This Is Beirut 2024-04-30 12:13 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Energy Walid Fayad emphasized in a recent interview with the LBCI television channel that progress in the electricity sector plan is positive, but lamented its slow pace. He underscored the lack of attention from politicians and decision-makers towards the energy sector, stressing its critical role in the economy. “The ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-29 18:03 - Reading : less than a minute
The Federation of Syndicates of Banks' Employees in Lebanon strongly rejected the government's proposed plan to restructure the banking sector. Discussion of the proposed draft law aimed at addressing Lebanon's banking crisis and the government's proposed restructuring measures took place on Monday in a meeting organized by the Federation in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-29 13:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Agriculture Abbas Hajj Hassan issued a decision on Monday concerning onion and potato imports from Egypt. He stipulated that these must be subject to a prior import permit within the time limit set by the decree "for importing certain types of vegetables and fruit during specific periods." The statement confirms that this ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-29 12:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In its report on "Lebanon's Poverty Outlook," the World Bank (WB) considers that the budget for fiscal year 2024 represents "a missed opportunity to adopt the necessary changes to the budget and fiscal policy," even though the latter plans to reduce the budget deficit to zero and achieve revenues of 17.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-28 13:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL) is said to be actively working on completing the technical elements of the Bloomberg platform, aimed at "regulating" the exchange rate and the movement of purchases and transactions. This will enable financial market professionals to access the foreign exchange markets and trade currencies using the functionalities ...
2024-04-28 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ten billion dollars. This is the staggering figure of losses in Lebanon put forward by the Caretaker Minister of Economy, Amine Salam, as a result of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. Beyond the human and material losses, there is an economic dimension that can no longer be ignored. For a country already at the bottom of the pit, this is one war too ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-27 13:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Finance Minister Youssef el-Khalil announced on Friday that "there will be no delay in disbursing the salaries of civil servants and military personnel." He indicated that the Ministry's employees would be working on Saturday and, if necessary, Sunday, in order to pay salaries on time. The latter will be transferred to the Banque du ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 17:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The president of the Importers of Food Products Syndicate, Hani Bohsali, stated on Friday that "food products are the least affected by the increase recorded in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) last March (+1.72%) and on an annual basis by 70.36%, especially since the index includes 16 other sectors, including alcohol, clothing, electricity, health, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 19:53 - Reading : less than a minute
In a press release on Thursday, the Ministry of Finance announced a possible delay in settling public sector salaries. The statement said that the delay was not due to the resignation of the Director of the Treasury, but to a malfunction in the Ministry's electronic system on Thursday, which technicians are working to repair as quickly as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 17:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati emphasized that one of his government’s key objectives is “striving to address the current economic and financial crisis by primarily approving the capital control law.” During his speech at the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) conference on Thursday, themed “Arab Economic Security in Light of Geopolitical ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 13:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Agriculture Minister, Abbas Al Hajj Hassan, and representative of the World Food Program (WFP), Abdallah Wardat, signed on Wednesday a cooperation agreement on a project to combat food and nutritional insecurity. In a statement, the Agriculture Ministry declared that the WFP proposes to provide a package of technical assistance aimed at ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 12:17 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Finance's press office announced on Wednesday that “a breakdown had occurred in the Ministry’s electronic systems, bringing all its IT services to a halt.” “Technical staff were mobilized to resolve the problem,” the statement added.