiple Sclerosis (ALISEP), Jane Khairallah Koussa. This Is Beirut delved into the pressing issue of the challenges faced by multiple sclerosis patients in Lebanon.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-30 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
According to sources close to the Elysée Palace, during a meeting on April 19 with Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun, French President Emmanuel Macron paid a tribute to the chief of the Lebanese armed forces. The same source relayed that Macron was pleased by Joseph Aoun's briefing on the ...
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 ...