French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he was working with international partners to create a financial mechanism to ensure important public services can continue to work in Lebanon despite its deep political and economic crisis. Lebanon is struggling to find enough foreign currency to pay for fuel and other basic imports, its finances crushed […] Read more
Scattering spinach and hot chilli onto fluffy flatbread in Lebanon’s capital, 54-year-old Abu Shadi bemoans better times before the economic crisis when all Lebanese could afford his simple meals. The veteran baker is famed for his take on Lebanon’s manousheh, a circle of freshly baked dough sprinkled with anything from thyme to meat, then folded […] Read more
Want to know how thousands of people in Lebanon are receiving super-fast internet speed for a fraction of the costs? Are you sick and tired of waiting for a page to load every time you make a search on the internet? Are you finding your average load speed is dropping and becoming super slow, especially at […] Read more
All types of national celebrations on the occasion of Lebanon’s 77th Independence Day will be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the president’s media office said Wednesday. Independence Day is celebrated on Nov. 22, and this year will be marked by placing wreaths “in the name of the Lebanese Republic” under statues of the men […] Read more
Lebanon’s central bank governor told https://beirutblogpost.com/ this week that he wants to help the country in its time of distress — and he won’t resign. “You cannot resign … in an environment of a crisis, because it would look like going away from the task you have to perform,” Riad Salameh said. “I don’t want to […] Read more
World powers pledged 252.7 million euros ($298 million) in short-term aid for Lebanon at an international donor conference Sunday, held in the wake of a catastrophic blast at Beirut’s Port, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said. The “assistance should be timely, sufficient and consistent with the needs of the Lebanese people,” the conference’s closing statement […] Read more
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Elie Ferzli said after a meeting with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri Thursday that Lebanon must work to find an alternative government. “Reconsidering the government structure has become necessary. I call upon Prime Minister [Hassan] Diab to work in order to make it easier to find an alternative government that can […] Read more
Having launched the first two weeks of its fifth edition under the theme of “change” in December at the American University of Lebanon, and despite the riotous political and social situation of Lebanon, the Beirut Art Film Festival commenced the succession of its screenings on Monday. Over the five years of its establishment, BAFF has […] Read more
