Your search results: 13 articles
The EU is still working on taking concrete measures, including sanctions, against people responsible for the political deadlock and corruption in Lebanon, Josep Borell, who heads the EU's foreign policy, said during a news conference
22 June 2021
Year-on-year inflation is in the triple digits for the 11th month straight
BEIRUT — Inflation soared by more than 100 percent year over year in May for the 11th month straight. But recently reported price increases, though staggering, are only a taste of the skyrocketing...
Omar Tamo, 22 June 2021
Protesters have blocked the coastal highway near the Palma resort south of Tripoli, the Traffic Management Center reports. In videos posted on social media, activists say they are protesting shortages of fuel, medicine and other essential items
22 June 2021
Lebanon has registered 147 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Four more people have died, raising the death toll to 7,829
22 June 2021
MP Yassine Jaber has announced that a subcommittee formed to study two proposals to replace the subsidy program with ration cards for vulnerable residents has agreed on a single version that will be presented tomorrow in a joint parliamentary committee meeting, the NNA reports
22 June 2021
The head of the fuel distributors’ syndicate, Fadi Abou Chakra, said the owners of more than 140 gas stations are refusing to receive fuel from importers after having been exposed to extortion, beatings and other problems by angry residents, the NNA reports
22 June 2021
Lifting subsidies: The political class’s strategy of indefinite postponement
This pressing issue should be at the heart of the political debate. The central bank governor himself warned that only $15 billion remain of BDL’s foreign currency reserves, the majority of which...
Salah Hijazi, 22 June 2021
The association of municipality employees has called for a three-day strike starting tomorrow to protest what it describes as unjust employment terms, the NNA reports, adding that the association’s list of demands will be communicated in subsequent statements
22 June 2021
The Khoury Contracting Company told L'Orient Today that the landfill was shut because of security concerns, stressing that the reason for the closure was not due to any financial issues
22 June 2021
Waste management company Ramco resumed its trash collection operations this morning after the Jdeideh landfill was reopened, the company’s head Walid Bou Saad, told L’Orient Today. The landfill had been shut by Khoury Contracting Company, which oversees the site, since Wednesday
22 June 2021
The per-gram price of bread bundles has risen again. The Economy Ministry has announced that bakeries will now sell 910-gram bundles at LL3,000, a 20.07% per-gram price increase, and 395-gram bundles at LL2,000, a 16.88% rise. The prices at shops are LL250 higher
22 June 2021
Waste woes, gas for taxi drivers, MPs to study Ogero financing: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . For five days in a row, the waste management company Ramco has not collected trash from Metn or Kesrouan, after the landfill it...
