BEIRUT — A group of judges called on Friday for a weeklong strike across Lebanon starting from Monday to “reject the erosion of judicial dignity at all levels” after a meeting at the Court of...
BEIRUT — In a statement released Friday afternoon, the central bank advised all citizens and companies looking to convert their Lebanese lira cash to US dollars, to apply through banks starting...
These past few days bring to mind scenes from 2005. Rafik Hariri had been assassinated a few months earlier, the Syrians had been forced to leave the country and Nabih Berri was no longer...
The success of We Vote for Change is one of the big surprises in the 2022 elections. The number of votes secured by the list, led by Saida MP Ousama Saad in alliance with Abdel Rahman Bizri, a...
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun approved on Friday the formation of the National Council for Price Policy, a first since the legal body was introduced via decree in 1974, the state-run National News...
BEIRUT — Bread prices, which were revised and raised last week, rose again on Friday against the backdrop of increased fuel prices. Here’s what we know: • New prices published by...
BEIRUT — Relatives of detainees arrested in connection with the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut Port blast held a sit-in Friday at the Beirut Justice Palace calling on caretaker Finance Minister Youssef...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira dropped another LL1,000 to LL37,000 to the US dollar. Here’s what we know: • The online platform lirarate.org indicated a buy price of LL37,000 and a...
BEIRUT — Concrete blocks barring access to the Lebanese Parliament were fully dismantled Friday after incumbent Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri requested reduced security measures ahead of the May...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces announced Friday that it seized 12.8 kilograms of hashish hidden in a wooden figurine of the Baalbeck temple intended to be smuggled to an unnamed European...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . A damning report by the government’s anti-torture watchdog committee found that judicial authorities “fail to...
