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France begins sanctioning Lebanese implicated in crisis

PARIS — France has begun imposing entry restrictions on certain Lebanese figures as a sanction for their role in Lebanon’s political crisis or corruption, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said...

29 April 2021

France has begun implementing measures that restrict access to French territory for people blocking the cabinet formation or involved in corruption in Lebanon, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said. In May, Lebanon will enter its 10th month without a government

29 April 2021

Lebanon has registered 1,336 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Twenty-five more people have died, bringing the death toll to 7,249

29 April 2021

Bassil also said Lebanon "is in need of a government made up of experts who are backed by the main political and parliamentary forces"

29 April 2021

Speaking from Moscow during his official visit, Gebran Bassil has said he asked the Russian foreign minister to help break Lebanon's government formation deadlock and to hold a conference in Lebanon to encourage the return of Syrian refugees

29 April 2021

The produce stuck at the Saudi border due to the kingdom's ban on Lebanese fruit and vegetable imports has been allowed to enter the country, Mohamed Choucair, the chairman of the Lebanese Economic Organizations, wrote on Twitter. However, the ban has not officially been lifted

29 April 2021

Not so mighty now: What remains of the Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc?

On the evening of May 6, 2018, the Aounist camp had something to celebrate. Having formed very flexible alliances, the camp won 29 seats in legislative elections, 11 of them going to independent...

Jeanine JALKH, 29 April 2021

The committee for teachers of non-Lebanese public school students held a sit-in before the Education Ministry, calling for salary payments in fresh USD, clear payment dates and fairer contracts, among other demands, the NNA reports

29 April 2021

In light of the COVID-19 variants prevalent in India and Brazil, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation has asked that from Monday airlines stop transporting passengers coming from these countries to Lebanon unless they have spent at least 14 days in a third country first

29 April 2021

Lebanon, Israel expected to resume talks on maritime border next week

BEIRUT — Lebanon and Israel are expected to resume US-mediated talks on a dispute about their Mediterranean Sea border next week, two Lebanese official sources said on Thursday....

29 April 2021

Lebanon and Israel are expected resume talks next week in the dispute over their Mediterranean Sea borders, Reuters reports, citing two Lebanese official sources. The US-mediated negotiations began last October but have since stalled

29 April 2021

Responding to a call from the land transport unions, drivers blocked access to mechanical inspection centers across the country this morning, the NNA reports. The drivers claim these centers operate illegally and should be managed by the state rather than a contracted company

29 April 2021

RHUH head Firass Abiad has said the COVID-19 vaccination process is “an uphill battle,” citing the limited availability of doses and the fact less than a quarter of the population has registered via the official platform to receive the jab. Only 3% is fully inoculated, he said

29 April 2021

Capital control draft law, agricultural peril, new COVID-19 entry rules urged: Everything you need to know today

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . A capital control draft law is ready for discussion within Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee nearly a year and a half...

29 April 2021