This Is Beirut, 2024-05-16 11:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Fifteen European Union countries, led by Denmark and the Czech Republic, are calling for “new solutions” to facilitate the transfer of migrants to countries outside the European Union, including during rescue operations at sea. These fifteen countries, including Italy and Greece, but not Hungary, want to go further than the migration pact ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-15 20:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The gunman who shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico multiple times and wounded him on Wednesday has been detained by the police, the country's president said. Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was battling life-threatening wounds Wednesday after officials said he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt condemned by European ...
Samar Kadi, 2024-05-15 15:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to Ziad el Sayegh -expert in public policy, refugee and migration issues, the Syrian and Iranian regimes are manipulating the massive presence of Syrian migrants in Lebanon to serve their own agendas. The issue of the massive presence of Syrian migrants and refugees on Lebanese territory for more than 13 years, has been thrust to the ...
Rami Rayess, 2024-05-15 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The European Union (EU) faces a myriad of challenges spanning political, security, economic and monetary spheres. Debates within EU circles and among leaders often revolve around how to effectively address these challenges, ensuring the sustainability of the common union project while propelling it forward towards new directions. This includes ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-14 15:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The EU passed a major reform of its asylum system on Tuesday, which seeks to harden its border policies ahead of an expected right-wing surge in the upcoming European elections. The EU gave the final green light on Tuesday to a landmark overhaul of its migration and asylum policies that will see hardened borders and responsibility shared among ...
2024-05-13 16:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The billion Euro aid, to be given by the European Union to Lebanon to help the country alleviate the burden of hundreds of thousands of Syrians living in its territory, still raises question marks on the reason, timing and circumstances of this “gift,” which will be discussed on Wednesday by the Parliament. The donation was only offered after ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-13 13:49 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati refuted on Monday the “ongoing campaigns against the government regarding the Syrian displaced file” that indicate, in his opinion, “a clear approach aimed at obscuring the truth for populist purposes and hindering the government's work with futile disputes and debates.” He reaffirmed the government's ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-13 12:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Member of the "Strong Republic" bloc (Lebanese Forces), MP Fadi Karam, affirmed that the bloc will participate in Wednesday's parliamentary session dedicated to discussing the one-billion-euro grant from the European Union. “This session differs from its predecessors and falls within the framework of the Parliament exercising its supervisory ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-12 16:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai lashed out on Sunday at European countries that refuse to “cooperate with Lebanon” in resolving the issue of Syrian migrants, arguing that “they are paving the way for criminals and terrorists.” “The situation in the region requires the presence of a president of the Republic,” said Rai in his homily on ...
2024-05-10 18:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The European Union (EU) seems to be on the defensive, especially since the uproar caused by the announcement last Thursday of a one-billion-euro aid package to help Lebanon put up with the burden of Syrian migrants. In a second attempt (the first being yesterday, May 9, on the occasion of Europe Day) to justify the granting of this sum over a ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-10 17:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN and the European Union condemned "attacks" on UNRWA in East Jerusalem on Friday, calling on Israel to ensure the protection of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after Israeli demonstrators attempted to set fire to its offices on Thursday. United Nations and European officials Friday condemned attacks against the UN agency for ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-07 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri called for a parliamentary session on May 15 to discuss the one billion Euro donation made by the European Union (EU) to Lebanon. The donation aims to alleviate the burden of the significant presence of displaced Syrians in the country and, most importantly, to prevent migrant flows to Cyprus. Extending until ...