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The per-kilowatt-hour price of generator electricity has increased from LL730 to LL882 for city residents and areas lower than 700 meters, while residents of remote areas or areas higher in altitude will now pay LL970 per kilowatt hour, the Energy Ministry has announced
1 April 2021
Iraqi Health Minister Hassan Tamimi toured hospitals and met with top Lebanese officials in the leadup to a deal that would see Lebanon receive Iraqi fuel in exchange for providing health resources to the Iraqi market, including locally produced medication and medical specialists
1 April 2021
The finance minister says the central bank’s claims of full cooperation in its forensic audit are ‘contrary to reality’
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban has still failed to provide all the documents required for a forensic audit, and its claims otherwise are “contrary to reality,” caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni’s...
Omar Tamo, 1 April 2021
Lebanon has registered 3,562 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Fifty-two more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,286
1 April 2021
Blackouts could reach 16–22 hours per day over the Easter weekend after a second major power plant shuts down
BEIRUT — Lebanese residents should gear up for the possibility of even longer electricity blackouts heading into the Easter weekend lockdown after a major power plant in northern Deir Ammar ran out...
Georgi Azar, 1 April 2021
Caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni says the central bank's assertion that it handed over all the required documents for the forensic audit "is contrary to reality" and that BDL handed over only 42% of the documents requested by Alvarez & Marsal
1 April 2021
Banque du Liban says it has complied with the law lifting banking secrecy to conduct a forensic audit and handed “all state and bank accounts” to the Finance Ministry. A meeting with the audit firm Alvarez & Marsal and the Finance Ministry will be held on Tuesday, BDL adds
1 April 2021
Lebanon’s Deir Ammar power plant shut down this morning after running out of fuel, an EDL source told L'Orient Today. Earlier this week the Zahrani power plant also shut down after running out of fuel. This means that two out of Lebanon’s four major plants are now out of service
1 April 2021
What’s behind Riyadh’s recent frenzy of diplomatic activity in Lebanon?
Saudi Arabia has recently been leading intensive diplomatic activity via its ambassador in Lebanon — something that might be some cause for concern. In recent days, Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari...
Mounir RABIH, 1 April 2021
Bsharri Governmental Hospital has received its first batch of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, the NNA reports. Local company Pharmaline is expected to import 1 million Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine doses to Lebanon
1 April 2021
Since the start of the pandemic, over 1.2 million children in Lebanon have been out of school, Save the Children says in a report. In the last year, children have received an “estimated maximum of 11 weeks of education,” with that number even lower for Syrian children
1 April 2021
Lebanon’s vulnerable children face ‘a real risk of never returning to school,’ an international NGO warns
BEIRUT — In crisis-hit Lebanon, the pandemic coupled with an economic downturn means that children left for months without schooling due to coronavirus restrictions may never return to the...
1 April 2021
More eligible for vaccines, Easter lockdown, Beirut blast recovery plan: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Several new groups are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines through the public distribution process. As of today, health workers...
