BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Finance Ministry on Thursday sent the long-awaited 2022 draft budget proposal to the government, after many weeks of speculation about its fate. The budget, which is a...
BEIRUT – The Future Movement held a meeting presided over by the parliamentary bloc’s head Saad Hariri on Friday; however, no announcements regarding the 15 May elections were made in its...
WASHINGTON — The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on three Lebanese nationals and 10 companies it said were part of an international Hezbollah network, accusing them of evading...
BEIRUT — After dropping to its lowest value ever earlier this month — trading at LL33,700 to the dollar on the parallel market — the lira rallied significantly this week and is now hovering at...
BEIRUT — A record year-on-year high inflation rate of 224.39 percent was measured in December 2021, according to the monthly Consumer Price Index published by the Central Administration of...
BEIRUT— In a statement, the President of the National Federation of Trade Unions Castro Abdallah called for a strike on Sunday, asking his members for “heavy participation in the demonstration.”...
“Can I pay the guarantee now and go home or no?” Marwan Habib, handcuffed and in an orange uniform, did not seem to understand what was happening to him. “You’re not going home today, sir,”...
BEIRUT – Teachers’ unions called for a “central strike” Monday, the same day as the cabinet is scheduled to meet, during a press conference at the Public Primary and Secondary School Teachers...
BEIRUT — “Lebanon will receive electricity from Jordan in the next two months, before the beginning of spring,” Energy Minister Walid Fayad announced Friday after meeting with Prime Minister Najib...
BEIRUT — Agriculture Minister Abbas Hajj Hassan described his visit to Syria as “positive and fruitful” during an interview broadcast on MTV on Thursday. Here’s what we know: •...
BEIRUT – Workers and contractors from Tripoli’s oil facilities, who have been on strike since Wednesday, held a sit-in Friday at their workplace, according to our correspondent in the area, who...
BANGKOK – Lebanon's M1 Group will partner with a Myanmar firm to take over Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor's business in the Southeast Asian country after its military junta sought a...
This is a developing story. Check L'Orient Today's website throughout the day for more details. BEIRUT — A long-awaited draft of the 2022 budget was published Friday by the Finance Ministry ahead...
BEIRUT – The Lebanese University asserted in a statement issued on Friday that airlines flying to Lebanon owe it $50 million, as part of an agreement on the fees collected from PCR tests performed...
BEIRUT — New fuel prices, updated by the Energy Ministry for the fourth day in a row on Friday, show a decrease in the prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas. Here’s what we know: ...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The Cabinet is scheduled to convene on Monday at 9 a.m. in its first meeting since Oct. 12 of last year. The ministers will...
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