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Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' Comes to Life in Bosnia
This is Beirut 2024-10-06 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In the rolling terrain of Bosnia, a businessman has embarked on a project to bring Van Gogh’s Starry Night to life, crafting a replica of the iconic painting over an impressive area of ten hectares. Deeply passionate about the Dutch artist’s work, Zukic views this endeavor as a homage to an artistic heritage that belongs to everyone. ...
UN Raises Plight of Migrant Workers in Lebanon
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 20:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Some migrant domestic workers in Lebanon have been locked in homes while their employers flee from Israel's air strikes, the United Nations said Friday. The UN's International Organization for Migration said foreign domestic staff were increasingly being abandoned by the Lebanese families to face heightened danger in the conflict. The IOM raised ...
Emmanuel Macron: Lebanon Faces Grief and Fear Once Again
2024-09-20 12:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French President Emmanuel Macron shared a message of support to the Lebanese on X (formerly Twitter) after the country was hit by an unprecedented technological attack that resulted in dozens of deaths and thousands of injuries. On Thursday, September 19, Macron posted a video on his X account, reiterating the urgent need for Lebanon to elect a ...
Mikati Calls from Bkerké for Unified Dialogue and Consensus President Election
This Is Beirut 2024-10-03 21:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati visited the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerké on Thursday evening, where he met with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai. He confirmed that their views aligned on urging the international community to pressure Israel to stop its aggression against Lebanon. Mikati, who briefed Rai on the tripartite meeting held in ...
NATO Chief Visits Kyiv for the First Time, Vows Support
This Is Beirut 2024-10-03 16:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
NATO's new chief, Mark Rutte, visited Kyiv on Thursday, a major show of support for Ukraine in his maiden trip in the role. Kyiv relies on billions of dollars in Western military aid to fight the Russian invasion, with the NATO Secretary-General a powerful voice corralling support for Ukraine on the global stage. Taking over the role on Tuesday, ...
Biden, Harris Tour US States Damaged by Hurricane Helene
This Is Beirut 2024-10-03 04:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday witnessed Hurricane Helene's catastrophic destruction firsthand and Vice President Kamala Harris distributed aid to needy families, as thousands of federal responders joined all-out efforts to rescue residents and care for millions in the disaster. Biden flew into the Carolinas and his deputy headed to Georgia ...
Cabinet Session: Lebanon Expands Shelters Amid Displacement Crisis
This Is Beirut 2024-10-02 17:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
During a cabinet session held on Wednesday, Prime Minister Mikati provided updates on his discussions with United Nations organizations and donor countries regarding Lebanon’s response plan for the displacement crisis. According to Mikati, the number of shelter centers has reached approximately 874 and is expected to increase as the crisis ...
Fashion's Bold Voices: Eco-Conscious and Innovatively Retro
This Is Beirut 2024-10-02 10:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
At this year's Paris Fashion Week, the runway buzzed with innovation and an eco-conscious ethos, blending nostalgia with cutting-edge style for the Spring/Summer 2025 collections. This season's Paris Fashion Week delivered an evocative blend of reflection and innovation, marrying deep-seated traditions with bold new directions in design. From ...
Paris Fashion Week: Feminist Fashion with Classics Revived for Empowerment
This Is Beirut 2024-10-01 13:11 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At the recent Paris Fashion Week, the runway showcased a striking shift towards empowering women's wear for the upcoming summer collections. From Victorian-era bloomers to modern power suits for the "girl boss," the Paris Fashion Week highlighted a clear trend towards emancipatory clothing. [caption id="attachment_296389" align="alignnone" ...
French Foreign Minister To Travel to Lebanon on Sunday
This Is Beirut 2024-09-29 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France's foreign minister will travel to Lebanon on Sunday, his ministry said, amid spiraling fears that the region could be headed toward an all-out war. Jean-Noel Barrot is due to land in Lebanon on Sunday evening to "exchange with the local authorities and bring French support, especially humanitarian", the foreign ministry said in a ...
Southerners Abandoned in Border Villages
2024-09-29 11:50 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
In the aftermath of the September 23 escalation, the dynamics have shifted for Lebanon, particularly for the southern residents who remained in their villages throughout 11 months of war. How is this new reality affecting their daily lives? The situation in Lebanon has changed drastically following the major escalation on September 23, which ...
Monet's Magical Smog: A London Exhibition
2024-09-28 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Monet's love for London's enchanting smog takes center stage in a new Courtauld Gallery exhibition, Monet and London: Views from the Thames. The display features 21 paintings sourced from private collections and museums in France, the United States, Ireland, and beyond. In London, Claude Monet found a peculiar allure in the famed "smog," a haze ...
Lady Gaga Reimagines Art at the Louvre with 'Mona Lisa' Lipstick
2024-09-27 10:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a captivating display blending art with pop culture, Lady Gaga visited The Louvre in Paris to film a daring promotional video for the museum's upcoming exhibition, Figures of the Fool. Released on September 25, the video sees Lady Gaga in an unusual yet mesmerizing role where she faces Leonardo da Vinci's revered Mona Lisa, leaving a whimsical ...
Amal, Hezbollah Open to Presidential Third Option, Eventually
2024-09-24 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah was still recovering from the wounds inflicted by the Israeli cyberattack on its communications network when it suffered another devastating blow: the targeting of Dahyeh and the assassination of its highest-ranking security official, Ibrahim Aqil, commander of the elite Radwan Brigade, who was wanted by the US and France for the 1984 ...
