This Is Beirut 2024-03-06 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed that "support for UNRWA is crucial," warning of "the unpredictable repercussions of halting its funding." He urged "the international community to continue its assistance to the UN agency to maintain stability in the country." Mikati's remarks came at the end of a consultative meeting held on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-06 18:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) Samir Geagea affirmed on Wednesday that “with each new presidential initiative, the masks fall off.” He stated that the Axis of Resistance does not want a dialogue. Instead, all it seeks through repeated calls for dialogue is an attempt to divide those who do not want their candidate by trying to ...
Rayan Chami 2024-03-06 16:58 - Reading : less than a minute
Following the economic parliamentary committee meeting, Farid Boustany, the head of the committee, addressed concerns surrounding the possibly cancerous wheat and rice.
This Is Beirut 2024-03-06 14:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said in a statement on Wednesday that it received a "generous contribution of €1.5 million from the Italian Cooperation to support the school meals program that provides nutritious meals and snacks for over 100,000 boys and girls in 185 public schools across Lebanon." It stated that the program, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-06 13:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The civil servants' strike that has been going on for almost two weeks in Lebanon is seriously jeopardizing citizens’ health, especially those with chronic diseases in a country where healthcare is already severely weakened by an unprecedented economic and financial crisis. In a communique issued on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health deplored ...
Rami Rayess 2024-03-06 08:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh tends to resurface periodically, only to dwindle once armed hostilities cease. International attention wanes thereafter, despite the human casualties and the displacement of tens of thousands of people from their homes and lands. Similarly, the displacement of ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-03-05 22:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The measures implemented in various economic contexts resemble the plot of an intriguing Ramadan soap opera, but the unfolding events hint that all the protagonists will meet their demise. The most striking plot twist associated with the series is the writer's decision to increase salaries in the public sector. An undoubtably rightful measure ...
Maureen Décor 2024-03-05 22:18 - Reading : less than a minute
On Tuesday, the Al-Makassed Islamic Philanthropic Association inaugurated the closing of its project to renovate the historic Al-Makassed villa. This social project, carried out by apprentices in the BINA program of the European Institute for Cooperation and Development, received financial support from the International Alliance for Heritage ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-05 20:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A roadmap to regulate the situation of displaced Syrians in Lebanon was launched on Tuesday. It tackles "the roots of the problem" and respects "the principle of non-refoulement," as stated by the acting director of General Security, General Elias Baissari, at the document's launch ceremony. The document also aims to "improve relations between ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-03-05 18:40 - Reading : less than a minute
A high-level delegation visited the Zahrat El-lhsan School on Tuesday to inaugurate the completion of the reconstruction of its traditional roof structure, which was ravaged by the explosion on August 4. The project was made possible thanks to a collaboration between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and the Oeuvre d'Orient, ALIPH and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-04 22:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
It is becoming increasingly difficult for the National Moderation parliamentary bloc, composed mainly of former Hariri supporters, to push through its initiative to break the deadlock in the presidential election. Kataeb practically rejected it. The Lebanese Forces, for whom "the devil is in the detail," are skeptical about its final outcome. And ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-04 21:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Monday, the Constitutional Council (CC) suspended the application of nine articles (10, 39, 40, 56, 69, 83, 86, 87, 91) of the budget law for fiscal year 2024, following an appeal for invalidation—which was accepted—submitted a week earlier by 10 MPs from the Kataeb (Samy Gemayel, Nadim Gemayel, Salim el-Sayegh, Elias Hankach), Renewal ...