Chelsea Al Arif 29/01 16:26 - Reading : less than a minute
The League of Civil Servants is leading a ten-day strike starting Tuesday until February 9 to protest the current government's decision to approve a 2024 budget lacking salary increases for civil servants.
28/01 23:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein, Special Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, announced on CBS News that he is "supposed to return soon to the region" to continue efforts for a restoration of calm at the southern border between Lebanon and Israel. He stated that the "window for diplomacy is still there”, adding, "the status-quo of where we are now can't last ...
28/01 19:44 - Reading : less than a minute
On Sunday, caretaker Minister of Energy Walid Fayad said that the issue of oil leaks in the Nahr el-Kabir (Big River) at the border with Syria, in the North, is actively being addressed. According to a statement from the Ministry, the leaks are the result of "one of the worn-out pipelines or encroachments in the river." "After we learned about ...
This Is Beirut 28/01 18:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After a relatively calm morning, tensions increased again on Sunday afternoon between Hezbollah and Israel along the southern border, then again in the evening. Three people were killed in an Israeli raid in Marwahin. Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of the villages of Marwahin, Ramya, Maroun al-Ras, Yaroun, Shihine, Jabaline, Naqoura, ...
This Is Beirut 28/01 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Metropolitan of Beirut, Archbishop Elias Audi, stigmatized in his Sunday Sermon the obstruction of the investigation into "the crime of the explosion of August 4," which constitutes "a disgrace for our state and for some of our judges." "The latter have not only failed in their duty to uncover the truth and impose justice, but they are ...
This Is Beirut 28/01 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In light of the agreement on maritime border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel with US mediation, Cyprus resorted to negotiations with Israel to adjust its maritime borders. It hopes to make progress on this issue with Lebanon as well. The head of the Cypriot intelligence services, Tasos Tzionis, who visited Beirut last week, urged Lebanese ...
Samar Yamout 28/01 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The problem of Lebanese prison centers is not limited to the economic crisis. In reality, most detention centers are overcrowded. Human Rights Watch highlights the serious situation in Lebanese prisons, particularly due to the economic crisis that has plagued the country for more than 3 years. Saturation and the deterioration of living conditions ...
Johnny Ftouhi 27/01 19:54 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
The Lebanese population would have liked to benefit from a continuous power supply, as promised two decades ago by the Ministry of Energy. However, Lebanon is on the list of countries with the worst electricity management record. What's more, it's the country with the darkest reputation, thanks to decades of waste, corruption and failure. In ...
This Is Beirut 27/01 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transports Ali Hamieh asserted that Lebanon, and in particular Hezbollah (the formation he represents within the government), "do not consider the time is right for the demarcation of borders with Syria and Cyprus." He added, "This requires legal and technical studies to avoid the mistakes made in the ...
Lyne Sammouri 27/01 08:29 - Reading : less than a minute
Under the slogan of innovating, empowering and ever-giving, the Lebanese American University (LAU) celebrated a century of academic excellence. Rooted in its storied history since 1924 and reaching back to 1835, LAU embraced its centennial by strategically redefining its future, with a commitment to pioneering education, industry relevance and a ...
Chelsea Al Arif 26/01 23:13 - Reading : less than a minute
Opposition MP Waddak Sadek affirmed that the initial budget was disastrous and that Parliament needed to make amendments, otherwise it would have led the country to bankruptcy.
Chelsea Al Arif 26/01 20:34 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces MP Ghassan Hasbani said on Friday that even if the budget in its current state is nowhere close to being perfect, some points are still being discussed within Parliament before proceeding with the vote. “We are halfway through the discussions, and the vote might happen later tonight or might require another half a day," he added.