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EDL vs. Private Generators: Lebanon’s Daily Electricity Battle
Liliane Mokbel 2025-09-03 15:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon EDL Central Bank of Lebanon Banks economy
Electricité du Liban (EDL) collection agents occasionally remember to bill subscribers. Neighborhood generator operators, on the other hand, never forget the last day of the month. They collect payments even before reading meters, already knowing exactly how much they will extract. The idea of EDL self-financing its fuel purchases remains ...
Finance Committee Seeks Compromise on NSSF End-of-Service Benefits
This is Beirut 2025-09-03 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute
The Finance and Budget Committee, chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan, met on Thursday with Minister of Finance Yassine Jaber to review a draft law proposing a “fair settlement” for end-of-service benefits at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). The session brought together several MPs, along with representatives from the Ministry of Labor, the ...
Iraq Electricity Gradually Back after Nationwide Outage
This is Beirut 2025-08-12 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq Electricity Heatwave Climate Change
Electricity supply returned to all of Iraq's provinces on Tuesday, a government official told AFP, expecting the grid's full recovery within a day after a nationwide power outage. Electricity shortages are a frequent complaint in Iraq, which suffers from endemic corruption and dilapidated public infrastructure. Most households rely on private ...
Italian Luxury Faces Turmoil as Armani Era Closes
This is Beirut 2025-09-27 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Fashion Italy Giorgio Armani Heritage Culture Art
The first Milan Fashion Week without Giorgio Armani marks the end of an era in Italian luxury, at a time when houses across the sector are already in transition. After defending his independence throughout his life, the legendary designer, who died this month aged 91, entrusted his heirs with the task of selling his group. He cited French ...
Armani’s Legacy Honored at Milan Fashion Week Opening
This is Beirut 2025-09-22 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Milan Fashion Week Italy Culture Art Giorgio Armani Show
Milan Fashion Week opens Tuesday, a feast of Italian style set to be dominated by the late Giorgio Armani's final collections and new faces at Gucci and Versace. Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Max Mara, Fendi, Roberto Cavalli, Ferragamo, and Bottega Veneta are among those showcasing their Spring/Summer 2026 women's collections throughout the week. But ...
Lebanon Moves Toward Clean Energy with New Solar Farms
This is Beirut 2025-09-23 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon EDL Middle East CMA CGM Joe Saddi Beqaa North Lebanon Mount Lebanon
Lebanon took a significant step toward its energy transition on Tuesday, as Minister of Energy Joe Saddi signed power purchase agreements with Joe Dakak, managing director of CMA CGM in Lebanon and the Middle East. The contracts authorize Merit Invest, a subsidiary of the French shipping giant, to develop three solar farms with a total capacity of ...
Rasamny Warns Against Roadside Dumping as Winter Nears
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon CDR Fayez Rasamni Winter floods roads littering
Public Works Minister Fayez Rasamny on Wednesday urged citizens to “take responsibility” and stop dumping waste along roadsides, warning that sewage mixing with rainwater poses serious risks ahead of the winter season. In his remarks at a press conference in Dbayeh, near one of the capital’s most flood-prone areas, Rasamny outlined the ...
Parliament Committee Approves Waste Plan Empowering Municipalities
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 15:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Waste Municipalities Landfills Parliament Economy
The Finance and Budget Committee, chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan, held a session on Wednesday that focused on Lebanon’s deepening waste management crisis and financial concerns related to private sector end-of-service indemnities. The committee approved a measure that empowers municipalities to manage waste collection and treatment in exchange ...
Parliament to Convene Monday – No Electoral Law on Agenda
This is Beirut 2025-09-24 17:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Parliament Nabih Berri Elias Bou Saab Elections Taif Agreement
Parliament is set to convene at 11 AM on Monday, September 29, with 17 legislative items on the agenda following a preparatory meeting of the Parliament Bureau on Wednesday chaired by Speaker Nabih Berri. The session will address a range of government draft laws and MPs’ proposals. These include agreements with the Arab Organization for ...
The UN: Paralyzed and Powerless
Marc Saikali 2025-09-25 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United Nations Europe Gulf Hezbollah
This week, heads of state are taking the stage at the United Nations General Assembly. The routine is familiar: solemn speeches, pledges for peace, calls for multilateralism. Yet behind the diplomatic pomp and cameras focused on New York, everyone knows the real negotiations are happening elsewhere – in hushed corridors and behind closed ...
Rebuilding to Restore Control? Hezbollah’s $3 Billion Gamble
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-09-25 15:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah
Three billion dollars. That is the amount estimated by Hezbollah for the reconstruction of war-torn areas through its Waad project and the Jihad al-Bina association. Yet such a figure immediately raises questions. The group is widely believed to be strapped for cash—squeezed by US sanctions and by a land, air and sea blockade meant to choke off ...
Jounieh Highway: When Public Land Becomes Private Property
Liliane Mokbel 2025-09-25 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon economy infrastructure Jounieh Highway expropriation
Widening Jounieh Highway will not happen overnight. The project is expected to take 36 to 40 months. As the saying goes, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Funding for the project is secured, Minister of Public Works and Transport Fayez Rasamny told the press, though he provided no further details. Sources close to the ...
Information: A Fundamental Right in the Digital Age
Sana Richa Choucair 2025-09-28 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On September 28, 2025, the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) celebrates its tenth anniversary, proclaimed by UNESCO. This year, UNESCO and the Philippine government are hosting a global conference in Manila on September 29–30, under the theme “Ensuring Access to Environmental Information in the Digital Age.” The ...
Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh’s Gold Bracelet Melted, Sold Cheaply
This is Beirut 2025-09-19 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Egypt Museum Art Culture Heritage Gold
Egyptian police said on Thursday they arrested a museum employee and three alleged accomplices after a priceless ancient gold bracelet was stolen from Cairo's Egyptian Museum, sold for about $4,000, and then melted down. The 3,000-year-old bracelet, a gold band adorned with lapis lazuli beads, dated back to the reign of Amenemope, a pharaoh of ...
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 ...
Inkript's Bold Exploitation of Citizens: A Scandal Exposed
Karine al-Kassis 2025-09-29 15:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Inkript is one of the most blatant examples of how a public institution can be hijacked and transformed into a private revenue stream. The company entered the Vehicle Registration Authority – al-Nafaa – under the banner of “digital progress and modernization.” But it did not stop at controlling the system; it also reached directly into the ...
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 ...
Fire on Ship Struck by Projectile Off Yemen
This is Beirut 2025-09-29 19:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Houthi Movement Yemen Red Sea UKMTO
A ship has caught fire after being struck by a projectile off the coast of Yemen, a British maritime agency reported on Monday. "Military authorities report that a vessel has been hit by an unknown projectile. The vessel is reported to be on fire," the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said. In a warning on the incident, the ...
Venezuela's Maduro Ready to Declare State of Emergency Over US 'Aggression'
This is Beirut 2025-09-30 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations United States Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Monday he is ready to declare a state of emergency over the threat of US "aggression," following a spate of deadly US strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats. "Today the consultation process began...to declare a state of emergency in accordance with the constitution and protect our people, our peace, ...
Who Is Matthieu Blazy, the Rising Star at the Helm of Chanel?
This is Beirut 2025-09-30 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Fashion Luxury Chanel Matthieu Blazy France Culture
VIPs and fashionistas are all jostling for invitations to the most-coveted show at Paris Fashion Week: Matthieu Blazy's debut at Chanel. But who is the 41-year-old designer? The Franco-Belgian is relatively low-key, certainly not one of the big celebrity names he beat for the job, and was picked for Chanel after a highly successful three-year ...
Private Generators: Authorities Step Up Pressure on Violators in Beirut
This is Beirut 2025-10-01 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Private Generators State Security Ministry of Economy Amer Bisat
In Beirut, Lebanese authorities are taking a tougher stance against private generator owners who continue to defy government regulations aimed at organizing the sector. Following the expiration last Saturday of a 45-day deadline granted to operators to comply, a campaign was launched to crack down on the most blatant violations. The operation was ...
The Cartel of School Tuitions: How Lebanon’s Middle Class Is Being Crushed
Salam El Zaatari 2025-10-02 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Today in Lebanon, the biggest mafia is not only in politics. It’s in education. Private school owners, especially the so-called “Catholic” and “Islamic” institutions that claim to serve God, have turned into a cartel, worshiping only the dollar. Their business model is not about forming the next generation of Lebanese geniuses, but ...
Two Killed as Violence Flares in Morocco Protests
This is Beirut 2025-10-02 14:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two people were killed when officers opened fire on a group of people attempting to "storm" a police station in Morocco on Wednesday, state media said, as protests -- sometimes violent -- roil the north African nation. Demonstrations have convulsed Morocco for several days, urged on by the GenZ 212 group, a recently formed collective ...
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, ...
Trump's UK State Visit Gets Political After Royal Welcome
This is Beirut 2025-09-18 12:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United Kingdom Kyiv
After the royal hospitality and pageantry, US President Donald Trump's unprecedented second state visit to the UK takes a serious turn on Thursday when he is hosted by Prime Minister Keir Starmer for wide-ranging talks. Starmer will greet Trump on the second day of the visit at his country residence, Chequers, with pressing issues such as trade, ...
Thousands pay respects to Italian designer Giorgio Armani
This is Beirut 2025-09-06 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Thousands of mourners began paying homage on Saturday to Italian fashion giant Giorgio Armani, following his death aged 91. The designer died Thursday after months of fragile health and will be laid to rest at a private funeral on Monday in Milan. But members of the public are able to pay their respects this weekend, with his coffin laid out for ...
Bou Saab Calls for Urgent Action in Legislative Session
This is Beirut 2025-09-12 19:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Parliament legislation IBRD
Speaking on Friday after chairing a joint parliamentary committee session, Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab stressed the urgency of accelerating legislative work in parallel with government efforts. “This reflects the importance of speeding up legislation so that Parliament can facilitate urgent matters,” he said, noting that the committees ...
Versace Leads Milan Farewell To Fashion Legend Giorgio Armani
This is Beirut 2025-09-07 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Giorgio Armani Fashion Farewell Heritage Culture Art
Thousands of mourners paid homage Saturday to Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, who died this week aged 91, as his coffin was put on public display in Milan. Italian fashion icon Donatella Versace was among those who filed past Armani's closed casket at the headquarters of his multi-billion-euro lifestyle company, which marked its 50th ...
Baghdad Clashes Kill Six, Including Four Police
This is Beirut 2025-09-07 14:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes between members of two local tribes in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, have killed at least six people, including four policemen who intervened in the violence, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Iraqi security officials, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said that the clashes late Saturday erupted over increased fees for a ...
Cabinet to Tackle 44-Item Agenda Tuesday
This is Beirut 2025-09-08 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Cabinet will convene tomorrow, Tuesday, with a packed agenda of 44 items. Key matters include several draft laws, such as proposals to appoint an ad hoc financial investigator, amend the Code of Civil Procedure and a previously postponed bill to establish a Ministry of Technology and Artificial Intelligence. The Cabinet will also ...