The Daily Star Lebanon

13/10/2021

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06/10/2021

The Lebanese pound resumed its fall Wednesday after a brief respite, trading at LL17,750 to the dollar on the black market, exchange dealers said.

06/10/2021

The European Union is ready to support the Lebanese government’s plan to rescue the debt-ridden country from its worst economic and financial crisis, the EU Ambassador to Lebanon Ralph Tarraf said Tuesday.

The European Union is ready to support the Lebanese government’s plan to rescue the debt-ridden country from its worst economic and financial crisis in history, the EU Ambassador to Lebanon Ralph Tarraf said Tuesday.

06/10/2021

Judge Tarek Bitar summoned Tuesday a former prime minister and three ex-ministers for interrogation on suspicion of negligence and maladministration over last year's catastrophic Beirut Port blast, judicial sources said.

06/10/2021

Prime Minister Najib Mikati has denied any wrongdoing after he was named in the Pandora Papers among political and financial officials with wealth hidden in offshore tax havens.

01/10/2021

The United Nations held a news conference Friday at the ESCWA offices to outline their Emergency Response Plan for Lebanon, seeking to provide essential support to 1.1 million of Lebanon’s most vulnerable people.

01/10/2021

Turkey's Karpowership said it stopped supplying Lebanon with electricity from its two power ships Friday as its contract expired.

01/10/2021

The Lebanese pound rose on the black market Friday, trading at LL16,850 to the dollar, ending a six-day losing streak.

01/10/2021

Jordanian Prime Minister Bishr al-Khasawneh Thursday held talks with top Lebanese leaders focusing on supplying Lebanon with Jordanian electricity and transferring Egyptian gas to help the crises-hit country plagued by chronic power cuts for decades.

01/10/2021

Hezbollah said Thursday its fighters downed an Israeli drone flying over south Lebanon.

27/09/2021

The government is working to halt the economic collapse, ensure electricity supplies and resolve the medicine and fuel crisis, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Monday after holding a series of meetings with a number of ministers and a private sector delegation.

The government is working to halt the economic collapse, ensure electricity supply and resolve the medicine and fuel crisis, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Monday after holding a series of meetings with a number of ministers and a private sector delegation.

27/09/2021

A probe into the catastrophic Beirut port explosion faced being derailed for the second time this year on Monday when a senior politician wanted for questioning filed a complaint doubting the lead investigator's impartiality.

A probe into the Beirut port blast was frozen on Monday when a former minister wanted for questioning as a suspect filed a case questioning the lead investigator's neutrality, a judicial source said

27/09/2021

Last month, the then-education minister, Tarek Majzoub, pledged that the new school year would be fully in person, after two academic years frequently disrupted by COVID-19. However on Sunday, it was announced that the start of the school year - scheduled for Monday - has been delayed.

Lebanon has been ranked as one of the 100 countries where education is most at risk, a new report says, as the country continues to suffer through an economic crisis

27/09/2021

The Lebanese pound fell slightly Monday, trading at LL16,250 to the dollar on the black market.

The Lebanese pound fell slightly Monday, trading at LL16,250 to the dollar

26/09/2021

Lebanon’s new Cabinet is set to face its first test of credibility when it meets this week to prove its seriousness about pledges to enact essential reforms in order to persuade the international community to come forth with its promised aid to the crises and debt-ridden country.

Lebanon’s new Cabinet is set to face its first test of credibility when it meets this week to prove its seriousness over pledges to enact essential reforms in order to persuade the international community to come forth with its promised aid to the crises and debt-ridden country.

26/09/2021

Lebanon registered 500 new coronavirus cases and nine deaths in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Sunday.

26/09/2021

Several thousand demonstrators rallied in the Tunisian capital on Sunday to protest against President Kais Saied's seizure of power, calling on him to step down in the biggest show of public anger since his intervention.

About 3,000 demonstrators gathered in Tunis on Sunday under a heavy police presence to protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied's seizure of governing powers in July and called on him to step down.

26/09/2021

The Lebanese pound fell slightly Saturday, trading at 16,150 to the dollar.

The pound was trading at 16,150 to the dollar on Saturday

26/09/2021

President Michel Aoun told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that big challenges awaited Lebanon's new government and asked the international community for funding to revive its crisis-stricken economy.

President Michel Aoun told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday big challenges awaited his country's new government and asked the international community for funding to revive its crisis-stricken economy.

24/09/2021

The Lebanese pound snapped a three-day losing streak Friday, trading at 15,850 to the dollar on the black market, exchange dealers said.

24/09/2021

Hezbollah announced Friday the arrival of a second ship loaded with Iranian gasoil to Syria's Baniyas port.

24/09/2021

Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Paris Thursday for crucial talks with President Emmanuel Macron aimed at seeking French and international assistance to help Lebanon overcome its deepening economic and financial crisis.

24/09/2021

In its bid for IMF support, Lebanon must address a question it has evaded since the economy imploded two years ago: how should it distribute the huge losses caused by its financial collapse?

24/09/2021

International investment bank Goldman Sachs estimated that restructuring of Lebanon’s financial system would leave the Lebanese banks with total losses of up to $65 billion and could lead to insolvency.

22/09/2021

Lebanon's Energy Ministry raised gasoline prices for the second time in less than a week, effectively ending its fuel subsidy.

22/09/2021

Lebanon’s annual rate of inflation has risen to the highest of all countries tracked by Bloomberg, surpassing Zimbabwe and Venezuela, as the financial meltdown in the country worsens, the international media and data company reported Tuesday.

Lebanon’s annual rate of inflation has risen to the highest of all countries tracked by Bloomberg, surpassing Zimbabwe and Venezuela, as the financial meltdown in the country worsens.

22/09/2021

Recently appointed Agriculture Minister Abbas al Hajj Hassan sees international ties as a way to aid Lebanon’s ailing agriculture sector, as farmers struggle to support themselves.

22/09/2021

The Lebanese pound fell again on the black market Wednesday, trading at 15,150 to the dollar, exchange dealers said.

22/09/2021

Lebanon’s top leaders met Tuesday to study measures to confront Israel’s plans to explore for oil and gas in disputed areas between the two countries’ maritime boundaries.

20/09/2021

Lebanon’s Parliament opened Monday a debate on the policy statement of Prime Minister Najib Mikati's new government, before a vote of confidence that it appeared set to easily win.

Parliament opened a debate Monday on the policy statement of Prime Minister Najib Mikati's new government, before a vote of confidence that it appeared set to easily win.