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Paris Fashion Week Closes with Chanel’s Iconic Show
2024-10-03 14:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The final day of Paris Fashion Week concluded on Tuesday, October 1, with a series of major shows, including those from Chanel, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, and the rising brand Coperni. Among the highlights was Chanel’s much-anticipated show, staged at the Grand Palais in Paris, marking the brand's return to this iconic venue after four years of ...
Costa Rica: Fish Skins Upcycled into Fashion and Jewelry
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 10:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In Costa Rica, a pioneering project by a women-led cooperative is transforming discarded fish skins into high-quality leather for clothing and jewelry, potentially revolutionizing sustainable fashion. On a beach in Costa Rica, two women meticulously clean fish skins that will later be crafted into clothing and jewelry, perhaps eventually gracing ...
Nintendo Opens Museum in Japan Chronicling Its History
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, Nintendo inaugurated its own museum in Japan. This new venue offers visitors the chance to explore and sometimes experience more than 130 years of the gaming giant’s history, starting with its origins in playing card manufacturing. Located a few kilometers from Kyoto’s city center, where the company’s ...
Exclusive: Footage from Devastated Villages in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 2024-10-08 14:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam South Lebanon Israël airstrikes destruction tyre
Exclusive footage obtained by This is Beirut reveals the widespread destruction of homes and entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon as relentless Israeli shelling and airstrikes continue. Credits: @salamelzaatari
Al-Qard Al-Hassan: Is Hezbollah's "Bank" in Jeopardy? (1/2)
Maurice Matta 2024-10-09 08:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Intense daily Israeli airstrikes continue on the southern suburb of Beirut, southern villages, and the Beqaa Valley, while the Israeli side affirms that its war will persist until it eliminates Hezbollah's military and organizational targets. The aim is to inflict as much strategic damage as possible on Hezbollah, including its financial ...
Maroun Khater: 'Defusing the Cheques Time Bomb'
Liliane Mokbel 2024-10-11 11:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
ABL Banks Banque du Liban Central Bank of Lebanon
In its meeting on October 9, 2024, the Central Council of Banque du Liban (BDL) amended main circular No. 166, extending its benefits to depositors who converted their funds from Lebanese pounds to foreign currencies after October 30, 2019. The council also updated main circular No. 147, requiring banks to return outstanding or circulating bank ...
Israeli Army Organizes 'Press Tour' in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 2024-10-14 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army organized a "press tour" in southern Lebanon on Sunday. A group of journalists, escorted by the army, visited three alleged Hezbollah positions, including two tunnels. Credit: AFP
Al-Qard Al-Hassan: Is Hezbollah's 'Bank' in Jeopardy? (2/2)
Maurice Matta 2024-10-16 08:30 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Lebanon Economy Al Qard Al Hassan Hezbollah
Many legal experts agree on the idea that "the Al-Qard Al-Hasan Association is a loophole in Lebanese law." The change in terminology does not alter the legal nature, which means that it is, in essence, a bank under legal reality and cannot be considered a non-profit charity organization, as it identifies itself. Specific circulars about Al-Qard ...
The Media Glossary: Carpet Bombing (War Edition)
This is Beirut 2024-10-16 17:25 - Reading : less than a minute
A type of bombing that is dominating media headlines amidst the current war. What is Carpet Bombing? What is its aim? What are its risks? First Footage Credit: Mazen Hanna Farah
Costa-Gavras: A Meditative Journey into Mortality
This is Beirut 2024-10-18 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At 91, the Franco-Greek filmmaker Costa-Gavras confronts the concept of death with the calmness of an experienced director, all while preparing a new political film. During the Lumière festival in Lyon, he presented his latest feature, Le Dernier Souffle (“The Last Breath”), set for release in January 2025. Adapted from a work by Régis ...
