par This Is Beirut, 30/01 13:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2023 is 24/100 and the country ranked 149th out of 180, recording its lowest score in three years. This confirms the need for urgent remediation and corrective action, says the annual report of Transparency International, a leader in the fight against corruption, published on Tuesday. The organization ...
07/04 14:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Metropolitan Elias Audi criticized Lebanon's leaders and accused them of being "responsible for the high level of corruption and dysfunction that has shaken Lebanon, and then washing their hands of their own actions." During his Sunday sermon, Bishop Audi lashed out against "a system marked by injustice and inequality." He particularly blamed ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/04 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The 10 days of hearings in the "Panama Papers" case concluded on Friday in the capital of Panama, with a verdict expected in the coming weeks. Hearings in the money-laundering trial of the heads of the now-defunct law firm Mossack Fonseca, the epicenter of the global "Panama Papers" scandal, concluded on Friday in the Panamanian ...
par Malo Pinatel, 25/06 19:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Benjanmin Netanyahu corruption Israel
An Israeli commission investigating suspicions of wrongdoing in the purchase of submarines and warships from Germany by the Israeli government issued a warning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, according to information reported by Reuters. This commission reportedly informed Netanyahu that, based on the evidence gathered so far, it ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/06 22:14 - Reading : less than a minute
corruption DÉFENSE France Netherlands Spain Thales
Police in three countries searched the offices of French defense company Thales this week over suspected corruption involving arms sales abroad, notably to Brazil, a judicial source said Saturday. Officers in France, the Netherlands and Spain carried out the searches between Wednesday and Friday, the source told AFP, confirming a report from ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 20/08 14:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The claims made by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati during his recent visit to Iraq—that Iraqi fuel would easily resume its flow to Lebanon's power plants—do not match the current reality in the electricity sector. The power plants in Deir Ammar and Zahrani have ceased production, and it has become clear that the Iraqis remain ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/08 15:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Zahrani and Deir Ammar power plants are set to resume more consistent electricity production after a 10-day interruption that began on August 17 due to a fuel shortage. Sources at the electricity company informed This is Beirut that a ship carrying 30,000 tons of Egyptian diesel arrived in Lebanon on Monday evening. “Unloading tests are ...
