This Is Beirut 2024-04-05 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, blamed the conflict in southern Lebanon on those who "decided to involve Lebanon" (in the war between Hamas and Israel since October 7), while not ruling out the Lebanese government's responsibility for ensuring the country's security. He also addressed the issue of the presidential election, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-05 15:48 - Reading : less than a minute
The Public Schools Union in Lebanon has decided to draw up a plan of action to demand a change in salaries, taking into account the current economic situation and the increases approved, in this sense, for the public sector. At a remote meeting held on Thursday, the union proposed the formation of a committee to follow up on practical steps and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-05 14:43 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi scheduled the municipal elections for Mount Lebanon for May 12. He called on the electoral colleges of Mount Lebanon to elect the members of the municipal councils and to determine the number of councils for each governorate. He also invited them to elect the Mukhtars and to proceed with the formation ...
Youssef Diab 2024-04-04 22:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The military tribunal has begun the prosecution of State Security Director General, General Tony Saliba, over his suspected responsibility in the escape of convict Dani al-Rachid from a State Security prison last week. The prosecution in question has laid the foundations for a new methodology that the justice system would adopt vis-à-vis the ...
2024-04-04 20:39 - Reading : less than a minute
Every fourth of the month, even 44 months later, families and friends of the victims of the port explosion still show up to fight for accountability and justice.
Joanne Naoum 2024-04-04 20:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Gebran Bassil is reportedly seeking to improve relations with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, but the question of a rapprochement between the two adversaries was utterly denied by the Speaker’s circle. Nonetheless, a new dynamic in relations between the FPM and Berri’s Amal Movement was ushered in ...
2024-04-04 20:24 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee, headed by MP Ibrahim Kanaan, settled today the issue of cadet Civil Defense volunteers, who are awaiting a law amendment enabling them to benefit from health care and salary supplements. After the meeting, Kanaan pointed out that Civil Defense workers haven’t received their salaries in over eight ...
2024-04-04 20:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Beirut International Airport: traffic down 7% in first quarter of 2024. Traffic at Beirut International Airport (BIA) recorded a 7% drop in the first quarter of the current year, in comparison with the same period in 2023, and a 12% drop in flights to and from Lebanon. According to figures released by BIA, the airport welcomed 1,272,625 ...
2024-04-04 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said he was surprised by reports that appeared in the Cypriot press on Thursday about the island state’s strained relations with Lebanon over illegal migrants, mainly Syrian nationals, departing from Lebanese shores. In his introductory address to the Council of Ministers meeting at the Serail, Mikati said ...
2024-04-04 19:04 - Reading : less than a minute
Two people were killed and seven others injured in a huge fire that broke out in rose flower warehouses owned by Nazih Harb in the town of al-Marj, in West Bekaa. While the Civil Defense worked to extinguish the fire and transport the wounded to hospitals, al-Marj mayor Munawwar al-Jarrah said that the fire in the Beit al-Ward warehouses had ...
Fady Noun 2024-04-04 10:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
A delegation from the Makassed Islamic Association, led by Mohammed Sammak and the association's president Faisal Sinno, discreetly visited the Vatican on March 28, without any media frenzy. This marked the delegation's first visit to the Holy See in its 138-year history. The delegation’s members were warmly received by the Secretary of State, ...
2024-04-04 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cyprus has called on the European Union to help it curb the tide of people traveling by boat, mainly Syrian migrants, arriving on its shores from Lebanon. The country insists that any European aid to Lebanon should be contingent upon stopping this influx. Cypriot Interior Minister Constantinos Evano declared that "the situation is worsening” and ...