– Aref Mghames, head of the vineyard farms organization in eastern Lebanon, believes growing grapes has become a more promising business since the Grape Bank was established six years ago. “It feels both encouraging and [Read More]
Rafic Mutawa, a 60-year-old farmer, rejoiced to see that his sprawling field in Lebanon’s southern town of Maimes could expect a successful prickly pear season after being rid of the cochineal insects. “The insect invaded [Read More]
Lebanon’s ongoing financial crisis has caused a collapse of the local currency and cut down the average salary of ordinary citizens by a staggering 90 percent, but it seems to provide an unexpected chance to [Read More]
Iranian ambassador to Lebanon said on Saturday that his country is ready to donate fuel oil if Lebanon needed so, the National News Agency reported. “Iran is keen to provide complete support for Lebanon. Our [Read More]
The Beirut fire brigade on Thursday started implementing the Lebanese Environment Ministry’s plan of extinguishing the fire at the Beirut port silos a few days after the complete collapse of the northern part of the [Read More]
Lebanon’s economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have eroded the basic rights of its children, said a report released Thursday by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). “Soaring prices and widespread unemployment plunged [Read More]
About 350 out of the 560 Lebanese judges decided on Wednesday to stop working in protest against low pay amid the country’s steep financial crisis, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. “It is the first [Read More]
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday that Lebanon will never accept the permanent settlement of displaced Syrians inside the country and will prevent it “at all costs,” according to a statement by Lebanon’s Presidency. [Read More]
Syrian and Lebanese officials met in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday to discuss ways to facilitate the monthly return of 15,000 Syrian refugees. Syrian Minister of Local Administration and Environment Hussein Makhlouf held a [Read More]
Lebanon’s gross public debt reached 100.7 billion U.S. dollars at the end of March, an increase of 3.5 percent year on year. Debt denominated in Lebanese pounds totalled 61.3 billion dollars by March, up 1.2 [Read More]
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