Posted By
Najib
Jan 20, 2022 04:18
If you're wondering how the Lebanese Lira rate has been improving steadily over the last few days, after dropping to an all-time low of 33,000 last week, here's why: - Following the decision by the Central Bank a month ago to set a new rate of 8,000 Lebanese pounds to the US dollar for withdrawals, there was a substantial increase in the amount of Lebanese Liras circulating in the market, which meant more demand for…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 17, 2022 04:00
At times where seeking higher education abroad has become out of reach for many Lebanese university students, HEC & CMA CGM have decided to partner and launch The “CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Lebanon”, a grant program aimed at accompanying 200 of Lebanon's most outstanding talents over the next decade. The plan will kick off in September 2022, after an initial period designed to select the country’s future leaders amongst its university population. Such initiatives…
Critiques
3 years ago
Pictures of a homeless man taking shelter under a bridge and selling used books went viral last week, prompting Lebanon’s Minister of Culture (wait for it) to visit the old man and throw some more ...
Critiques
3 years ago
Imad Kreidieh, chairman of state telecommunications provider Ogero, tweeted late Saturday that Beirut’s third district will be cut off on Sunday as its Mazraa Central has run out of diesel. Kreidieh has been warning for ...
Lebanon
3 years ago
Greece’s largest carrier Aegean Airlines has announced today that it will be suspending all flights to Beirut after a hole was discovered in the hull of a Greek airliner before taking off from Beirut. Minister ...
Baladi
3 years ago
25 years after having published the first edition of “Illustrated History of Lebanon”, Nayla de Freige & Maria Saad with Fadlallah Dagher as the illustrator have released an updated version that will include events up ...
Baladi
3 years ago
A Lebanese video commercial won the award for the best Arab Video commercial on Sexual Harassment/Cyber Extortion in Tunisia. Lebanon was taking part in the 45th Conference of Arab Police and Security Leaders being held ...
Lebanon
3 years ago
Crypto mining is becoming more and more popular worldwide and Lebanon is, or at least was in the last couple of years, a great place to set up mining rigs given that the cost of ...
Lebanon
3 years ago
Danish Ambassador to Lebanon Merete Juhl met with Health Minister Firas Abiad and announced donating more than 400,000 vaccines to the ministry. This comes as a huge boost to Lebanon’s vaccination drive and will hopefully ...
Animals & Wildlife
3 years ago
Animal rights advocate Ghina Nahfawi went live few days ago to report a dead crocodile found in Beirut near the Cola Area. It’s not clear how the crocodile got there, and it took several days ...