FATF: Lebanon Could Be Granted a Grace Period
Liliane Mokbel 2024-10-20 16:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
According to several reliable sources, Lebanon could soon be added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. A decision is expected in five days. If confirmed, this would hardly come as a surprise. However, rumors have circulated over the past 24 hours about a possible postponement of the decision to November rather than October, ...
AfD Designated as "Far-Right Extremist": Is a Ban on the Party Coming ?
This is Beirut 2025-05-02 20:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Germany's domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the rising far-right party AfD as an extremist group, handing authorities greater powers to monitor it and fuelling calls for it to be banned. The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) swiftly slammed the move as a "heavy blow" to democracy, just months after they won second ...
Lebanon’s Ossified Left and Its Stance on Palestine
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-05-06 15:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Palestine Christian Muslim
After the French Revolution of 1789, the king conceded some of his powers to Parliament. His supporters sat to his right and his opponents to his left. Forever after, the Right denoted supporters of the ruler and traditions, while the Left meant breaking with the old and yearning for the new. But that was only in theory. In practice, as time ...
Shifting Paradigms
2024-08-05 09:03 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The concomitant assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and Fouad Shukr is a major turning point in the surrogate war which opposes Iran and Israel. This came at the heels of a deadly attack on Israeli territory, whereby the children of Majdel Shams, a Druze town in the Golan Heights were deliberately targeted by Hezbollah. The sudden attack pinpointed ...
In the Face of State Sabotage, Firmness Is the Only Imperative
Michel Touma 2025-10-06 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun UN Security Council Amal Hezbollah Internal Security Forces
It relentlessly edges toward the peak of destructive behavior, pushing ever closer to its darkest extremes. Hezbollah’s leadership—loyal to directives from its Iranian patron—offers daily, tangible proof of the malicious strategy it pursues without any regard for law or principle in Lebanon: a strategy aimed at dismantling the state and ...
Real Madrid Thrash Levante As Mbappe Hits Brace
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Real Madrid extended their winning start to La Liga with a comfortable 4-1 triumph at Levante on Tuesday. Kylian Mbappe scored twice to reach seven league goals in six matches as Xabi Alonso's side maintained their 100 percent record. Vinicius Junior opened the scoring with a superb finish and Franco Mastantuono was also on target for the league ...
Netanyahu at UN: Conditional Peace with Lebanon, a New Middle East
This is Beirut 2025-09-26 17:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Donald Trump Hamas Hezbollah
In an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reopened the door to peace with Lebanon. He declared that “peace between Israel and Lebanon is possible,” contingent on the disarmament of Hezbollah. “If Lebanon takes action to disarm Hezbollah, I’m confident peace will follow,” he ...
Basket-Abu Dhabi: Riyadi and Champville Launch Their International Season
Makram Haddad 2025-09-29 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Arab Emirates Riyadi Champville
Under the aegis of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, with the supervision of the Emirati Federation and the organization of al-Wahda in partnership with Global Active Sports, the second edition of the Abu Dhabi International Basketball Championship sets up in the indoor hall of the al-Jazira club. Eight clubs make up a cosmopolitan field. The games ...
Parliamentary Session Descends into Chaos over Expatriate Voting and Raoucheh Dispute
This is Beirut 2025-09-29 14:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Lebanese Forces Amal Banque du Liban Parliament
The parliamentary session that convened at 11 AM on Monday was adjourned prematurely, with only 9 of the 17 scheduled agenda items addressed. The session was marred by political tensions, as several MPs withdrew in protest at the presidency’s refusal to include the issue of expatriate voting in the upcoming May 2026 legislative elections. Their ...
US Faces Annual Budget Deadline as Another Government Shutdown Looms
Mario Chartouni 2025-09-29 17:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Every year, as September draws to a close, Washington is confronted with a critical deadline: passing the federal budget for the next fiscal year. When the White House and Congress fail to reach an agreement, the dreaded “government shutdown” can occur. Now a familiar term in American politics, a shutdown refers to the partial closure of ...
