Contacts still in progress to bring together the Council of Ministers (Mikati)

Contacts still in progress to bring together the Council of Ministers (Mikati)

Receiving the French Ambassador Plenipotentiary Pierre Duquesne in charge of the Lebanese file since the CEDRE conference in April 2018, Prime Minister Najib Mikati...
The Deir el Ammar power station in North Lebanon. Photo credit: François el Bacha for Libnanews.com. All rights reserved.

Electricity from Jordan, early next year (Al Akhbar)

The daily Al Akhbar indicates that the supply of electricity from Jordan could not take place until the beginning of next year, 63% of...
Lebanon / Coronavirus: 62,631 people vaccinated this weekend

Lebanon / Coronavirus: 62,631 people vaccinated this weekend

62,631 were vaccinated this weekend against the COVID19 coronavirus during the Pfizer marathon organized by the Ministry of Health. The Minister of Health Firas...
No meeting of the Council of Ministers in the near future

No meeting of the Council of Ministers in the near future

No meeting of the Council of Ministers could take place in the near future due to the continuation of the investigation of Judge Tarek...
The logo of the daily Al Akhbar

Riad Salamé has stopped providing the foreign currency necessary for the functioning of the...

The Arabic-language daily Al Akhbar accuses the governor of the Banque du Liban of having ceased to provide the foreign currency necessary for the...
South Lebanon: Several dead in the explosion of a Hamas weapons depot

South Lebanon: Several dead in the explosion of a Hamas weapons depot

Several people were reportedly injured and several others died in the explosion of an arms depot located inside the Palestinian camp of Bourj al...
General Aoun ready to sign decree opening an extraordinary session of parliament (Najib Mikati)

No comment from Najib Mikati on deteriorating economic situation

At the end of a meeting with the President of the Republic, General Michel, the Prime Minister refrained from any comment to the journalists...
Lebanon connected to the European COVID vaccination certification system

Lebanon connected to the European COVID vaccination certification system

The European Commission has adopted a new equivalence decision certifying that the COVID-19 certificates issued by Lebanon are equivalent to the EU COVID digital...
Ali Hassan Khalil responds to Gébran Bassil and accuses him of having paralyzed the government

Tarek Bitar calls for immediate arrest of Ali Hassan Khalil as Nabih Berri attacks...

The magistrate in charge of the investigation into the explosion in the port of Beirut, Judge Tarek Bitar, called for the immediate arrest of...
Lebanese pound is heading towards 26,000 LL / USD

Lebanese pound is heading towards 26,000 LL / USD

The Lebanese pound is at its all-time low, with a parity rate of 25,650 LL / USD on the buy side and 25,700 LL...
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri with former Director of the Port of Beirut Hassan Koraytem, September 6, 2020. Photo credit: Dalati & Nohra

Explosion of the port of Beirut: Former officials denounce « their arbitrary arrest » to the...

The former director of the port of Beirut, Hassan Koreytem, the director of customs services, Badri Daher and his predecessor, Chafic Merhi as well...
Evusheld has received Emergency Use Authorisation in Bahrain. Please note that Evusheld is not currently approved for use in the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar or Oman

Evusheld has received Emergency Use Authorisation in Bahrain. Please note that Evusheld is not...

Evusheld (formerly AZD7442) long-acting antibody combination  authorised for emergency use in the US  for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19   Only antibody therapy authorised in US for pre-exposure prophylaxis    Pivotal phase...
No crisis between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon but between the Lebanese people and Hezbollah (Saudi Minister)

No crisis between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon but between the Lebanese people and Hezbollah...

Speaking in the columns of the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas, the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal ben Farhan ben Abdullah Al Saoud refuted...
The headquarters of the Association of Banks of Lebanon after the explosion of the Port of Beirut. Photo Credit: Libnanews.com

French justice demands the repayment of 2.5 million dollars blocked by a Lebanese bank

The 9th chamber of the Paris Judicial Tribunal has decided to reimburse all of the sums deposited - equivalent to 2.5 million euros -...