Carpooling: ‘Bala Benzine’ tests the local market
It’s the last weekend of a sunny, but a rather windy August in Lebanon. While tourists are once again flocking the country’s beaches to get some sun before the back-to-school season, Julia Khouri...
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Mikati denies FPM accusations, claims he wants to form a government
BEIRUT — Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati on Tuesday showed his willingness, once again, to form a new cabinet, denying accusations of governmental deadlock by President Michel Aoun, the...
30 August 2022
Parliament halts capital control law discussions until cabinet agrees complete reform plan: Bou Saab
BEIRUT — Deputy Parliament Speaker Elias Bou Saab announced Tuesday that the Parliament has suspended discussions around the capital control law until the cabinet settles on a full-fledged reform...
30 August 2022
Dominique Eddé: ‘Islam is a civilization, Islamism is a kind of wildfire’
Shortly after the attempt on the life of writer Salman Rushdie, Lebanese essayist and novelist Dominique Eddé spoke with L’Orient-Le Jour about the fight against terrorism and the difference...
Cyrille NÊME, 30 August 2022
ISF foils another illegal boat migration attempt in North Lebanon
BEIRUT — Four people were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in an illegal emigration operation in Minieh, North Lebanon, the Internal Security Forces said in a tweet Tuesday. The...
Ghadir Hamadi, 30 August 2022
Warnings of a heightened risk of forest fires in the next three days
BEIRUT — The National Council for Scientific Research in Lebanon (CNRS) warned Tuesday of heightened fire danger, particularly over the next three days, as demonstrated on the fire index maps the...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 30 August 2022
Tracy Chamoun to L’Orient-Le Jour: ‘I want to be a unifying president’
Tracy Chamoun, the former Lebanese ambassador to Jordan — and granddaughter of former president Camille Chamoun — officially announced on Monday her candidacy for the presidential election.She is...
Salah HIJAZI, 30 August 2022
Bassil says FPM ready to support a presidential candidate 'around whom there would be an agreement'
BEIRUT — Leader of the Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil told Al Akhbar newspaper in an interview published Tuesday that he was ready to support a presidential candidate “around whom there...
30 August 2022
The fall of a bridge
Charles Helou, Pierre Gemayel, Emile Lahoud, the humpbacked bridge that crosses the Beirut River — these motorways crush any pedestrian. Yet we continue our walk past the landfill, the roundabout...
Camille AMMOUN, 30 August 2022
Saudi Arabia seeks extradition from Lebanon of man who threatened embassy
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Bukhari said the kingdom is seeking the arrest and extradition from Lebanon of a Saudi man who threatened the kingdom's embassy in Beirut...
30 August 2022
UPDATE: Parliament committees meet to discuss capital control draft law amid protest
BEIRUT — Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the Parliament building and in front of several banks in Beirut on Tuesday morning to protest the proposed capital control law as a joint...
30 August 2022
The number of tourists in Lebanon nearly doubles in the first half of 2022
Nearly 100 percent: This is the year-on-year increase in the number of tourists visiting Lebanon over the first six months of 2022, according to Ministry of Tourism figures published by Lebanon...
30 August 2022
Hiba, a civil servant, has gone into ‘survival’ mode
With the economic crisis and the rapid depreciation of the Lebanese lira, the salaries of civil servants have melted away, leading to dramatic lifestyle changes for a majority of them. “I'm in...
Magaly ABBOUD, 30 August 2022
Phasing out fuel subsidies, Ogero strike, FIBA World Cup qualification: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . “It is clear that Banque du Liban is moving towards a definitive cessation of the subsidies via the Sayrafa platform,”...
