BDL ends fuel subsidies
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s central bank will no longer subsidize fuel imports, Banque du Liban announced late on Wednesday, dealing perhaps the harshest blow yet to a country already struggling to procure...
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New revelations on Riad Salameh’s personal wealth in France
(Tuesday, the 16th of May 2023, a French investigating magistrate issued an international arrest warrant for Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salameh, as he earlier failed to appear for...
Nada MAUCOURANT ATALLAH, 11 August 2021
Lebanon has registered 2,591 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours — the highest single-day number of new cases since April. Six more people have died, raising the death toll to 7,958
11 August 2021
The Finance Ministry wants to tax ‘fresh dollar’ earners at the parallel market rate
Can the Finance Ministry really require employees to pay their taxes at the parallel lira-to-dollar exchange rate instead of the official rate to increase state revenues as the currency continues...
Fouad Gemayel, 11 August 2021
A Syrian worker was killed in Beirut’s Achrafieh area when the roof of a building undergoing renovations collapsed, the Civil Defense has announced
11 August 2021
Following a meeting with President Michel Aoun in Baabda, Prime Minister–designate Najib Mikati said he and Aoun had decided on a draft formula for a new cabinet’s makeup and that they would meet again tomorrow
11 August 2021
Salameh reportedly says central bank can no longer subsidize fuel
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban Gov. Riad Salameh said on Wednesday he could no longer open lines of credit for fuel imports or subsidize its purchase, a ministerial source and Al Jadeed said....
11 August 2021
The Civil Defense is working to put out a fire that broke out earlier Wednesday at a Medco gas station in Sarba, Kesrouan, after an electricity generator on the establishment's roof reportedly caught on fire
11 August 2021
BDL Gov. Riad Salameh said during a meeting with the Higher Defense Council that the central bank can no longer open lines of credit for fuel imports or subsidize fuel imports, Al Jadeed reports
11 August 2021
Premier-designate Najib Mikati has arrived in Baabda to meet with President Michel Aoun regarding cabinet formation, the president’s office said
11 August 2021
Tomorrow’s session of Parliament has been called into question after the PSP, FPM, LF and some independent MPs announced they would boycott it. At least 46 MPs will not attend, leaving a margin of just 13 deputies according to one quorum formula
11 August 2021
The National Social Security Fund’s Nabatieh offices announced on Wednesday that they are closing indefinitely due to prolonged blackouts caused by fuel shortages
11 August 2021
When darkness looms, Lebanon’s political parties ride in with light-giving fuel
BEIRUT — In late July, Aley’s generator owners sounded a now familiar alarm: they were out of diesel, and if no fuel could be sourced, the lights would be out within 24 hours. Headlines ensued,...
Wael Taleb, 11 August 2021
The Future Movement will attend tomorrow’s parliamentary session, MP Hady Hobeiche (Future/Akkar) said, and push to lift immunity from “everyone,” including President Michel Aoun, in the Beirut port explosion case
11 August 2021
The FPM will boycott tomorrow’s session of Parliament, MP Alain Aoun (FPM/Baabda) told L’Orient Today. Earlier, the LF announced it would boycott the session, which will be devoted to discussing a petition to initiate parallel proceedings in the Beirut port blast case
11 August 2021
The Higher Defense Council will meet at 2 p.m. today in Baabda; however, the agenda has yet to be announced. Afterward, Premier-designate Najib Mikati is set to meet with President Michel Aoun
11 August 2021
Samir Geagea, the head of the Lebanese Forces, has announced that his party will boycott tomorrow’s Parliament session to discuss a petition to initiate parallel proceedings to investigate the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion, and called on other MPs to do the same
11 August 2021
People ages 24 to 29 will start receiving COVID-19 vaccination appointments
BEIRUT — People between the ages of 24 and 29 who registered by July 31 to take the COVID-19 vaccine will start receiving appointments, officials said Wednesday morning. Here’s what we know:...
11 August 2021
Fuel prices rise amid shortages, migrant workers in need: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The official price of fuel rose again, after shortages caused lines at gas stations and even at cooking gas distribution points....
