FPM doubles down on support for electoral megacenters
BEIRUT — The Free Patriotic Movement’s Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc once again defended on Tuesday a proposal to set up electoral megacenters for the upcoming parliamentary elections,...
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Lebanon has registered 1,006 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Eight people have died, raising the death toll to 10,169
8 March 2022
Relief and anxiety at Beirut airport, as the Lebanese return from Ukraine
Saadallah flips his lid. His anger is unleashed as he waits for his daughter Yara, 19, aboard a delayed repatriation flight from Warsaw to Beirut. Yara, along with more than 100 Lebanese citizens...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 8 March 2022
Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee meets, considering the draft 2022 budget for the first time
BEIRUT – “The 2022 budget might be approved by the Parliament before the elections, but only if the Finance Ministry and the government commit to the conditions discussed,” said Ibrahim Kanaan, MP...
Kabalan Farah, 8 March 2022
Hezbollah chief blasts Lebanon's response to Russia-Ukraine conflict
BEIRUT – Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah Tuesday criticized Lebanon’s formal stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which demanded a stop to the war, saying “we should have told the United...
8 March 2022
EDL workers' syndicate calls for strike starting tomorrow
BEIRUT – The syndicate for workers and employees of state-owned power provider Electricité du Liban issued on Tuesday a statement calling for a strike from March 9 to March 15, to protest the...
8 March 2022
Interior Minister Mawlawi meets with Cypriot counterpart to discuss illegal migration
BEIRUT – Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi met with his Cypriot counterpart, Nicos Nouris, on Tuesday, to discuss the importance of strengthening cooperation between the two ministries, especially...
8 March 2022
Journalist Jad Ghosn announces candidacy for May elections in Metn district
BEIRUT – Former Al Jadeed reporter Jad Ghosn announced his candidacy Tuesday for the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 15, in the Metn district. Here’s what we know: ...
Wael Taleb, 8 March 2022
Hospital owners say NSSF has stopped paying for care; Abiad says government is saving up for cancer drugs
BEIRUT – As of April, medical cases requiring critical care will be covered by the National Social Security Fund, while dialysis and cancer patients will pay the full cost of their treatment,...
Rana Tabbara, 8 March 2022
Sunnis sound the alarm on May’s elections
Two months out from the parliamentary elections scheduled for May 15, ambiguity continues to surround the Sunni scene. The barons of the community have begun to realize they need to take swift...
Mounir RABIH, 8 March 2022
Lebanese ship docked in Ukraine asks authorities to ensure its safe passage
BEIRUT — Sailors aboard the Lebanese ship “New Challenge,” docked in the Ukrainian port of Nikolaev, called on Lebanese authorities on Tuesday to ensure its safe passage amid the Russian invasion...
8 March 2022
Ogero workers' union strike halts company's phone and social media customer services
BEIRUT — Phone and social media customer services at the state-run telecommunications company Ogero halted Tuesday after the Ogero workers’ union announced a strike, the company tweeted. The Ogero...
8 March 2022
Geagea opposes use of ‘megacenters’ as a ‘pretext to delay’ elections
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces head Samir Geagea said on Tuesday via Twitter that he opposes the use of “megacenters,” proposed voting centers that would allow citizens to cast their ballots without...
8 March 2022
Wheat shipment from Ukraine arrives in Tripoli
BEIRUT — The Golden Bird ship arrived at the Port of Tripoli this morning from Bardiast port in Ukraine carrying a cargo of 11,000 tons of wheat that is now in the process of being unloaded, the...
8 March 2022
Associates mourn 'brilliant' and 'humanistic' Hubert Fattal
Twenty-four hours after the murder of Hubert Fattal, CEO of the eponymous distribution group, his relatives and employees were still in shock. A tribute ceremony, initiated by members of the...
Caroline HAYEK, 8 March 2022
Arab women entrepreneurs defy odds with leap into sportswear
BEIRUT — Nathaly Daou zigzags through an underground fabric store in Beirut, pulling out bolts of neon Lycra and patterned polyester before settling on a roll of white cotton. Finding affordable...
Maya Gebeily, 8 March 2022
New fuel prices: 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline increased by LL28,000, reaching LL425,000. 20 liters of 98-octane gasoline increased by LL27,000, reaching LL434,000. 20 liters of diesel now cost LL427,000, up LL52,000. A cylinder of household gas now costs LL297,000, up by LL9,000
8 March 2022
Book fair brawl, Fattal murder suspects, credit lines for wheat: All you need to know to start your Tuesday
A brawl erupted yesterday at the Beirut International and Arab Book Fair over a poster of Qassem Soleimani. An argument broke out between attendants at the fair and protesters after the latter...
