Financial Public Prosecutor Freezes Assets of Lebanese Banks’ Heads

Update: State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat has suspended a ruling by Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim on freezing the assets of 20 banks, TV networks said. Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim has put a “prevention of disposal” signal today on the assets of twenty Lebanese banks and imposed a freeze on the assets of these banks' heads. According to LBCI, the list contains all the major banks like: Bank Audi, BLOM, Fransbank, Byblos, Societe Generale, Bank of Beirut,…

Can We leave Mar Charbel Out of The COVID-1 Epidemic Please?

The coronavirus has been making headlines for the past two weeks now in Lebanon, cancelling schools and disrupting travel. Yesterday, a young lady showed up at the Rafik Hariri hospital claiming that Mar Charbel appeared in her dreams and asked her to deliver blessed soil to the infected patients. The doctor in charge refused to let her in and give patients what she thinks might cure the virus, which apparently upset some religious people. Of…

12 Colorized Old Pictures of #Lebanon

LiveLoveBeirut shared today 25+ stunning old photos of Lebanon for the first time. The pictures are colorized, and include areas like Bcharre, Beirut, Nahr el Kalb, Baalbeck and others. I selected my favorite 12 shots, check out the rest =68.ARD6evh2xs98U94C-Pxg7Dtl-E0UAXwvSJeoXNF3fgUSkK8iBLEZpehGwHhqOOoRoOjNiIM6NywNU5BJoofkKij9gnJbTdz2hDN6HUjjjrYM04LFzhZWDISPbCHXUD5K3xYYo2YG2UEecCt6_1tBA3XY9E8TgGJTyH4gP4CqmVlarmrjGxUi6oDUmLVnunjfonerWz7FIOtsuPB922U-vAM2vuWVzPFBPnXmlaAsx9qolysF8xGQwe2r5wBfx6AYTDkfnfOqLdUANT7Mmq2DQGQp4lNad_JcgQhbx86x5WvO2xrO_3oOxwlesmLH2DLFIXVfP_PlHLNPV5rZbiHGiGQfqw&__tn__=-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here].

What PM Diab Said is Not Shocking, But He’s in NO Position To Say it!

Prime Minister Diab said today during a meeting with the diplomatic corps that “The State is no longer able to protect the Lebanese" and that “We are facing immense difficulties, and the State’s mechanisms are constrained with sectarianism and the government’s burden is really heavy and complicated". This doesn't come as a surprise as Lebanese have lost trust in this government and all the institutions, and this fear for their present and future is what…
Lebanon

New MEA Airbus A321neo vs A320

5 years ago
Lebanese Plane Spotters leaked a photo earlier this week of MEA’s first Airbus A321neo with the new livery. Scanning through the comments, most people didn’t like the dominant blue color which doesn’t really mix with ...
Critiques

[Updated] Lebanese Factories Are On the Verge of Collapse, Over 195000 Jobs Threatened

5 years ago
Update March 3, 2020: Lebanon’s Central Bank has agreed to grant Lebanese industrialists 100 million dollars to import raw materials and keep their factories running. Even though this is not enough, but it’s a positive ...
Baladi

Matteo EL Khodr Gets All Four Judges To Turn on The Voice France Debut

5 years ago
Matteo el Khodr is an awesome talent, and he proved it once again tonight on The Voice France. Matteo performed « La Wally » d’Alfredo Catalani and got all judges to turn. The Parisian-based countertenor ...
Food

The Mother of All Hangover Pizzas

5 years ago
I have no idea if pizzas can cure hangovers, all I know is everyone craves a pizza after a night of heavy drinking 😁. I’d personally go for a four cheese or pepperoni pizza, but ...
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