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Why the Lebanese public debt’s market value is less than $10 billion

In its quarterly report on the Lebanese economy, published this week, Bank Audi’s research department once again called for a final agreement between Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund,...

Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 5 August 2022

Salam announces 'end of the bread crisis'

BEIRUT — Caretaker Economy and Trade Minister Amin Salam announced Friday “the end of the bread crisis which had been raging in the country for several weeks, causing shortages and queues in front...

5 August 2022

In his battle against Hezbollah, Geagea is using the party’s own tactics

“The end justifies the means.” This is how Lebanese Forces officials and MPs explained to L’Orient-Le Jour the remarks made on Wednesday by party leader Samir Geagea, who, for the first time,...

Yara ABI AKL, 5 August 2022

FPM blasts Mikati, says PM-designate ‘hindering’ formation of government

BEIRUT —The Free Patriotic Movement published a statement Friday accusing Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati of “refusing to form a government” and “voluntarily hindering” the formation of the...

5 August 2022

Nasrallah criticizes port blast investigating judge Bitar for ‘refusal to step down’ from post

BEIRUT — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday criticized lead port blast judge Tarek Bitar, without explicitly naming him, in a televised address on the two-year anniversary of the Aug. 4...

5 August 2022

Macron to L’Orient-Le Jour: ‘I will not let Lebanon disappear’

Editor’s note: This interview was conducted on Aug. 3, 2022. Protesters who gathered on Thursday, Aug. 4 to mark the second anniversary of the port explosion cast blame on France for what they...

Élie MASBOUNGI, 5 August 2022

EDL again promises ‘uninterrupted’ electricity in port area as silos collapse

BEIRUT — Echoing an earlier statemen t from Sunday following the collapse of a first section of Beirut port silos, the state-owned Electricité du Liban said Thursday that it would provide...

5 August 2022

Civil Defense responds to fire at children’s leisure center near Beirut port

BEIRUT — A fire broke out Friday morning in the KidzMondo children's leisure center at the Beirut waterfront facing the port, a spokesperson from the Civil Defense told L’Orient Today. There were...

Wael Taleb, 5 August 2022

New fuel prices: 20 liters of 95- and 98-octane gasoline decreased by LL14,000, reaching LL567,000 and LL579,000, respectively. 20 liters of diesel increased LL2,000 to LL647,000. A cylinder of household gas increased by LL2,000 to LL316,000.

5 August 2022

Lebanon's banks plan strike starting Monday over “harmful stances” toward sector

BEIRUT — Lebanon's banking association announced on Friday that banks would go on strike starting on Monday over what it said was a build-up of “populist, harmful stances” taken against the...

5 August 2022

Port blast firefighters’ families send letter to UN demanding ‘independent’ investigation commission

BEIRUT — On the second anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, port explosion, the families of the 10 first responders who lost their lives in the blast as they tried putting out the initial fire sent a...

5 August 2022

Port blast anniversary protests, criticism of French role, more silos collapse: Everything you need to know to start your Friday

Hundreds of people marched across Beirut to the port yesterday to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the devastating explosion that took place there and to demand justice for the victims. The...

5 August 2022