Behind the (Secret) Scenes of Lebanese Sports (17)
This Is Beirut 2024-09-23 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
- The president of a well-known federation and his treasurer succeeded in removing the federation's general secretary from his post. They informed a president of an individual sports federation and a sports activist of their position. The activist was not satisfied with what he heard from the two officials. - A businessman from a large club in a ...
Zelensky in US to Present "Victory Plan"
2024-09-23 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday arrived in the United States for a crucial visit to present Kyiv's plan to end two and a half years of war with Russia. Zelensky will present his proposals -- which he calls a "victory plan" -- to President Joe Biden, as well as presidential hopefuls Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The visit comes ...
UAE Leader Seeks to Deepen 'Strategic' Ties in US Visit
This Is Beirut 2024-09-22 11:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is due on Monday in Washington for a first official visit at a time of soaring tensions in the Middle East, seeking to highlight economic and technological cooperation. Presidential advisor Anwar Gargash said the Emiratis, who want to reorient their economy away from oil and towards new ...
Naim Qassem After Fall of Assad Regime: 'Hezbollah Lost Its Supply Lines Through Syria'
This is Beirut 2024-12-14 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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In a televised speech on Friday, his first since the fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem acknowledged that “Hezbollah has lost its military supply route through Syria,” but emphasized that this loss was merely a minor detail and that a new supply route would be established. Qassem further ...
Netanyahu Holds Security Briefing Atop Strategic Syrian Peak
This is Beirut 2024-12-17 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security briefing Tuesday atop a strategic Syrian mountain inside the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights that Israel seized this month, the defense minister said. Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz and the heads of the armed forces and the domestic security agency visited ...
Paolo Borgia on Peace Mission in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-04-14 12:35 - Reading : less than a minute
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Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Paolo Borgia joined a Palm Sunday procession in the southern village of Qlayaa and later visited the border town of Khiam to assess the damage and destruction caused by the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
US top diplomat visits UAE on final leg of Mideast tour
This is Beirut 2025-02-19 09:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US top diplomat Marco Rubio visited the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for the final leg of his first Middle East tour, after breakthrough talks with Russian officials in Riyadh. After arriving in Abu Dhabi in the morning, the US secretary of state was set to meet with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Foreign Minister Abdullah ...
The Anticipated Return of Lebanese-Saudi Relations
Christiane Tager 2025-03-04 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Trade relations between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia have long been prosperous, with Lebanese exports reaching over $800 million per year and Saudi imports totaling $1.3 billion. However, political tensions have severely affected these exchanges, reducing their volume by more than half and causing a considerable loss of revenue for Lebanon. Could the ...
Kataeb Delegation Tours Southern Villages to Assess Post-War Needs
This is Beirut 2025-03-03 19:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Kataeb delegation visited several villages in South Lebanon on Monday, following a recent tour of Bint Jbeil district. The latest visit covered villages in the Marjayoun and Hasbaya districts, including Qlayaa, Jdeidet Marjayoun and Kawkaba, as part of the party’s efforts to affirm its support for the region, according to a statement. The ...
Banksy in Belgrade: A Battle Over the Soul of Street Art
This is Beirut 2025-02-28 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Belgrade has become the stage for a clash over Banksy’s artistic legacy, as two rival exhibitions have ignited debate on the commercialization of street art. While one offers a curated multimedia experience featuring authenticated works, the other challenges the commodification of an artist whose ethos rejects profit-driven art. Banksy, the ...
Under Pressure From Trump, Mexico Extradites Cartel Narcos
This is Beirut 2025-02-28 05:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Mexico on Thursday extradited some of its most notorious imprisoned drug lords to the United States in a bid to avert sweeping tariffs, including a cartel kingpin wanted for decades over the murder of a US undercover agent. Rafael Caro Quintero, who allegedly ordered the kidnap, torture and killing of DEA special agent Enrique "Kiki" ...
President Aoun in KSA: Will He Succeed in Restoring Bilateral Ties?
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-02-27 21:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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For his first official visit abroad, President Joseph Aoun will head to Saudi Arabia on Sunday, then to Cairo for an extraordinary Arab League summit two days later. These visits could mark a turning point in Lebanon's diplomatic relations with the Arab world, particularly with Saudi Arabia, and potentially usher in a new era of bilateral ...
Ocalan Calls for PKK to Drop Weapons, be Dissolved
This is Beirut 2025-02-27 16:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday called for his Kurdish militant group to lay down its weapons and dissolve itself in a landmark declaration read out in Istanbul. "All groups must lay down their arms and PKK must dissolve itself," he said in a declaration drawn up in his cell on Imrali prison island where he has been held in ...
Turkey's Pro-Kurd Party Teases 'Historic' news from PKK Leader
This is Beirut 2025-02-27 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey's leading pro-Kurd party said it was expecting a "historic declaration" Thursday from the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, amid efforts to end a decades-long conflict with Ankara. The pro-Kurdish DEM party will send a delegation Thursday to meet Ocalan at his prison on an island off Istanbul, it said in ...
New Syria leader holds talks with Jordan king
This is Beirut 2025-02-26 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday on his third foreign visit since ousting Bashar al-Assad. King Abdullah II greeted Sharaa at Amman's Marka airport, the royal court said in a statement. The two leaders then headed to Raghadan Palace for their first talks since Sharaa took power. It is ...
Patriarch Rai Navigating the Delicate Situation in Bkerke
Saad Kiwan 2025-02-24 15:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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It has been 14 years since Patriarch Bechara Rai assumed the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate, as he was elected on March 15, 2011 – shortly after the popular uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s bloody regime erupted in Syria. Rai succeeded Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, who had resigned that same year, a month before Rai’s election. Sfeir had ...