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Lebanese zeal for European Football Championship wanes as economic hardships take their toll
BEIRUT — The European Football Championship is usually a time of excitement in Lebanon. In past years, fans would drape flags bearing the emblems of national teams over balconies, packed venues...
Wael Taleb, 30 June 2021
Parliament has ended its session, completing in one day the agenda it had originally set out to discuss over a two-day period
30 June 2021
Protesters have erected roadblocks across the country including in the Bekaa, Tripoli, the Chouf and on the Masnaa-Rachaiya road, local media outlets report. In Beirut, roads have been cut off at Qasqas, Sports City and the Cola bridge
30 June 2021
Jihad al-Arab, owner of a prominent company that has been deeply involved in state contracting, has announced he is closing all his businesses in Lebanon following an incident in which his daughters were allegedly yelled at and insulted by passersby in Beirut
30 June 2021
The per-kilowatt-hour price of generator electricity has increased from LL1,097 to LL1,326 for residents of cities and areas lower than 700 meters; the price for residents of remote or more elevated areas has risen from LL1,206 to LL1,458, the Energy Ministry has announced
30 June 2021
Lebanon has registered 161 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Three more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,851
30 June 2021
Calm returns to Tripoli after afternoon of gunfire
BEIRUT — Calm returned to the streets of Tripoli Wednesday evening after gunfire resounded in various areas of the northern city earlier in the day as armed residents expressed their anger at the...
Ghada Alsharif, 30 June 2021
Gunfire resounds in various areas of Tripoli as armed men express their anger at the worsening economic situation in Lebanon
30 June 2021
Parliament has approved a public procurement law, based on OECD international recommendations, which aims to improve transparency and establish an independent body to oversee the purchase of goods by government and state-owned enterprises
30 June 2021
Parliament has passed a ration card law that aims to provide Lebanon’s poorest families with, on average, $93 per month to replace the current subsidies system
30 June 2021
The IMF has told caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni that it is considering allocating almost $900 million to Lebanon from its so-called special drawing rights, created to supplement member countries’ reserves. Lebanon’s reserves have reached the critical, mandatory threshold
30 June 2021
Parliament passes ration card law aimed at replacing current subsidies system
BEIRUT — MPs passed a law creating a controversial ration card program for Lebanon’s poorest families and elected a new member to Lebanon’s Constitutional Council during a lengthy and sweltering...
Emily Lewis, 30 June 2021
Parliament has elected Judge Michel Tarazi to the Constitutional Council. Tarazi joins the seven other judges already on the council, granting it quorum
30 June 2021
Bassam Tleis, the head of the of land transport unions, told VDL radio (93.3) that the shared “service” taxi fee is for now still LL4,000, despite the hike in fuel prices announced yesterday. He said residents should report drivers who try to charge more to the security forces
30 June 2021
Offshore power barges restart, ration card vote, army offers chopper jaunts: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The Turkish company Karpowership announced that two offshore power barges would recommence supplying electricity to Lebanon...
