The below is an announcement shared yesterday by the Cyprus Embassy in Lebanon: Dear all, we are very sorry to announce that following today’s decision of the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus regarding ...

Hassan Diab’s government was never meant to achieve anything. It was a mere “passe-temps” while those in power agree on the next government. However, and as expected by all politicians who take charge, this government ...

The latest from the IMF-Lebanon ongoing negotiations: an ex-MP, jokingly or not we’re not sure, asked the IMF if we could get money without reforms. Meanwhile, two members of Lebanon’s negotiating team have already quit, ...

“The show must go on.” The Baalbeck International Festival is defying the COVID-19 confinement by going virtual and broadcasting live on July 5 a newly conceived concert by Maestro Harout Fazlian and produced by the ...

We’ve seen a lot of politicians, journalists and analysts claim recently that we should be promoting Lebanon as a touristic destination now that the lira has devaluated and the dollar is worth four times (as ...

A day before the October Revolution started, Lebanon was ravaged by fires that went out of control. Meanwhile, the incompetent authorities had just found out that their fire-fighting helicopters weren’t working. Why? Incompetence and negligence ...

A report on the top 100 safest countries for COVID-19 was issued by the Deep Knowledge Group, a consortium of companies and nonprofits owned by Deep Knowledge Ventures, an investment firm founded in 2014 in ...

What better way to regulate the work of exchange officers than ask people to snitch on each other 🙄? The Lebanese General Security has set up four hotlines to monitor the currency exchange operations and ...

Everyone is selling & buying dollars in Lebanon and the easiest way to do so if you’re not a licensed exchanger is through WhatsApp groups. The black market is booming and those trading via WhatsApp ...

There’s a new Lebanese board game in town and it’s called Wasta. The game consists of several cards, including a police officer (Darake), a bank, a thug (Az3ar), your mom (Emmak), your neighbor (El Jara) ...