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A top judicial body has been gutted amid a political tug-of-war

As the Lebanese state disintegrates, judicial institutions have not been spared. The Higher Judicial Council, a main pillar of the judicial system, can no longer convene as the term of office of...

Claude ASSAF, 28 May 2021

Judge Tarek Bitar, the lead judge on the Beirut port explosion investigation, received an interim report on the findings of French investigators looking into the explosion, the NNA reports, without giving details on the report's contents

28 May 2021

Tainted fuel scandal: 22 people and entities to stand trial

Forgery, using counterfeit documents, bribery, fraud and professional misconduct — these are the charges brought against 22 people and entities following a pretrial investigation into a case of...

Nada MAUCOURANT ATTALAH, 28 May 2021

Lebanon has registered 298 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. Six more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,711

28 May 2021

The committee for the follow-up of preventive measures and procedures to confront COVID-19 has recommended that events such as weddings, conferences and parties be allowed to take place for up to 250 people, as long as this does not exceed 50 percent of the venue's capacity

28 May 2021

Judge Ghassan Khoury has referred lawyer Rami Ollaik, who remains in custody on defamation charges, to Beirut First Investigative Judge Charbel Bou Samra, the NNA reports. The charges against Ollaik relate to posts he made to Twitter about Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat

28 May 2021

People aged between 50 and 54 with chronic illnesses who are registered on the national COVID-19 vaccination platform will now start receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the Lebanese Vaccine Executive Committee has tweeted

28 May 2021

Banque du Liban has said it will again sell dollars to commercial banks next week at an exchange rate of LL12,000. To obtain these dollars, customers must deposit the counter-value in cash lira at commercial banks by Wednesday. BDL said it will honor the purchase on Thursday

28 May 2021

Caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni has signed four credit lines worth a total of $62 million to Électricité du Liban to fund fuel and gas imports, the Finance Ministry has announced, adding that the lines were transferred to Banque du Liban to finalize the purchases

28 May 2021

Will Speaker Nabih Berri be able to help break the government deadlock?

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is getting ready to launch a new initiative to break the government formation deadlock. For the first time in weeks, the conditions surrounding the cabinet formation...

Mounir RABIH, 28 May 2021

Gasoline availability at stations across the country should improve by Tuesday as two tankers will have offloaded their fuel cargo by the weekend’s end, a spokesperson for the gas station owners’ syndicate told L’Orient Today, adding that BDL approved funding for these imports

28 May 2021

Stopgap for medical supplies, electricity lifeline, AstraZeneca drive: Everything you need to know today

What to get the Morning Brief by email. Click here to sign up . Sorely needed medical supplies are expected to be distributed today after the central bank agreed to settle $180 million in...

28 May 2021