BEIRUT — Caretaker Economy Minister Amin Salam said, “There is no decision to lift the subsidies on wheat,” at a press conference on Monday. He added that the “World Bank agreed to grant us a loan...
In a few days, he will enter Parliament through the main door. With the lead bullet stuck in the heart since Aug. 8, 2020. On that day, at a demonstration fueled by fury following the Beirut port...
BEIRUT — The Housing Bank, represented by its Chairman and General Manager, Antoine Habib, on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Energy Ministry to provide citizens with the...
BEIRUT — Hospitals will go on strike Thursday and Friday following a call from the Union of Hospital Owners and the Order of Doctors of Beirut and Tripoli. Any case considered non-urgent will be...
A candidate for one of the Druze seats in Aley, he surprised everyone by dethroning Talal Arslan, one of the leading figures in the establishment decried by the Oct. 17, 2019, popular uprising....
BEIRUT — The Deir Ammar power plant will be completely shut down on Tuesday due to lack of fuel, the Electricité du Liban (EDL) announced on Monday. Here’s what we know: • “The...
Cedar Oxygen, a fund designed to help Lebanese industries hit by the economic and financial crisis, was launched with great fanfare in August 2020. “We are aiming for a minimum size of $750...
BEIRUT — The Health Ministry on Monday said there are “no confirmed or suspected cases” of the monkeypox virus in Lebanon. The virus has been spreading in many countries since the beginning of May,...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad on Monday criticized the pharmacy strike set to take place Tuesday, saying that this kind of practice “has a negative impact on sick people.”...
BEIRUT — The removal of concrete barriers blocking the access roads to Lebanon’s Parliament building in Downtown Beirut began Monday at around 5 p.m. Here’s what we know: •...
BEIRUT — Lebanon has received 50 buses donated by France in an effort to improve the country’s public transportation system, caretaker Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh and French ambassador to...
BEIRUT — The union of owners of gas cylinder filling centers, the majority of which were closed on Monday, have called on the Energy Ministry to publish new a tariff schedule that takes into...
Judging by the scarcity of protests, vandalism, road closures or other manifestations of political angst in the immediate wake of last weekend’s parliamentary elections, we can mostly consider the...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . As of yesterday, Najib Mikati’s government entered caretaker status and has limited decision-making power. It will...
