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BDL Gov. Riad Salameh said that Lebanon is facing a difficult situation that can be alleviated with the formation of a government that establishes trust on three fronts: budget and debt talks, banking sector reform and unifying exchange rates
8 January 2021
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has denied obstructing government formation until outgoing US President Donald Trump leaves office and rejected claims that the delay is linked to regional politics
8 January 2021
BDL Gov. Riad Salameh told France 24 in interviews that the Lebanese lira’s peg to the US dollar “is finished,” saying the national currency should be floated once an agreement with the IMF is reached, and with interventions from the central bank to avoid extreme fluctuations
8 January 2021
After international press reported in December that Italian police had seized $1 billion worth of captagon and suggested it was linked to Hezbollah, Nasrallah denies the party’s involvement
8 January 2021
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says in a televised speech that the charges filed against three former ministers and outgoing Premier Hassan Diab in the investigation into the Beirut port explosion will not lead to justice, implying they are based on sectarian motivations
8 January 2021
Lebanon has registered 5,440 new cases of COVID-19, the fourth consecutive daily record this week. Seventeen more people have died from the disease, bringing the death toll to 1,570
8 January 2021
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to Hariri’s office, the pair discussed regional developments, bilateral relations, ways to mitigate Lebanon’s economic collapse and rebuilding Beirut once a cabinet is formed
8 January 2021
The lead Beirut investigative judge has rescheduled the hearings of ex-army chief Jean Kahwaji and seven other high-ranking former officers charged with illicit enrichment to Jan. 21, one of the defendants’ attorneys told L’Orient Today
8 January 2021
The Finance Ministry has approved an $18 million payment, to be issued in installments, for the expansion of the Jdeideh landfill, LBCI reports. The landfill receives waste from the Metn and Kesrouan areas, where uncollected trash has been accumulating this week
8 January 2021
The Department of Agriculture and the Customs Administration in Bekaa have ordered the destruction of 1,100kgs of cheese found in a truck and deemed unsuitable for human consumption, NBN reports, adding that the matter has been referred to the judiciary
8 January 2021
Some 1,727 lockdown violations were recorded between yesterday and this morning, the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces has said in a tweet
8 January 2021
After talks with caretaker Interior Minister Mohamed Fehmi, Land Transport Union head Bassam Tlais has announced that van and bus drivers may resume work as of Tuesday, adding that drivers will abide by COVID-19 safety measures as communicated by the minister, the NNA reports
8 January 2021
Parliament’s health committee head Assem Araji has told LBCI that he expects an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases between the sixth and seventh days of the lockdown, adding that the virus is now “spreading in homes”
8 January 2021
A Lebanese citizen and alleged Hezbollah party member was arrested in Morocco for his alleged involvement in fraud, identity theft and possession of identity documents, including two European passports that Interpol has registered as stolen, Agence Marocaine de Presse reports
8 January 2021
Firass Abiad, the manager of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, has tweeted that “even if hospitals increase their bed capacity, they cannot keep up with the sharp rise in COVID numbers.” He added that a tougher approach is required before it is too late
8 January 2021
Student groups at AUB have called for a boycott of tuition payments after the university ditched the official exchange rate, effectively more than doubling fees. Students told L’Orient Today they aim to press Parliament to pass a law forcing universities to use the official rate
8 January 2021
The head of the pharmacists’ syndicate, Ghassan Al-Amin, told Al-Akhbar that “there is no medicine crisis,” but people must get used to buying generic drugs. He added that rushing to buy supplements such as zinc and vitamins in excess “may lead to increased prices”
8 January 2021
A new COVID-19 record, rule changes, Nasrallah to speak: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Lebanon set yet another record for coronavirus infections, registering 4,774 new cases yesterday. Over a three-day period, Lebanon has seen 12,560 people contract the virus, nearly overwhelming an...
