Economy Ministry again hikes bread prices
BEIRUT — The Economy Ministry hiked bread prices again Thursday. Large, 800-gram, bread bundles at bakeries now cost LL7,000 — a 9.04 percent price increase — and small, 380-gram, bundles cost...
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Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi and Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib have put a work plan in place to meet deadlines for the upcoming parliamentary elections. Bou Habib had warned on Tuesday of his ministry’s inability to organize voting aboard within the legal deadline
11 November 2021
The lira is trading above LL22,500 to the US dollar on the parallel market, nearing its all-time low of LL24,000. The lira last traded at this level in July
11 November 2021
The fallen falafel: Years of street-side rivalry end as one Sahyoun brother shuts up shop
BEIRUT — On the path of the infamous Green Line that once divided the city, a rivalry has played out over the past 15 years between the falafel shops of two estranged brothers. But that rivalry,...
Richard SALAME, 11 November 2021
A woman has been injured in the border town of Wadi Khaled, Akkar, by a stray bullet coming from the direction of Syria, our correspondent in the area reports, adding that the victim has been transferred to a clinic and is in stable condition
11 November 2021
MPs Zeaiter and Khalil file case against state for ‘serious faults’ committed by Beirut Appeals Court judge and advisers
BEIRUT — Amal Movement MPs and former ministers Ghazi Zeaiter and Ali Hassan Khalil, both implicated in the investigation into the 2020 Beirut port explosion, Thursday filed a lawsuit against the...
11 November 2021
Nearly a year after its creation, port blast reconstruction fund launches first project
BEIRUT — More than 15 months after the Beirut port explosion demolished large swathes of the city and nearly a year after a group of international organizations announced the creation of a new...
Abby Sewell, 11 November 2021
Lebanon has registered 914 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Five more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,566
11 November 2021
Nabatieh public hospital staff warn of protest escalation if demands go unmet
BEIRUT — Employees, including nurses, at the Nabih Berri Governmental Hospital in Nabatieh, warned during a sit-in on Thursday in front of the health facility’s entrance to denounce deteriorating...
11 November 2021
Hezbollah leader rejects calls for Kurdahi resignation, says Saudi Arabia ‘fabricated’ present diplomatic rift with Lebanon
BEIRUT — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday blamed Saudi Arabia for prompting the present diplomatic rift with Lebanon, but said he is “not concerned with escalating” the crisis. The...
Tala Ramadan, 11 November 2021
Mikati again highlights need to act in 'general interest' and preserve relations with Gulf states
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati again Thursday spoke about the need to prioritize the “general interest” in resolving Lebanon’s ongoing diplomatic crisis with several Gulf countries. However,...
11 November 2021
The parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee has approved compensation for wheat and barley farmers to recover from damages that have affected their yield, MP Ibrahim Kanaan announced after the meeting, adding that the committee will work on stimulating industrial investment
11 November 2021
A committee of former MPs has called on the government to convene again in a statement, asking "all officials to abandon their special interests, whether political or not." The statement also included a call to solve the diplomatic crisis with the Gulf, but did not specify how
11 November 2021
Ras Baalbeck municipality sets curfew and daily wage cap for Syrian workers
BEIRUT — Ras Baalbeck Municipality issued a circular on Wednesday introducing restrictions on Syrian refugees, including a curfew from 7 p.m to 6 a.m. and setting a limit on the daily wages that...
Tala Ramadan, 11 November 2021
Families of those who were killed in the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port blast have gathered in front of the Beirut Justice Palace to voice support for investigating Judge Tarek Bitar and call on judicial authorities not to halt the investigation
11 November 2021
Could the parliamentary elections be canceled?
A few months out from the legislative elections slated for March 27, ambiguity continues to surround the vote’s election date, with fears that it might be canceled altogether. Some political...
Jeanine JALKH, 11 November 2021
The trial of Jaafar al-Attar, which was scheduled to begin today at the Beirut Justice Palace, has been postponed due to the court employees' strike. Attar is the first defendant to face criminal charges under Lebanon's new sexual harassment law
11 November 2021
Kuwait curtails visas for Lebanese, Nasrallah to speak, election registration deadline approaching: All you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. In the latest escalation of the diplomatic dispute between Lebanon and Gulf states, Kuwait is reportedly curtailing visas for...
11 November 2021
Amid political tensions and economic crisis, football match offers both hope and anxieties
BEIRUT —Amid the crises and instability facing Lebanon, football offers both a spark of hope and increased anxieties. After reaching the final stage of the qualifiers for only the second time in...
