Lebanon’s Top UN Diplomat Elected as VP of UN General Assembly

Dr. Amal Mudallali has officially become of the Vice Presidents of the UN General Assembly after the Middle East country was voted to the position. Dr. Mudallali has been serving as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations since January 2018. Prior to her appointment, Dr. Mudallali was based in Washington DC, as the principal advisor on American Affairs to Prime Minister Saad Hariri of Lebanon. She also followed United Nations…

Tourism Minister & Agri-Culture Minister Must Resign

Tourism Minister Ramzi Msharrafieh: A video documenting the assault on prominent activist Wassef Harake led to the arrest of at least six people, who were monitoring his moves using one of the Tourism Ministry's cars, and early investigations revealed the majority belongs and/or are supporters of Lebanese Democratic Party. To make things worse, some of them are employed in this ministry and were caught with machine guns and pistols. They monitored Wassef for a week…

Beirut’s Traffic Lights Stopped Working, Accidents Up by 120% in June (vs. April)

Traffic lights have stopped working in Beirut as there's no money to renew for the company in charge of up-keeping them. As a result, we're witnessing a spike in car accidents, as "figures shared by the Internal Security Forces with Lebanon’s traffic management centre show there were 33 fatalities caused by car accidents in the country in June, marking a 120 per cent increase compared to April, when traffic lights in Beirut still worked". I'd…

We Shot Ourselves in the Foot By Going After Sonatrach

Up to 85% of the fuel provided to Lebanon is by Sonatrach, yet the Lebanese authorities and specifically Judge Ghada Aoun decided to go after the state-owned Algerian oil company despite not having any alternatives or contingency plans. As a result, power plant are running low on imported fuel, and electricity cuts increased drastically in the past week. Put aside Marcel's political agenda, watch the below video and listen to what the Energy Minister had…
Art

Samy Khayath Awarded the French Recognition Medal

5 years ago
The French Ambassador honored Lebanese humorist Samy Khayyat on Friday by granting him the French Recognition Medal, to celebrate 60 years of artistic accomplishments. The ceremony was held in the SCAC Gardens, in the French ...
Baladi

Fadi el Khatib Will Play with His Son at Champville This Year

5 years ago
There aren’t that many father and son that were active players at the same time, let alone play for the same team. Fadi el Khatib and his son will be the first to do in ...
Critiques

We Don’t Want to Grow Our Own Food, We Want Our Money Back!

5 years ago
Lebanon may be famous for its food, but we’re better at preparing stuff than producing it and this applies to everything. We import everything, including 85% of our food and this will not change overnight, ...
Information

You Can Bring in Up to 15K in Cash Through Beirut’s Airport

5 years ago
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 ...
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