This Is Beirut 2023-12-30 11:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two days after Thursday's cable car incident, and in response to reports published on the media and social networks that the operating license granted to the Lebanese Cable Car and Tourist Expansion Company SAL had expired at the end of 2022, the company in question asserted on Saturday that the license “will expire in April 2026.” As for ...
2023-12-30 09:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Many Lebanese drivers regard NYE as the most dangerous night on the road. YASA Director Ziad Akl divulges road safety measures to follow, and how safety is everyone's responsibility.
2023-12-29 21:27 - Reading : less than a minute
On Friday, the NGO Barbara Nassar organized a sit-in in Riad al-Solh to denounce the government's draft law. The aim is to abolish subsidies on cancer treatment drugs. If passed, the law could harm patients' health.
Alissar Boulos 2023-12-29 18:59 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday, December 29 and the 84th day of the war in Gaza. It is also the last episode for 2023. In tonight’s news, the main focus, locally, remains the situation at the Lebanese southern border. We will also take a look at other Lebanese news including the strike in private ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said Friday that "the presidency is not a consolation prize, neither internally nor under any strategic equation. All we want is for the next head of state to be a president in the true sense of the word.” "We will not accept the election of a president who will allow the current situation to persist,” ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-29 13:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's wife, Jamileh-Sadat Alamolhoda, arrived at Rafic Hariri airport on Friday morning, where she was welcomed by... the caretaker Minister of Culture(!), Mohammed Wissam Mortada, Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani, and delegations from Hezbollah’s women, the Amal movement and Islamic Jihad, as reported ...
2023-12-29 09:53 - Reading : less than a minute
Bey1 Kitchen in Achrafieh not only serves meals but crafts an enchanting experience, turning the kitchen into a festive haven where the spirit of Christmas and the warmth of compassion come together to feed the elderly.
This Is Beirut 2023-12-28 21:33 - Reading : less than a minute
The Internal Security Forces (ISF), in cooperation with the Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Cafés, Night-Clubs and Pastries in Lebanon, launched an awareness campaign on Thursday against "the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol," ahead of New Year’s Eve. In a statement, the General Directorate of the ISF indicated that its ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-28 20:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The crisis sparked in educational circles by the adoption of two laws amending certain regulations, particularly related to school budgets and their contribution to the Compensation Fund, seems to be on the path to resolution. A subcommittee has been formed for this purpose, as Catholic schools remain on strike. Caretaker Minister of Education ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-28 17:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Shortly before nightfall, the Civil Defense announced at 4:30 PM the end of the rescue operation for the 27 people stranded in the cabins of the Jounieh cable car. Army helicopters and special forces units participated in these operations, which lasted several hours. Teams from the Lebanese Red Cross were also dispatched to the scene. The ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-28 16:58 - Reading : less than a minute
The head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, Hashem Safieddine, stressed on Thursday that "no power in the world will be able to impose on the resistance and its logic anything outside the interests of Lebanon and Palestine." Safieddine was speaking at the funeral, in Baalbek, of Muhammad Hassan Yaghi, the executive assistant of Hezbollah’s ...
This Is Beirut 2023-12-28 15:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A technical malfunction in the Jounieh cable car caused two cabins to collide and other cabins on their way from Jounieh to Harissa to stop running. Deputy General Director of Civil Defense Rima el-Murr said in an interview on local TV station MTV that "there are 20 people trapped; we've rescued four of them, and rescue operations are ongoing. ...