This Is Beirut 2024-03-23 13:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Director-General of Electricité du Liban (EDL), Kamal Hayek, called the head of the Public Procurement Authority, Jean El Ellieh, to inform him that he had received a notice from the Public Prosecution to ship the explosive chemicals out of the Zouk power plant. According to An-Nahar Daily, El Ellieh assured him of the need to start ...
2024-03-23 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Retired from the Internal Security Force, Salim Abu Zaki and Hicham Yahya tell us about their impossible daily lives on $160 per month in a country that abandoned them after decades of dedication.
This Is Beirut 2024-03-22 21:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Health, Firas Abiad, assured on Friday that the new Finance Law has made it possible to increase the rates of medical tariffs insured by the Ministry. “These tariffs are approaching 80% to 100% of those that prevailed before the economic and financial crisis (of 2019),” said the minister at a press conference, adding ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-22 21:10 - Reading : less than a minute
“A Risso’s dolphin was found dead on a beach in Akkar, in the north of the country, near Kleiat Airport,” said the Akkar Trail Association in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, the animal’s remains were to be transported by “a team from the National Center for Marine Sciences (NCMS), in coordination with the Ministry of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-22 20:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Maronite bishop of Antelias, Antoine Abou Najem, explained that the Patriarchate's initiative would include everyone and would, therefore, take place in two stages. “The first stage will include Christian political forces, after which, in a second stage, the dialogue will be extended to all spiritual leaders, Lebanese political authorities, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-22 19:52 - Reading : less than a minute
EU commissioner Margaritis Schinas said on Friday that the European Union could strike a deal with Lebanon to stem arrivals of migrants, according to local agency Al-Markaziya, quoting Reuters. Schinas talked about this possible agreement during a visit to Cyprus. Officials on the island complained it was being inundated by a surge in arrivals ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-22 15:13 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Two houses were targeted early on Friday afternoon. A house was hit in the city of Khiam by an Israeli Merkava tank with two shells, and the another house was targeted in a loud aggression with two air-to-ground missiles in Aita al-Shaab, completely destroying it. Additionally, the hill of Hamames, the eastern outskirts of the town of Odaisseh ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-03-21 23:29 - Reading : less than a minute
For the second year running, the NGO Lebanon of Tomorrow is organizing a spring market in Sassine Square in Achrafieh, which will run until Sunday.
2024-03-21 21:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Discussions among Christian factions in Bkerke are making headway toward a national framework addressing Lebanon's core issues. At the forefront are matters such as state-building, institutional integrity, disarmament and the delegation of war and peace decisions. The forthcoming period is expected to witness intensified meetings aimed at ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-21 20:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The General Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Mount Lebanon, Judge Ghada Aoun, who was removed from her duties in May 2023 by the judiciary's Disciplinary Council for a string of misconduct and abuses she had committed in the course of her duties, is set to appear before this Council on Friday. The focus of the hearing is the appeal Aoun filed ...
2024-03-21 16:28 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Bkerke meeting scheduled to take place in less than two hours at 4:00 PM on Thursday is expected to include all Christian forces, except the Marada party, as per initial indications. When contacted by This Is Beirut, representatives of the said parliamentary bloc refused to elaborate on their decision, merely stating, "We aren't ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-21 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MP Nadim Gemayel openly criticized on Thursday the submission "of the state, with all its military and civilian services, to the control of Hezbollah and its weapons." His comments followed his decision on March 20, 2024, to withdraw his application for the renewal of fifteen weapon-carrying permits, intended for the escorts and guards ...