Lebanese caretaker Labor Minister Mustafa Bayram on Thursday raised the minimum wage in the private sector by 50 percent to 9 million Lebanese pounds (about 84 U.S. dollars). The minister said the transportation allowance will [Read More]
Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Tuesday expressed Jordan’s full support for Lebanon to overcome the current crisis and restore Lebanon’s security and status in the Arab region. Safadi made the [Read More]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday launched a project with 2.2 million U.S. dollars in grant financing to help revitalize the cultural life in Lebanon. Implemented by UN-Habitat, the BERYT [Read More]
Demonstrators on Tuesday took to the streets across Lebanon to protest against the quick collapse of the Lebanese pound to the U.S. dollar, the National News Agency reported. The Lebanese currency registered a significant drop [Read More]
Lebanon on Monday launched a 122-million-U.S. dollar project to construct a new terminal at the Rafic Hariri International airport in the capital of Beirut as the passenger numbers continue to increase. Ali Hamieh, Lebanese public [Read More]
Rita el-Husseini stares carefully at the price tags set in U.S. dollars at a supermarket in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. She holds her mobile phone to calculate the price of each item she needs [Read More]
The Lebanese currency on Tuesday collapsed to 100,000 Lebanese pounds (LBP) per dollar for the first time in history as the country’s financial crisis and political deadlock linger on. The value of the Lebanese currency [Read More]
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secretary-general of the Arab League (AL), on Tuesday called for the speedy election of a new president in Lebanon, warning about the “dangerous” political vacuum in the country. “There will be a [Read More]
The World Bank announced Tuesday that it will allocate about 300 million U.S. dollars this year to provide social protection to Lebanon’s vulnerable population and invest 200 million dollars in the country’s agriculture sector. Ferid [Read More]
Lebanon has restored its right to vote in the United Nations (UN) after paying its financial dues in the UN’s operational budget for 2022 and 2023, said the Lebanese foreign ministry on Tuesday. “Lebanon’s Ministry [Read More]
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