Tag: Lebanon
Lebanon / Crisis: World Food Program expands aid to 195,000 additional people
The World Food Program (WFP) has said it is expanding its aid to 195,000 additional people in Lebanon. The number of beneficiaries of this...
Lebanon: Migrants hit hard by financial and economic crisis
A UN report notes that the economic crisis Lebanon is going through is hitting Lebanon even harder. 50% of them are currently unemployed, a...
Carlos Ghosn heard by French justice
The former CEO of Renault Nissan was heard as a simple witness by French investigators from Beirut on Wednesday as part of an investigation...
Crisis: New gasoline shortage as the pump attendants’ union accuses the Banque du Liban...
Many petrol stations have closed their pumps in anticipation of another shortage after the union of petrol station owners noted that the unloading of...
The general strike also affects the justice and health sector
General strike day in Lebanon this Wednesday, with rallies and social movements in different Lebanese. The objective of this day is to protest against...
No subsidy lifting but a shortage caused by the Banque du Liban and importing...
Addressing the issue of the current drug shortage, outgoing health minister Hamad Hassan accused the Banque du Liban and importing companies of being the...
Lebanon / Coronavirus: 40% of the Lebanese population immune
Some studies indicate that 40% of the Lebanese population is now immune to the COVID19 coronavirus. This immunity would have been induced or by...
Nabih Berri calls for the formation of a government within 2 weeks « before it...
The Speaker of the House called for the formation of a government within 2 weeks without any veto right granted to anyone and made...
Riad Salamé, the financial wizard, turned wizard no longer deludes
Yesterday evening, the governor of the Banque du Liban Riad Salamé celebrated the anniversary of the renewal of his mandate at the head of...
Lebanon / Crisis: the cost of restructuring the banking sector now exceeds 100% of...
Despite the reassuring words of Banque du Liban Governor Riad Salamé yesterday regarding the soundness of the banking sector, a new report published by...
UN Security Council Resolution 425 (1978)
UN Security Council Resolution 425 was adopted at the 2074th meeting by 12 votes to none, with 2 abstentions (Czechoslovakia and Union of Soviet...
The United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) in Lebanon
UNIFIL was created on the initiative of French General Jean Cuq, the latter will become his first second in command in 1978 to deal...
Lebanon / Crisis: General strike scheduled for Wednesday
Several unions joined the call of the CGTL which called for a general strike on Wednesday to denounce the current deterioration of social and...
The President of the Republic calls for the liberation of the state in the...
Speaking on the occasion of Liberation Day, the day commemorating the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun...