BDL Leads Financial Recovery and Reassures Depositors
Liliane Mokbel 2025-09-29 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Central Bank of Lebanon Banks International Monetary Fund economy deposits BDL
At a luncheon debate hosted by the École supérieure des affaires (ESA), Karim Souhaid, the Governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL), presented his assessment of the country’s economic situation – “slowly but surely moving in the right direction” – to around 40 members of the Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF), currently on ...
Tony Blair: Former UK Premier Central to Trump's Gaza Plan
This is Beirut 2025-09-30 19:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tony Blair United Kingdom Donald Trump Gaza United States
Tony Blair, Britain's former Prime minister whose legacy was heavily tarnished by the 2003 war in Iraq, has long been a contentious figure in the Middle East and beyond. His potentially leading role in Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza will likely do little to change that. Blair, 72, who is set to sit on the board of a proposed international ...
The IMF’s Lebanon Framework: Balancing State Debt with Depositor Rights
This is Beirut 2025-10-02 11:50 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
Lebanon IMF Central Bank Banks Depositors
As Lebanon faces multiple challenges with economic and financial recovery from the country’s 2019 economic collapse, two interconnected issues remain particularly controversial: recovering the money of Lebanese who lost access to their bank deposits and holding those responsible for squandering their money ...
Banks: Khalaf Sees 2026 as a Key Year for Crisis Resolution
This is Beirut 2025-10-02 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Banque du Liban budget dollar
The Secretary General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL), Fadi Khalaf, believes that 2026 could mark the beginning of implementing definitive solutions and relaunching the banking sector on a stronger footing. This milestone, he argues, would also allow depositors to recover their rights and help restore confidence in financial ...
Are Things Looking Brighter for the Middle East?
David Hale 2025-10-03 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Syria Gaza Hamas United States
A year after Israel defanged Hezbollah, and in the wake of the annual opening of the UN General Assembly and several developments related to the Middle East, it may be a good time to take stock. In my 38-year career of diplomacy in the Middle East, anytime someone expressed optimism, I would suggest a head examination might be in order. However, ...
Constitutional Council Upholds Banking Authority and Ties Bank Reform Law to Gap Law
Maurice Matta 2025-10-04 17:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon’s Constitutional Council issued a ruling partially annulling Law No. 23/2025 on banking reform and restructuring, following an appeal filed by ten MPs. In form, the Council accepted the appeal, as it was filed within the legal timeframe and met all procedural requirements. In substance, it decided to annul parts of the contested ...
Port of Beirut Terminal Earns International Security Certification
This is Beirut 2025-10-06 13:15 - Reading : less than a minute
The management of the Port of Beirut announced on Monday a significant achievement in collaboration with the CMA Beirut Terminal container station, which has obtained certification of compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The accreditation was granted after the terminal successfully met all required ...
Lebanese Businesses Reject Proposed 3% Tax
This is Beirut 2025-09-22 11:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese business organizations voiced strong opposition on Monday to a proposed 3% tax outlined in Article 31 of the 2026 draft budget, describing it as illogical, inflationary, and punitive for compliant companies in a country where the informal economy thrives. Officially framed as an advance on income tax, the measure, business leaders warn, ...
Renewable Energy Growth Slows Due to Policy Changes: IEA
This is Beirut 2025-10-07 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Europe United States IEA COP28 Renewable Energy
Growth in renewable energy, a key part of efforts to limit dangerous climate change, is slowing down due to policy changes in the United States and China and will fall short of a key goal, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. Only two years ago the global community set the goal of tripling renewable energy output by 2030 to limit the ...
Cabinet Extends Jdeideh Landfill Operations
This is Beirut 2025-10-09 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Nawaf Salam Paul Morcos Grand Serail Jdeideh CDR Parliament Mohammad Qabbani
The Council of Ministers met on Thursday at the Grand Serail under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. It approved the continued use of the Jdeideh landfill until the end of 2026 and tasked the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) with establishing a power plant on-site. Following the session, Minister of Information Paul ...