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The Banque du Liban forensic audit is back on, but with some clear differences in the new contract
On Sept. 17, Finance Minister Youssef Khalil signed a new contract for the international consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal to carry out a forensic audit of Banque du Liban's accounts. The Finance...
Magaly ABBOUD, 7 October 2021
Economy minister gives generator owners one month to install energy meters for their customers
BEIRUT — Economy Minister Amin Salam issued a circular on Thursday giving generator owners a deadline of Nov. 11 by which to install, at their own expense, meters to measure their customers' energy...
Tala Ramadan, 7 October 2021
Apartment prices in Beirut in 2021: How much is an apartment in Downtown?
Apartment sales in Downtown Beirut were sluggish from 2018 to 2019 before picking up in 2020. Dozens of apartments were sold last year, and most of the buyers paid in banker’s checks to get...
Guillaume Boudisseau, 7 October 2021
Lebanon has registered 519 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Five people have died, raising the death toll to 8,375
7 October 2021
The joint parliamentary committees have voted in favor of holding parliamentary elections on March 27 instead of May 8, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. According to LBCI, all the parties represented supported the move except for the Strong Lebanon bloc, which abstained from voting
7 October 2021
Nader Sharif Darwiche, who was seriously burned in a fuel tanker explosion in Akkar on Aug. 15, has returned from receiving treatment in Turkey, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. More than 30 people were killed in the blast, including several who were sent abroad for treatment
7 October 2021
BDL removed more than a dozen pages of 2017 assessment forecasting Lebanon’s financial ruin, Swiss daily reports
BEIRUT — Swiss daily Le Temps reported that Banque du Liban (BDL) removed startling information on the precarious status of Lebanon’s banking sector from a 2017 IMF assessment of the stability of...
7 October 2021
Following a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri later in the day, Amir-Abdollahian reportedly said foreign powers’ presence is the main factor destabilizing regional security and stability and that all regional issues should be solved by the people of the region
7 October 2021
During a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, President Michel Aoun reiterated Lebanon’s support for rapprochement among the countries of the region, while Amir-Abdollahian assured Aoun of Iran’s continued support for Lebanon, Aoun’s office tweeted
7 October 2021
ABL head egged, bread prices up, public school teachers’ compensation: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Upwards of 100 protesters faced off with riot police outside a Downtown branch of Bank of Beirut yesterday as they confronted...
