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Cabinet will summon BDL Governor Salameh next time it meets
BEIRUT — Cabinet decided Wednesday to summon Bank Du Liban Governor Riad Salameh the next time it meets, in order to discuss matters related to banks, Information Minister Ziad Makari said...
Wael Taleb, 23 March 2022
Gas stations will be closed tomorrow, says syndicate spokesperson George Brax
BEIRUT — A spokesperson for the gas station owners’ syndicate, Georges Brax, announced the open-ended closure of gas stations effective Thursday, due to issues with fuel distributors, he told...
Wael Taleb, 23 March 2022
The plenary assembly of the Court of Cassation will finally examine the lawsuits in the port case
The lack of quorum prevented the 10-member plenary assembly of the Court of Cassation from meeting, causing more than two months of paralysis. The assembly has finally had its 10 members...
Claude ASSAF, 23 March 2022
Mikati expresses optimism on Gulf relations
BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed optimism on Wednesday for an improvement in relations between Lebanon and the Gulf countries, a day after Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry...
23 March 2022
Saudi Arabia lays the groundwork for its return to Lebanon
BEIRUT — Is this the end of the rupture between Lebanon and the Gulf countries? For the first time in months, since the diplomatic row that took place in October 2021 between Lebanon and the Gulf...
Yara ABI AKL, 23 March 2022
After nine years, Roula Yacoub's husband convicted of her murder
BEIRUT — The KAFA (enough) Violence and Exploitation organization, announced Wednesday on its Facebook page that nine years after Roula Yacoub’s murder, Karam Afif Bazzi, her husband “has been...
Wael Taleb, 23 March 2022
Ibrahim Kanaan: Government rushed 2022 draft budget, should cooperate with Finance Committee
BEIRUT — “They [the government] allocated LL7.2 trillion to reserves so they can use it at their discretion, we [the Finance and Budget Committee] are reallocating from the reserves to ministries...
Kabalan Farah, 23 March 2022
Two port blast detainees submit complaint demanding some authorities in the probe be removed from Bitar
BEIRUT — Two former senior port officials, currently detained following the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion, filed a complaint to the Sixth Chamber of the Court of Cassation on Wednesday,...
23 March 2022
Ghada Aoun further tightens the noose on Riad Salameh
As already unofficially announced on several occasions over the past few days, Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun stepped it up a notch against central bank chief Riad Salameh and...
Claude ASSAF and Matthieu KARAM, 23 March 2022
Aoun defends FPM ally Hezbollah while in Italy
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun during his visit to Italy on Tuesday defended his political ally Hezbollah, saying, “Hezbollah does not affect the security of the Lebanese in any way, it cooperates...
Wael Taleb, 23 March 2022
The man who documents Lebanon's queer community to combat his fear of forgetting
BEIRUT —The Lebanese-born Mohamad Abdouni is an ambidextrous creative force — a photographer, filmmaker and curator based between Beirut and Istanbul. He is also editor-in-chief and creative...
Kim Makhlouf, 23 March 2022
Raja Salameh to appear before Judge Nicolas Mansour for questioning tomorrow
BEIRUT — Nicolas Mansour, first investigating judge at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, will question Raja Salameh, the detained younger brother of central bank governor Riad Salameh, on...
23 March 2022
New fuel prices released by Energy Ministry: 20 liters of 95- and 98-octane gasoline increased by LL3,000, reaching LL434,000 and LL444,000. 20 liters of diesel now cost LL480,000, up LL25,000. A cylinder of household gas now costs LL300,000, up by LL3,000
23 March 2022
Depositors’ lawsuits against banks: the cost of doing nothing
The past few weeks have been fraught with financial news stories, from the Vatche Manoukian complaint in UK courts against Bank Audi and SGBL to the Fransabank case, and the Association of Banks in...
Karim DAHER, 23 March 2022
Kuwait welcomes Mikati's statements in favor of restoring Lebanon's ties with the GCC
BEIRUT — Kuwait welcomed on Tuesday evening Prime Minister Najib Mikati's statements in which he renewed his government's commitment to taking the necessary steps to restore Lebanon's ties with the...
23 March 2022
Akkar village calls for state help to stop illegal tree cutting
BEIRUT — The municipality of the Akkar village of Fneideq has called on the state to take action against illegal logging “before it’s too late,” L’Orient Today ’s correspondent in the area...
23 March 2022
Bank strike ends, port victims file suit, sectless candidate allowed to run: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Commercial banks are resuming operations today after a two-day “warning strike” that seemed aimed at pressuring the government into protecting the sector from mounting legal scrutiny. Some local...
