Nassar inaugurates “Phoenician Museum” in Jounieh
BEIRUT — The "Phoenician Museum" was inaugurated today in Jounieh’s old market area during a ceremony held at the municipality premises, the National News Agency reports. Here’s what we know:...
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Protestors block roads in Sarafand to protest arrest of suspect accused of shooting in the air to intimidate opposition candidates
SARAFAND — Demonstrators on Friday blocked the highway near Sarafand in southern Lebanon, to protest the arrest of a man accused of opening fire in the village last Saturday to intimidate activists...
22 April 2022
Legislative elections: What is Damascus playing at?
Where there’s smoke there’s fire, as the saying goes. The Syrian Embassy in Lebanon on Tuesday denied rumors that Damascus is interfering in the Lebanese parliamentary elections. Coming from a...
Mounir RABIH, 22 April 2022
Salam signs final report of negotiations with the World Bank for emergency loan to secure wheat
BEIRUT — After finalizing a round of negotiations with the World Bank, Economy Minister Amin Salam signed a final report required to draft a law accepting an emergency loan of $150 million meant...
22 April 2022
Lira weakens further, with dollar trading above LL28,000
BEIRUT — The lira has dropped further against the US dollar, to below LL28,000, a level last seen in mid-January, before the central bank started injecting unlimited dollar amounts through the...
Kabalan Farah, 22 April 2022
AUB's Secular Club receives official warning for posters against increase in tuition fees
BEIRUT — The American University of Beirut’s Secular Club was slapped with an official warning for disseminating posters objecting to an anticipated increase in tuition fees. Here’s what we...
Farah Kanaan, 22 April 2022
Bitar’s probe blocked at the Finance Ministry’s door
The investigation into the Beirut port explosion of Aug. 4, 2020 has been stalled for four months by ongoing lawsuits against the investigating judge, Tarek Bitar, and is not about to resume....
Claude ASSAF, 22 April 2022
France issues international arrest warrant for ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn
France has issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the disgraced auto tycoon who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon in a sensational getaway, prosecutors told AFP on Friday....
