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Lebanon / Crisis: retail fuel sales now banned

Lebanon / Crisis: retail fuel sales now banned

The Interior Ministry has now banned the sale of fuels - gasoline or fuel oil - retail in cans, because of the dangers this...
Saad Hariri will not name a successor

Government: cold shower after the hope aroused yesterday

Contrary to initial information, the meeting between Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri - following his return to Lebanon after several weeks of absence -...
Lebanon: Shoura Council condemns banks to grant depositors foreign currency

Lebanon: Shoura Council condemns banks to grant depositors foreign currency

The State Shura Council issued a decision stopping the implementation of the basic circular issued by the Governor of the Banque du Liban on...
The Ministry of Energy publishes a new price list for district generators

Sharp rise in electricity prices for generators

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources has published a new price list for district generators for the month of May. This includes a...
The Lebanese economic crisis, probably one of the three worst crises since the 19th century (World Bank)

The Lebanese economic crisis, probably one of the three worst crises since the 19th...

The authors of a new report published by the World Bank estimate that the he economic and financial crisis in Lebanon is probably one...
Lebanon / Crisis: Sharp drop in imports and moderate drop in exports in 2020

Lebanon / Crisis: Sharp drop in imports and moderate drop in exports in 2020

Faced with the establishment of informal capital controls, imports to Lebanon have sharply declined. Thus, 11.3 billion dollars of goods were imported into Lebanon,...
The Minister of Industry with representatives of the company which will manufacture the Sputnik V vaccine in Lebanon. Photo Credit: Dalati & Nohra

Lebanon expected to produce Russian anti-covid vaccine soon

The contract to manufacture the Russian anti-covid vaccine in Lebanon is expected to be signed during the second week of June, said outgoing Minister...
Explosion of the Port of Beirut: Complaint in London against Savaro and relatives of the Current of the Future attack judge Tarek Bitar

Explosion of the Port of Beirut: the French technical report sent to the Lebanese...

The Lebanese judicial authorities received the French technical report concerning the explosion of the Port of Beirut, after several months of waiting. It is...
The Masnaa crossing point on the border between Lebanon and Israel. Photo Credit: Libnanews.com

Lebanese Army intercepts 7 contraband vehicles and arrests 12 people

The Lebanese army indicates that it has seized 7 vehicles loaded with an unknown quantity of fuel, gas cylinders and even 10 tons of...
The meeting between Speaker of the House Nabih Berri and Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri. Photo credit: Lebanese Parliament

Lebanon: Perhaps decisive week for the government …?

Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri has postponed his return to Lebanon. While he was due to return yesterday, the latter seems to have gone...
A procession of demonstrators heading towards the Place des Canons, March 14, 2005. Photo credit: François el Bacha, all rights reserved.

so where are we going now?

This question is not only of a well-known Lebanese film but a recurring question in the region. On December 26, 1991, the FIS won...
A Lebanese Christian delegation to the Vatican on July 1

A Lebanese Christian delegation to the Vatican on July 1

Pope Francis has announced that he will receive a delegation of Lebanese Christian leaders on July 1 at the Vatican on July 1. According...
Lebanon / Coronavirus: Vaccination centers taken by storm

Lebanon / Coronavirus: Vaccination centers taken by storm

Different centers are stormed this Saturday, following the decision of the Ministry of Health to allow the population to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine without...
Lebanon / Crisis: Electricity shortage distant for a little while, as fuel shortage continues

Lebanon / Crisis: Electricity shortage distant for a little while, as fuel shortage continues

The outgoing Minister of Finance Ghazi Wazni signed 4 decrees granting Electricity of Lebanon $ 62 million for the purchase of fuel oil for...