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President Michel Aoun’s office has said that the document published by Premier-designate Saad Hariri’s office and purporting to show Aoun’s insistence on receiving a “blocking third” is from previous negotiations and was not sent to Hariri on Sunday
22 March 2021
Lebanon has registered 1,471 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Fifty-one more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 5,808
22 March 2021
The office of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has said that President Michel Aoun has insisted on veto power in government at every meeting between the two, and that the “methodology” published by Aoun’s office was not the one Hariri received on Sunday
22 March 2021
A document shared by Hariri’s office, allegedly the proposal sent by Aoun on Sunday, lists seven ministers to be appointed from the president’s share in an 18-member government. This would constitute a “blocking third,” or veto power for the president
22 March 2021
The central bank has requested banks and exchange shops register on its new currency exchange platform by April 16. The creation of the platform was announced last week, but it remains unclear when it will begin operating and at what rate
22 March 2021
Even for those privately insured, the cost of being hospitalized with COVID-19 can run to millions of lira
The steep rise in hospitalization costs is a tragedy for many COVID-19 patients in Lebanon. The lira has lost almost 90 percent of its value since it started to deviate from the official peg of...
Nada Maucourant Atallah, 22 March 2021
The dollar is being sold for over LL14,000 on the parallel market, according to rate apps and sellers on messaging groups, weakening from around LL11,500 earlier in the day. The drop comes amid renewed tensions surrounding cabinet formation
22 March 2021
The president’s office says that it was surprised by the words of Premier-designate Saad Hariri and that President Michel Aoun did not present a list of suggested ministers, but a “methodology” for government formation, making accusations of demands for a blocking third false
22 March 2021
Hariri unveils his list of proposed ministers after a fresh fallout with Aoun
BEIRUT — Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri made public his cabinet lineup proposal Thursday, as talks between him and President Michel Aoun hit rock bottom after more than seven months of...
Georgi Azar, 22 March 2021
Protesters have blocked roads in Beirut’s Corniche al-Mazraa and Qasqas, the Traffic Management Center reports, following a meeting between Premier-designate Saad Hariri and President Michel Aoun that failed to produce any positive developments in the formation of a government
22 March 2021
Cabinet’s secretariat announced that it has submitted remarks from ministries and state institutions on the draft 2021 budget, along with legal comments from the State Shura Council, to the Finance Ministry. Caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni submitted the draft in January
22 March 2021
After their meeting in Baabda, Premier-designate Saad Hariri told reporters that President Michel Aoun had given him a government proposal on Sunday that was along sectarian lines with a blocking third for Aoun. Hariri handed journalists his own proposed list of ministers
22 March 2021
The Special Investigation Commission has agreed to lift banking secrecy on the accounts of several officials at the Council for Development and Reconstruction, including its chief Nabil Jisr, over charges of waste of funds in sewage networks and treatment plants, the NNA reports
22 March 2021
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has arrived at the Presidential Palace to meet with President Michel Aoun for the latest round of cabinet formation talks
22 March 2021
Jbeil’s municipality has announced that it has obtained approval from the Health Ministry to sell the Russian-made Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine. Residents can register to receive the vaccine at the municipality by providing a certificate of residence, their ID and a medical report
22 March 2021
Lebanon’s wrangling leaders to meet this afternoon over government formation
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun is set to meet prime minister-designate Saad Hariri today to discuss the formation of a new government in a bid to break seven months of deadlock. But despite...
22 March 2021
Combi Lift, the German company contracted to dispose of chemicals at Beirut's port, told L’Orient Today the toxic waste remains “stored — safely packed — in the port.” The chemicals are still there as the state has not opened a letter of credit to pay Combi Lift, the firm said
22 March 2021
Private hospitals’ syndicate head Sleiman Haroun has told VDL 100.5 that “all hospitals incurred huge losses in 2020” and that the country “will reach a stage where only the super rich can be treated.” The solution is to form a cabinet that can negotiate with donors, he said
22 March 2021
Hariri and Aoun to meet, restaurants reopen, more vaccines: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Michel Aoun and Saad Hariri are set to meet again today for renewed talks on cabinet formation. The president and premier-designate held their first face-to-face meeting in over two months in...
