Saudi and Kuwaiti ambassadors to return to Lebanon
BEIRUT — After a months-long diplomatic crisis, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait announced Thursday evening that they will send their ambassadors back to Lebanon. Here’s what we know: • In...
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Lawyer files complaint against Mikati, alleging illicit enrichment
BEIRUT — Lawyer Rami Ollaik, member of the Mouttahidoun collective, filed a personal complaint Thursday against Prime Minister Najib Mikati before the top investigating judge of Beirut Charbel Abou...
7 April 2022
Lebanon has registered 246 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Four people have died, raising the death toll to 10,330
7 April 2022
Mikati brothers fourth on Forbes' list of richest Arabs
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s wealth, and that of his brother Taha, have increased by $ 700 million each in the past year according to Forbes Magazine, who published its list of the...
Wael Taleb, 7 April 2022
Pope Francis at the heart of a Lebanese blunder
While Baabda announced that Pope Francis would visit Lebanon, the Vatican later said the visit “was being studied,” raising questions whether or not it will take place in June. On Tuesday,...
Fady NOUN, 7 April 2022
Mill owners say they will stop work until mills closed this week are reopened
BEIRUT — The Mill Owners’ Association announced in a statement Thursday that in light of “flour shortages … exacerbated by delays in payments covering the cost of wheat from Banque du Liban,” mills...
7 April 2022
IMF and Lebanese negotiators reach staff-level agreement on economic program
BEIRUT — A staff-level agreement between the Lebanese government and the International Monetary Fund has been announced in a statement by the fund, meaning that staff members from the IMF and the...
Kabalan Farah, 7 April 2022
Statistics Administration finally publishes GDP for 2020
The Central Administration of Statistics, which is affiliated with the premiership and is supposed to publish the country’s socioeconomic indicators (inflation, poverty, etc.), recently released...
Magaly ABBOUD, 7 April 2022
#4 As the legislative elections approach, is the Lebanese left divided?
In a country where the traditional political class has long since buried the idea of a secular and social state, took control of labor unions and steered the economy toward a rentier model, the...
Salah Hijazi, 7 April 2022
Appeals Court rejects Indictment Chamber judge’s recusal from ruling on Raja Salameh release request
BEIRUT — Baabda Appeals Court judge Elie El Helou on Thursday rejected Mount Lebanon Indictment Chamber judge Pierre Francis’ move to recuse himself from ruling on a release request filed on behalf...
7 April 2022
Fines issued against vegetable traders for 'obscenely expensive' prices
BEIRUT — Agriculture Minister Abbas Hajj Hassan and Economy Minister Amin Salam, accompanied by members of State Security and ministry monitors, issued fines during an inspection of wholesalers in...
7 April 2022
Mawlawi assures that recent security incidents in Tripoli will not hamper the holding of elections
BEIRUT — Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi affirmed on Thursday that "no security incident will affect the holding of the legislative elections" on May 15. His remarks come days after family...
7 April 2022
Aoun receives head of EU elections observation mission
BEIRUT — Gyorgy Holvenyi, the chief observer of the European Union’s Electoral Observation Mission said on Thursday after a meeting with President Michel Aoun in Baabda that his organization will...
7 April 2022
ISF warns of ransom-motivated kidnap schemes as it announces arrest of ‘gang members’
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces announced in a statement on Thursday that it had identified and arrested a number of “gang members” responsible for ransom-motivated kidnappings. Here’s what...
7 April 2022
Annual report on COVID-19 vaccination campaign deems efforts “effective” in getting people to take the shot
BEIRUT — The Central Inspection stated in its annual report on the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Lebanon, which was published Thursday, that the total number of people registered to receive a...
Rana Tabbara, 7 April 2022
#3 The National Bloc in search of its lost identity
Editor's note: In the interest of full disclosure, it should be noted that National Bloc candidate Michel Helou is the former executive director of L'Orient-Le Jour. While Helou stepped down from...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 7 April 2022
Cabinet approves electricity plan, LAU students protest again, bread crisis warning: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Cabinet yesterday t ook the first steps towards implementing Energy Minister Walid Fayad’s plan to rescue Lebanon’s electricity...
