Téléférique Still Closed for Maintenance

On December 29th 2023, two Teleferique cabins collided leaving 25 people stranded in mid-air for hours. The incident raised concerns on the safety of this decades-old cable car system and prompted its operator to shut it down for maintenance on January 12th. A month later, the Teleferique is still closed and we haven't heard back from the concerned ministries regarding the investigation into the incident. In fact, the Tourism Minister issued a statement following the…

Judge Nawaf Salam Elected President of the International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice issued a press release today announcing that Judge Nawaf Salam was elected President for a term of three years. Salam had become a member of the Court in 2018 after having served as a Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations in New York from July 2007 to December 2017. Following this announcement, Salam tweeted the following: "My election as President of the International Court of Justice is a…
Baladi

Canada Prime Minister Announces First Ever Lebanese Heritage Month

4 months ago
Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister, issued a statement yesterday announcing the beginning of the very first Lebanese Heritage Month, “a time to recognize and honour the contributions of Lebanese Canadians to the country we proudly ...
Beirut

Beirut Blast Survey Reveals 25% of Residents Did Not Return

6 months ago
A survey by Beirut Urban Lab exploring the aspects of life in Beirut ruptured by the blast in 2020, has shown that the occupancy rate stood at 54% for eight sub-neighborhood residential clusters located in ...
Economics

GCC Accounts for 48% of Total Remittances to Lebanon

7 months ago
Remittances continue to serve as a vital source of support for the Lebanese economy and Lebanese families as they amount approximately $6 to $7 billion per year. Despite the COVID crisis and the global recession ...
Information

R.I.P Sami Khayat

10 months ago
Today, Lebanon lost one of the greats. Sami Khayat has unfortunately passed away leaving behind a 60 year legacy of comic theater. Khayat began his career in the 60s and is long considered as the ...
Critiques

Lebanon Postpones Daylight Saving Time Until April 21 For Ramadan

11 months ago
A memorandum was issued today by the Lebanese government to postpone Daylight Saving Time, which was set to start on Sunday March 26, until April 21 which marks the end of the Ramadan month. In ...
Business

15,000 LBP is The New Official Exchange Rate?

1 year ago
Reuters reported today that the Lebanese Central Bank is set to drop the 1,507 rate that has been used since 1997 and replace it with LL 15,000 for every 1 U.S dollar by the end ...
Beirut

Librairie Antoine Beirut Souks is Temporarily Closed

1 year ago
The iconic “Librarie Antoine” book store at the Beirut Souks has officially shut down today after a farewell ceremony in honor of the victims of the August 4 Port explosion. The ceremony was led by ...
Information

215,563 Lebanese Left the Country Since 2017

2 years ago
According to the latest report published by Information International, more than 215,000 individuals have immigrated/traveled from Lebanon between 2017 and 2021, including 79,134 last year alone. The statistics are based on on data provided by ...
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