Posted By
Najib
Mar 24, 2023 11:23
The Minister of Public Works & Transport announced on Twitter yesterday plans to build a new terminal at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport with a foreign investment of $122 million, noting that no expansion plans have been undertaken at the current airport since 1998. However, Lebanon's imminent need is for a new airport far away from Beirut, not for a new terminal. No new terminal is going to fix the problems surrounding the existing airport,…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 11, 2022 04:03
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 the General Security. Lebanon has been witnessing an alarming rise in the rates of emigration since 2019 and I believe the numbers are relatively low and misleading, because the processing time for immigration requests is taking forever and there are…
Information
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The 2022 Henley Passport Index, the only one of its kind based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA), has been updated to reflect the passport rankings for this year. The index ...
Lebanon
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Lebanon
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Lebanon
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Lebanon
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MEA Chairman told Reuters yesterday that “if MEA wants to ensure its stability, we will reach a time when we will need to have sales in ‘fresh dollars’, which means that very few people will ...
Lebanon
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Under the label “families and homeland visits”, cheap German airline and Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has decided to expand its flights and connect 3 new German cities to Beirut. They will be served as follows: 1- ...
BeirutBlast
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In a not very surprising – given the French President Macron’s latest promises to help Lebanese students in France – yet very welcome initiative given the current economic crisis that is plaguing the country, Campus ...
Information
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Following the airport’s reopening on July 1st, rumors spread that any amounts over $2000 were being confiscated from passengers. The Lebanese Customs issued a statement today clarifying that all passengers can carry up to $15,000 ...
