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Najib
Apr 24, 2021 02:15
The Saudi authorities foiled an attempt yesterday to smuggle more than 5 million Captagon pills hidden inside pomegranates into the Kingdom. The shipment was coming from Lebanon, and the Saudis on the same day offered assistance to the Greeks to seize more than four tons of cannabis hidden in a shipment of industrial cupcake-making machines heading from Lebanon to Slovakia. As a result, Saudi Arabia announced an import ban on all fruits and vegetables from…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 24, 2021 04:15
Megaphone shared a very interesting report on how Lebanon's public debt has dropped by over 80 billion dollars since last year, mainly due to two factors: - Eurobond prices have dropped sharply - Lebanese bonds value has dropped significantly In numbers, the Eurobonds have lost over 85% of their value and are now worth 5 billion instead of 36 billion dollars. Meanwhile, the Lebanese bonds are now valued at 7 billion at the market rate…
Lebanon
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Lebanon dropped five places from 2020 and currently ranks 107th in the 2021 RSF World Press Freedom Index report. The index is produced annually by the NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and evaluates the level ...
Baladi
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OldBeirut shared an interesting post last week on Lebanon’s first international top model Andrée Acouri. Andree, also known as Câline/Andréa, according to the same source, is a model from the 1960s and 1970s who was ...
Art
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“Everyone is the creator of one’s own faith”, these were the last words written by Gaïa Fodoulian on Instagram after spending the day out with her mother. That same day, Gaïa had returned home when ...
Critiques
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Critiques
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The Syndicate of professional artists in Lebanon issued a statement yesterday asking artists not to criticize or disrespect political parties or movements, and religious leaders. According to the statement, artists should work on promoting art ...
Baladi
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The Directorate General of Antiquities in Lebanon launched, in collaboration with the German Archaeological Institute and Flyover Zone, an application called “Baalbek Reborn: Temples” that provides a digital reconstruction of Baalbek temples and explains the ...
Critiques
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It’s been over two months now since Lebanese publisher, political activist and commentator Lokman Slim was murdered in his car South of Lebanon and we still don’t have any leads. This is not the first ...
Information
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The ninth World Happiness Report ranked Lebanon in the 123rd spot worldwide, out of 149 countries, which constitutes a drop of over 30 spots from 2019 where we ranked 91st out of 150 countries. The ...
