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The Free Patriotic Movement’s parliamentary bloc has accused Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri of deliberately “not lifting a finger” to form a government so as to avoid responsibility for removing subsidies, the financial audit of public accounts and other key reforms
13 April 2021
During a press conference, families of victims of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion called for the establishment of a special court to investigate the blast and said that they did not want “a single nail to be hammered” in reconstruction of the area until an indictment is issued
13 April 2021
The military appeals court sentenced Elie Ghabash, a computer hacker, to 1.5 years in prison with hard labor for fabricating evidence against Itani and sentenced Hajj to two months in prison for failing to report her knowledge of Ghabash’s plan
13 April 2021
The Military Court of Cassation has acquitted former ISF cybercrimes head Suzanne al-Hajj of charges of fabricating evidence to frame actor Ziad Itani for collaborating with Israel, a judicial source tells L’Orient Today
13 April 2021
Lebanon has registered 1,985 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Thirty-five more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,738
13 April 2021
Aoun sends new maritime claim proposal back to ministers for full cabinet approval
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s president said on Tuesday a draft decree expanding its maritime claims in a dispute with Israel must be approved by the caretaker government, rejecting a request to grant...
13 April 2021
EDL and Siemens approved the unloading of gas oil from a tanker after it passed quality checks, the Directorate-General of Oil says. A source at EDL previously said that the tanker was prevented from unloading at the Zahrani power plant due to testing issues
13 April 2021
During a visit to Moscow beginning Wednesday, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri intends to ask the Russian government for assistance to rebuild the Beirut port and construct power plants, Russian news agency RIA Novosti has quoted a source close to Hariri as saying
13 April 2021
The Lebanese University announced that it will begin giving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to staff and students at five centers across the country, starting April 19 with an initial batch of 6,700 doses. The process will follow Health Ministry guidelines, the university said
13 April 2021
Caretaker Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbi gave Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdel-Karim Ali a memo affirming Lebanon’s maritime claim, calling for negotiations “based on friendly relations.” In March, Syria contracted a Russian firm to explore for hydrocarbons in partly disputed waters
13 April 2021
A new parliamentary subcommittee will discuss draft legislation ensuring fair pay for public school teachers whose earnings have been cut due to the pandemic, Deputy Speaker Elie Ferzli said. The law must guarantee teachers’ rights without “burdening the treasury,” he added
13 April 2021
President Michel Aoun has referred a decree to expand Lebanon’s maritime claim to the cabinet, saying that such action needs government approval according to the Committee of Legislation and Consultation. Caretaker Premier Hassan Diab and two ministers signed the decree yesterday
13 April 2021
Lebanon’s main public health insurer, the NSSF, has agreed to raise its ceiling on coverage for kidney dialysis to LL250,000 per session, director Mohammad Karaki announced. Hospitals had complained that the old LL154,000 ceiling was not enough to cover costs due to inflation
13 April 2021
The military court, chaired by Brig. Gen. Munir Shehadeh, has postponed until July 28 the trial of those involved in the June 2019 Qabr Shmoun clashes, which left two Lebanese Democratic Party members dead. The fallout from the incident resulted in a weekslong government deadlock
13 April 2021
Aid to the families of the Beirut port victims is slow to materialize and worth very little
Eight months have passed since the shattering Aug. 4 explosion at the Beirut port that killed more than 200 people. Yet, only 14 families who lost one of their own have begun to receive the monthly...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 13 April 2021
For a second consecutive day, LibanPost employees have protested in front of the company’s headquarters at the Beirut airport, demanding their wages be set at the exchange rate of LL3,900 to the dollar instead of at the official peg of LL1,500, the NNA reports
13 April 2021
A month of iftar meals now costs 2.5 times the minimum wage, an AUB study finds
BEIRUT — With Tuesday marking the first day of Ramadan, many families in Lebanon will be breaking their fast with less this year. Thanks to rapid inflation in food prices and stagnant wages amid...
Abby Sewell, 13 April 2021
People will now receive the second Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot six weeks, instead of three weeks, after getting the first one in order to increase the number of people getting inoculated, caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan said in a interview on OTV Lebanon last night
13 April 2021
Firass Abiad, the head of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, has again tweeted that his public hospital’s COVID-19 emergency units “have become very congested” as a result of private hospitals requesting a large lump sum deposit and third party coverage before treating patients
13 April 2021
Ramadan begins, ‘interference’ in port probe, MPs tackle teachers’ pay: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Sunni Muslims begin fasting for the holy month of Ramadan today, with Shiites following tomorrow, though festivities will look...
