Lebanon and Israel to Hold US-Mediated Talks Over Maritime Borders

Three weeks after US placed sanctions on Berri's top aide finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil, Lebanon's Parliament Speaker came out today to announce that Lebanon and Israel have asked that the United States mediates talks on disputed maritime borders. Noting that the sea demarcation agreement will eventually be submitted to the U.N. to become an official document, Berri answered a reporter’s question by saying that the framework agreement was reached prior to the latest U.S.…

Lebanon Can No Longer Subsidize Fuel

Our foreign currency reserves have reached a critical level and the Central Bank was expected to stop subsidizing fuel, wheat and medicine a while back. The Beirut port blast delayed things a bit, but there are serious talks now about no longer subsidizing the fuel, especially after smuggling to Syria has resumed. Let's face it: the authorities are too incompetent to stop the smuggling, and there are parties facilitating the matter even, so the only…

New Color-Coded COVID-19 Map For Lebanon

Lebanon launched a new portal to map the daily number of COVID-19 cases across the country. The portal, which includes a color-coded map indicating the risk level per area, is a joint work between the National Council for Scientific Research, the Interior Ministry & the Health Ministry. There are four risk levels identified: 1- Very low: Less than 5 total cases. 2- Low: Less than 4 cases per 100k residents. 3- Moderate: 4 to 8…

Macron’s Initiative Cannot Work Without Drastic Measures

France's youngest president ever Emmanuel Macron held a news conference today to discuss the situation in Lebanon and accused the country's political leaders of collective betrayal for failing to form a government within the agreed-on deadline. I'm pretty sure Macron is smart enough to know his plan had no chances of working out, because he's asking those in power, those responsible of decades of theft, corruption & incompetence, to admit they did wrong, and hold…
Alcohol

Lebanon Needs You to Buy Its Wines

5 years ago
Bloomberg shared an article promoting Lebanese wines to its readers and shared links to shops where some bottles can be found abroad, but they forgot to mention the ultimate website for buying Lebanese wines, 209lebanesewine.com ...
Critiques

Education Ministry Deprived 8,000 Students of Laptops

5 years ago
Lebanon’s Education Ministry received 8,000 laptops as a gift back in 2017, and they’re still stuck in the ministry because the Microsoft Enterprise agreement was never renewed, or at least that’s what they’re claiming. The ...
Critiques

No, the Finance Ministry Does Not Belong to Any Sect

5 years ago
The Taef agreement did not allocate the Finance Ministry to any sect, and no one has the right to claim it, not the Shiites, not the Christians, not the Sunnites, not The Druze. What’s happening ...
Baladi

Hanna Mitri Just Re-Opened at a New Location

5 years ago
The famous ice cream shop in Achrafieh has officially re-opened at a new (temporary) location in Achrafieh after the original shop was severely damaged by the Beirut Blast. The new location is beneath Saydé Church, ...
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