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Solar Olive Oil Wins Gold Amid Lebanon’s Challenges

This is Beirut, 07/04 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Olive oil The NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition

The olive oil brand, Solar, won the gold medal at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, one of the most prestigious awards in the industry. This marks the third distinction for this Lebanese olive oil, which won a gold medal in 2022, and then a silver one in 2023. Amid challenges in Lebanon, this award holds particular significance for the ...

A Guideline for Running in Municipal Elections

This is Beirut, 07/04 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Ahmad Hajjar Interior Ministry Municipal Elections Mount Lebanon Lebanon

On Monday, Minister of Interior Ahmad al-Hajjar announced the procedures for filing and withdrawing candidacies for the municipal and mukhtar elections, which will be held on May 4 in the mohafaza of Mount Lebanon. Anyone wishing to run as a candidate must submit a notarized declaration of candidacy, along with the following documents: an ...

Golf: When Lebanon Grows on the Greens of Ajman

Makram Haddad, 07/04 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Golf Lebanon Lara Bakhour Sarah Salaam

The 2025 edition of the prestigious Cedar Cup of golf experienced memorable moments on the green courses of the Al-Zorak Club in Ajman (United Arab Emirates). For four days, this exceptional site, between the turquoise sea and lush palm groves, became the theater of an international competition organized in partnership between the Lebanese and ...

Morgan Ortagus' Mission Amid Rising Frustration

Michel Touma, 07/04 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Let’s be clear—no more avoiding the issue or making compromises. The time for indulgence and indecisiveness has passed, and it must never return. Complacency and weakness are no longer acceptable, nor should they ever be again. For the past 20 years—since 2005, when Hezbollah seized control of the local political scene—and more broadly ...

Political Fraud and the Bungled Peace

Charles Chartouni, 07/04 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Monitoring the Lebanese political scene is quite disturbing since the hypothetical new political era seems to be bungling. The new incumbents, who came into power incidentally, were unlikely to be co-opted if it were not for the military and political upheaval induced by the Israeli destruction of the operational platforms weaved by the Iranian ...

Ortagus Puts Lebanon at a Crossroads: Disarm Hezbollah or Lose Aid

This is Beirut, 06/04 22:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon United States Hezbollah Morgan Ortagus

Lebanon is at a crossroads: disarm Hezbollah "as soon as possible," implement the ceasefire agreement with Israel, and carry out essential reforms, or face isolation. This was made clear by Morgan Ortagus, the US Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East, during an interview with LBCI on Sunday evening. While expressing optimism about the new ...

Wildfire Erupts in Remhala, Civil Defense Races to Contain Flames

This is Beirut, 06/04 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Lebanon fire Civil Defense army Remhala

A large wildfire broke out on Sunday morning in the forested valleys of Remhala, in the caza of Aley, prompting an urgent response from Lebanon’s Civil Defense units and the Lebanese Army, as the flames threatened to reach nearby residential areas. According to a statement from the Directorate of Media and Public Relations at the General ...

Basketball: Sagesse Fails at the Foot of the 'Lighthouse'

Makram Haddad, 06/04 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Riyadi La Sagesse Manara Basket Lebanon

In a Saeb Salam Arena in fusion, in the heart of Manara–this mythical “lighthouse” of Lebanese basketball–Sagesse almost signed the heist of the century. For three and a half quarters, Jad El Hajj's men laid down the law. Solid, disciplined, transcended by a blazing Zac Lofton (39 points), the Greens dominated an unrecognizable Al Riyadi, ...

Rai: Some People's Aim Is to Control the State, Not to Modernize the System

This is Beirut, 06/04 10:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai stressed that “we live under a parliamentary democratic system and a national accord,” explaining that pluralism, federalism and centralization are foreign words in our political and constitutional lexicon. In his sermon during Sunday mass in Bkerke, he said that “the aim of some is to control the state, not ...

Alpine Skiing: Sara Zeidan Carves Her Bronze Trail on the Greek Slopes

Makram Haddad, 05/04 20:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Ski Lebanon Sara Zeidan Faraya Mzaar

She planted her poles, cut the turns, swallowed the gates… and, above all, raised the Lebanese flag high on a European podium. Lebanese skier Sara Zeidan, a pure product of the legendary Club Faraya Mzaar, struck hard on the international scene by offering herself a superb bronze medal during the International Alpine Skiing Championships ...

Lebanon Faces Severe Trade Deficit and Economic Imbalance

Liliane Mokbel, 05/04 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Lebanon's trade deficit in 2024 reached $14.2 billion, accounting for approximately 50% of the country's GDP. This level, one of the highest in the world, is alarming and reflects the magnitude of the country's economic imbalances. According to statistics from the Higher Council of Customs, imports declined by 3.5%, totaling $16.9 billion, while ...

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