Alissar Boulos 2024-04-23 16:12 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi has set the following dates for the municipal elections: May 12 for Mount Lebanon, May 19 for North Lebanon and Akkar, and finally, May 26 for Beirut, Bekaa, and Baalbeck-Hermel. The door for submitting candidate applications in North Lebanon opened on Monday, but uncertainty still persists about ...
2024-04-23 11:42 - Reading : less than a minute
After a year and a half of suspension, Jounieh’s Vehicle Registration Center partially reopened limited services and is set to be open only on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-04-23 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Although the general situation in Lebanon indicated there might be a breakthrough – between May and June at the latest – in the presidential election issue, things look grimmer now. It is almost as if the fate of Lebanon, already low on the list of world priorities, has been adjourned until after the Gaza war. The Al-Aqsa Flood operation, ...
2024-04-23 08:30 - Reading : less than a minute
As part of its series of conferences and debates for 2024, the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais welcomed athletes and medical professionals to discuss how learning about sports can aid professionals in their corporate lives.
2024-04-22 22:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The airstrikes between Hezbollah and Israel intensified on Monday night along the southern border. The Israeli army conducted a raid on a residence in Srifa, where two people were injured. Media reports suggested that the strike was aimed at the home of Hezbollah leader Ali Najdi. Hezbollah reportedly surrounded the targeted house, while the ...
2024-04-22 22:11 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
For the first time in years, a European Union official has raised the possibility of a "safe, voluntary and dignified" return home for displaced Syrians who have settled in Lebanon since 2011 – when the war in that country started – without linking it to a political solution in Syria. The European policy regarding the return of Syrian refugees ...
2024-04-22 17:48 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi set the date of May 26, 2024 for municipal elections in Beirut, Bekaa and Baalbeck-Hermel governorates, in a decree announced on Monday. The announcement comes ahead of a parliamentary session scheduled on Thursday, April 25 to decide on the fate of the elections, with the MPs divided between the ...
Maureen Décor 2024-04-22 17:39 - Reading : less than a minute
This Monday, on Earth Day, several Lebanese tour operators organized a beach cleanup at Nahr el-Kalb in preparation for the summer season.
2024-04-22 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
According to French sources, House Speaker Nabih Berri was supposed to visit Paris along with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to meet with President Emmanuel Macron. However, Berri failed to show up, prompting Macron to contact him to confirm that the invitation still stands, although no specific date has been set. This coincides with a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-21 22:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Nikos Christodoulides of Cyprus stated that he will visit Lebanon with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on May 2 to announce an initiative for a larger financial package from the EU to deal with Lebanon's refugee crisis. He emphasized the need for both sides to uphold their commitments for the initiative to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-21 14:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Metropolitan of Beirut, Elias Audi, stated in his sermon on Sunday that "the emperors of our time claim faith and defend it, but they are nothing but worshippers of wealth and power." "Where are the accountable representatives of this nation when it comes to addressing the profound concept of true martyrdom, which embodies the ideals of love, ...
2024-04-21 10:56 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
While the Eastern half of the Christian world collapsed during a controversy about the sex of angels, its Western half is now breaking down due to a controversy about the sex of humans, along with a civilizational suicide. Gender theory is central to the Woke religion. It serves as a foundational framework upon which everything else can be built ...