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Bassil weighs in on cabinet formation, Parliament speaker appointment
BEIRUT – Free Patriotic Movement head Gebran Bassil urged Friday for the “formation of a new government as quickly as possible and to leave the presidential election for its own time and...
21 May 2022
Ogero officer arrested for allegedly faking kidnapping to embezzle funds
BEIRUT – The Internal Security Forces announced Saturday that the treasurer of a Bekaa branch of state telecommunications provider Ogero was arrested for allegedly attempting to embezzle funds by...
21 May 2022
Joumblatt and Geagea take aim at Hezbollah's weapons
BEIRUT – Progressive Socialist Party head Walid Joumblatt and Lebanese Forces head Samir Geagea spoke out against Hezbollah’s weapons and discussed Parliamentary election results during interviews...
21 May 2022
Telecoms tariff hike, inflation continues apace, financial recovery plan passes cabinet: Your weekly financial news roundup
BEIRUT — Et tu, Brute? Telecom Minister Johnny Corm has finally succeeded where his predecessor, Mohamed Choucair, had failed in 2019. Telecom tariffs are set to become the first casualty of the...
Kabalan Farah, 21 May 2022
Aoun announces end of current government's mandate on Sunday
BEIRUT – “The government will be considered resigned with the start of the [new] Parliament’s mandate [Sunday],” the office of President Michel Aoun announced in a statement Saturday. Here’s what...
21 May 2022
No monkeypox cases detected in Lebanon to date, Abiad says
BEIRUT – Health Minister Firas Abiad said Saturday “Lebanon is until present safe from monkeypox,” a virus endemic to West Africa that has recently propped up in Europe and North America, during an...
21 May 2022
Speaker and deputy speaker of Parliament posts: No deal between Amal and the FPM, Berri says
Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri has assured that he will run for the presidency of the Parliament, which he has held without interruption since 1992, although several parties are opposed to it....