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Despite foreign pressure, Lebanon’s politicians look unlikely to form a government soon, analysts warn
BEIRUT — Despite seasoned US diplomat David Hale’s latest round of discussions with Lebanese leaders, the country’s protracted government crisis is only expected to intensify as leaders dig their...
Georgi Azar, 16 April 2021
Manufacturers will start receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, the Industry Ministry announced. Each dose will cost $6, paid in cash, in addition to LL20,000 in hospital fees
16 April 2021
Lebanon’s top prosecutor, Judge Ghassan Oueidat, has dismissed Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Ghada Aoun from “important financial crimes.” Aoun recently issued a warrant against SGBL chair Antoun Sehnaoui in a lawsuit against BDL Gov. Riad Salameh, money changers and banks
16 April 2021
Under this new price split depending on the point of sale, large bundles will cost about 5% less than before on a per-gram basis at bakeries and about 5% more at shops. Small bundles will increase in price across the board, rising 2% at bakeries and 19% at shops
16 April 2021
For the second time this month, the Economy Ministry has changed the price and size of a loaf of bread. Large bundles of 965 grams will now cost LL2,500 at bakeries but LL2,750 at shops, while the small bundles of 370 grams will cost LL1,500 at bakeries and LL1,750 at shops
16 April 2021
Lebanon has registered 2,008 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Forty-five more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,854
16 April 2021
Eight universities sign deals to purchase Pfizer vaccines through the Health Ministry
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Health Ministry has signed agreements with eight universities allowing them to privately purchase the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the ministry said in a statement on...
Ghada Alsharif, 16 April 2021
President Michel Aoun’s office denied claims that he has avoided meeting the families of those killed in the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion, saying a meeting will occur. Aoun, who knew about the ammonium nitrate at the port prior to the blast, has not yet met with victims’ families
16 April 2021
With food and fuel, Hezbollah braces for the worst in Lebanon’s collapse
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah has made preparations for an all-out collapse of the fracturing state, issuing ration cards for food, importing medicine and readying storage for fuel from its...
Laila Bassam, 16 April 2021
The army says it has arrested two people and seized some 1,750 liters of diesel, 1,520 liters of gasoline, 700 kilograms of gas and 15 tons of subsidized sugar, which was allegedly intended to be smuggled to Syria, amid its campaign to prevent the smuggling of subsidized goods
16 April 2021
BDL’s latest interim balance sheet shows an additional LL1 trillion in circulation outside BDL in the first half of April, putting the total at around LL37.5 trillion. The bank’s foreign assets, which represent its reserves, have fallen by about $240 million over the same period
16 April 2021
PM-designate Saad Hariri concluded his visit to Moscow by meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a statement from his office says. They discussed the economic crisis, obstacles to government formation, Russia providing COVID-19 vaccines and Lebanon’s refugee population
16 April 2021
The association of public high school teachers has said that they will continue teaching remotely until all teachers of baccalaureate students have been vaccinated against COVID-19. The caretaker education minister called for these students to return to school on April 21
16 April 2021
The Litani River Authority says that water measurement equipment and a metal bridge have been stolen from a site on the Assi river in Hermel. Thefts of metal that can be sold for dollars, including pylons and manhole covers, have increased in recent months
16 April 2021
The state tenders department has announced that it received seven bids for a contract to import 480,000 metric tons of Grade A fuel oil for the state-run power company Électricité du Liban. The bids will be opened and evaluated on Monday
16 April 2021
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan said that in order to increase the number of vaccinations, the Health Ministry is developing a strategy to introduce country-wide “walk-in” vaccine appointments starting in June
16 April 2021
The Pfizer vaccines will arrive between July and September, with 320,000 doses split between USJ, AUB, LAU and St. George University Hospital, 50,000 going to the Lebanese University, 15,000 to Beirut Arab University, and 10,000 each to Balamand University and Holy Spirit University
16 April 2021
The Health Ministry has signed agreements with eight universities allowing them to buy the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, a ministry statement says. Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan announced in March that Pfizer had agreed to provide 750,000 doses to the private sector
16 April 2021
The FPM’s education office has criticized the caretaker education minister’s decision to gradually reopen schools, saying that schools are not equipped for teachers to switch between online and in-person classes for different groups and not enough staff have been vaccinated
16 April 2021
A few dozen people have gathered outside the Military Tribunal in Beirut to protest the trial of civilians who were arrested during protests in Beirut in February 2020, when hundreds attempted to stop a parliamentary vote of confidence in Hassan Diab’s government
16 April 2021
In the newspaper interview, Aoun repeated his claim that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is seeking to name ministers in a new government unilaterally and said that there has been no recent contact between the two
16 April 2021
President Michel Aoun told Nidaa al Watan he did not sign the amended decree claiming an additional 1,400km2 of territorial waters not only because it needs cabinet approval, but also because signing it would mean “the end of negotiations” with Israel on the border demarcation
16 April 2021
Green and cheap? Doubts dog Lebanon’s first electric car
BEIRUT — Lebanon is launching its first electric car — billed as cheap and green — but skeptics say subsidized power will count for little in a flat economy reliant on fossil fuels and struggling...
Timour Azhari, 16 April 2021
US threatens ‘punitive actions,’ Hariri in Russia, blast detainees ordered released: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Lebanese politicians who continue to block reforms may face “punitive actions,” a senior US diplomat warned. Following a meeting...
