Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri following parliamentary consultations on October 23, 2020. Photo credit: Lebanese Parliament

Towards a new attempt to form a government after the feast of Eid al...

A new initiative to form a government will come after the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr, nearly 9 months almost after the resignation...
Lebanon / Coronavirus: 22 deaths and 703 cases this Wednesday

Lebanon / Coronavirus: 22 deaths and 703 cases this Wednesday

Lebanon deplores 22 deaths following complications induced by the COVID19 coronavirus in the past 24 hours, on the eve of a curfew decided on...
Lebanon / Crisis: Further increase in the price of gasoline

Crisis: Town gas distributors demand an increase in cylinder prices

The union of gas canister distributors, Farid Zainoun, has called for a rise in tariffs, indicating that the parity rate to which they are...
Return of queues in front of gas stations and critical situation for hospitals

Lebanon / Crisis: Further increase in fuel prices

Fuel prices have once again increased. The new price list from the Ministry of Energy indicates that the price of a 20-liter container of...
Dr. Myrna Abi Abdallah Doumit on the International Nurses Day: Safeguarding nurses has never been more critical

Dr. Myrna Abi Abdallah Doumit on the International Nurses Day: Safeguarding nurses has never...

The President of the Order of Nurses in Lebanon, Dr. Myrna Abi Abdallah Doumit shared her words on the occasion of International Nurses Day,...
UN Lebanon releases its 2020 annual report, committing to support Lebanon & its people to Build Back Better

UN Lebanon releases its 2020 annual report, committing to support Lebanon & its people...

The United Nations system in Lebanon released today its annual report for the year 2020, committing once again to scale up its efforts to...
The main entrance of the Banque du Liban (BDL) Photo credit: Libnanews.com, all rights reserved

The Banque du Liban discreetly questions its policy of the PEG of the Lebanese...

The Banque du Liban questioned its policy of the PEG of the Lebanese pound against the dollar imposed in 1997 with a fixed rate...
The arrival of the Turkish barge in Zouk. Photo credit: François el Bacha for Libnanews.com. All rights reserved.

Karadeniz threatens to cut the power

The Turkish company Karadeniz, owner of the electricity production barges present in Lebanon since 2013, threatens to cease operations after the financial prosecutor, Judge...
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, repercussions no, consequences on regional balances probably

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, repercussions no, consequences on regional balances probably

The current events in the Holy Land are not to remind the Lebanese of bad memories. Thus, the conflict of July 2006 had already...
Quick access lines for doctors and members of the judiciary

Fuel crisis / shortage: Gas stations reopened to motorists after Beirut municipal police raids

Municipal police forces in the city of Beirut and Tripoli raided a number of petrol stations to verify that they were no longer stocking...
US Embassy leads Beirut Port investigation (Hezbollah MP)

7 Lebanese affiliated with Hezbollah sanctioned by the United States

The US Treasury Department has announced that 7 Lebanese nationals will now be sanctioned because of links with Hezbollah and the Al Qard el...
Crisis: local demand for chicken up 300%

Crisis: local demand for chicken up 300%

Poultry sector representative William Boutros said local demand has increased by 300% since Friday. In question, faced with the crisis and the imminent end...
Fall in funds transferred by the diaspora to Lebanon

Fall in funds transferred by the diaspora to Lebanon

The funds transferred from the Lebanese diaspora fell by 19.2% during the first 9 months of 2020, says a report from the Banque du...
The Deir el Ammar power station in North Lebanon. Photo credit: François el Bacha for Libnanews.com. All rights reserved.

EDL: The authorities are trying to find a solution to end the crisis

The outgoing Minister of Finance, Ghazi Wazni, his counterpart of Energy and Water Resources Raymond Ghajar as well as the Director of Electricity of...