Riad Salamé summoned by Lebanese justice next month
Judge Jean Tannous will question the Governor of the Banque du Liban, Riad Salamé on charges of embezzlement, falsification of documents, illicit enrichment, money...
Manufacturers authorized to directly import fuel oil and petroleum derivatives
Lebanese industrialists will be allowed to directly import fuel oil and other petroleum derivatives due to current shortages in the local market.
This decision...
![Riad Salameh, governor of Lebanon's central bank, speaks to the Financial Times in his office in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 30, 2017. [Sam Tarling for the Financial Times]](https://img.libnanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Riad-Salamé-218x150.jpg?ln_img_fix=20260522-cdn-certfixed "An association of depositors files a complaint against Riad Salamé")
An association of depositors files a complaint against Riad Salamé
An association called "Cries of depositors" lodged a new complaint against the governor of the Banque du Liban. This complaint was lodged with the...
Government: Start of parliamentary consultations on July 26
The Presidency of the Republic has indicated that the mandatory parliamentary consultations aimed at appointing a new prime minister will begin on July 26th....
Despite the promises of the Banque du Liban, the gasoline shortage is still present
35% of gas stations ration the gasoline supplied to motorists, we learned on Monday, despite promises made last week. Still in question, the delays...
488 cases and 1 death this Saturday while the authorities allow the vaccination of...
488 people have been diagnosed positive for the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, says the health ministry. 1 death is also to be...
40 to 60 billion Syrian funds frozen by Lebanese banks, accuses Bashar al-Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused Lebanese banks of having frozen 40 to 60 billion dollars of funds originating in Syria, limiting the capacity of...
FactCheck: Has the Bank of Lebanon issued 1 million Lebanese pounds notes?
This information is false
In a video that is circulating virally on social media, an unidentified man presents a wad of notes as being those...
Beware of chaos, reiterates the commander of the Lebanese Army
The commander of the Lebanese Army, General Joseph Aoun warned against the worsening of the security situation due to the economic crisis and the...
Lebanon receives new COVAX shipment of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca
(Beirut, Lebanon - July 16, 2021): Lebanon today received 129,600 doses of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZenecathrough COVAX.
COVAX, co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi (the...
Riad Salamé now officially in the sights of French justice
Anti-corruption examining magistrates based in Paris were officially entrusted with the investigation against the governor of the Banque du Liban Riad Salamé, announced this...
Preparations for compulsory parliamentary consultations started
The Al Joumhouria newspaper reports that the presidential palace in Baabda has started preparations for compulsory parliamentary consultations with a view to appointing a...
The EU-TAF program’s second round of applications for Lebanese companies is closing soon!
The EU-TAF programme’s second round of applications for technical assistance to Lebanese companies and start-ups/early-stage enterprises in the Agri-food, Creative/ICT, Healthcare sectors, who have...
Lebanon: 577 cases and 1 death on the eve of the weekend
Lebanon deplores 577 cases this Friday, a number which therefore continues to increase and which should materialize in an increase in the number of...
