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The premier also said that government will launch tenders before spring parliamentary elections to increase power capacity from 500MW to 2000MW within 9-12 months
27 September 2021
Mikati also expressed his support for moving parliamentary elections, reportedly scheduled for May 8, forward to March 27. He added that he is in favor of expats voting in the Lebanese constituency in which they are registered rather than in an expat constituency of six seats
27 September 2021
Hours after the suspension of the Beirut blast probe, Premier Najib Mikati told LBCI that he would not interfere in judicial affairs but that he supports the probe’s second investigator Tarek Bitar in continuing his work because Lebanon “can’t afford another change of judge”
27 September 2021
Political activist Toni Khoury has been released from police custody, his lawyer tells L'Orient Today
27 September 2021
Beirut explosion probe suspension ‘a maneuvre to stall for time’: legal experts
BEIRUT — The investigation into the catastrophic Beirut Port explosion was suspended on Monday after the judge leading the probe was formally notified of a dismissal case against him submitted by...
Ghada Alsharif, 27 September 2021
The army deployed to unblock roads near Jounieh following protests against the arrest of political activist Toni Khoury. Khoury’s lawyer tells L’Orient Today he was arrested while renewing a passport on an outstanding warrant for allegedly firing a gun, a charge his lawyer denies
27 September 2021
Lebanon has registered 205 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Ten people have died, raising the death toll to 8,296
27 September 2021
How many hours do you have to work to afford everyday items in Lebanon?
.تجدون أداة حساب تكلفة المعيشة باللغة العربية في آخر المقالة For almost two years, Lebanon has been a country with three currencies — the lira, the US dollar and the so-called lollar. Officially...
Richard SALAME, 27 September 2021
A revised plan to distribute a ration card to Lebanon’s most vulnerable families is expected “in the coming days,” Economy Minister Amine Salam said after a meeting on the matter chaired by Premier Najib Mikati. The card’s launch was delayed earlier this month
27 September 2021
An EDL electricity cable supplying the Jiyyeh region south of Beirut was severed Monday during an attempted theft, causing a power cut in the area, the NNA reports. Cable theft with a view to its black market sale has become an increasingly common feature of crisis-hit Lebanon
27 September 2021
Lebanon’s drinking water supply: Another victim of the country’s economic collapse
Michel,* 50,feels irritated as he stands in front of his mini market in Ain al-Rummaneh. He, like many others, has not had regular access to water for several months — presenting him with yet...
Alexandre KHOURI, 27 September 2021
Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee rejected a request from BDL to extend the deadline for examining the possibility of hiking the “lollar” withdrawal rate. BDL must stick to the original deadline of Thursday, when the circular setting the lollar rate expires, it added
27 September 2021
The Beirut port explosion probe has been suspended after Judge Tarek Bitar was officially notified of a dismissal case against him, a judicial source told L’Orient Today. Local media reported that the dismissal case was brought by MP and former Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk
27 September 2021
A woman died this morning after her house caught fire in Hawsh al-Oumara, near Zahle, L’Orient-Le Jour reports
27 September 2021
The army yesterday raided offices belonging to Maroun Sakr, a businessman close to the Lebanese Forces, who has a network of gas stations in Zahle, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. The raid was reportedly connected to 20 tons of ammonium nitrate seized in the Bekaa earlier this month
27 September 2021
Parliamentary elections date, fuel price fraud crackdown, public school year delayed: What to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Rumors abound in local media and in political circles that parliamentary elections, reportedly scheduled for May 8, could be...
