currency crisis
Lebanon swings between humor and tragedy as economy crumbles
Middle East
July 25, 2020
Lebanon swings between humor and tragedy as economy crumbles
The first signs of Lebanon’s coming collapse appeared when its banks started limiting withdrawals amid nationwide protests late last year.…
France pledges US$17 mn to Lebanon’s struggling schools
Middle East
July 24, 2020
France pledges US$17 mn to Lebanon’s struggling schools
MECHREF, Lebanon (AP) — France’s visiting foreign minister pledged Friday €15 million (US$17 million) in aid to Lebanon’s schools, which…
French foreign minister visits Lebanon amid economic crisis
Middle East
July 23, 2020
French foreign minister visits Lebanon amid economic crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met with Lebanon’s president Thursday at the start of his two-day…
Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast
Middle East
July 22, 2020
Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s hospitals, long considered among the best in the Middle East, are cracking under the country’s financial…
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit
Middle East
July 21, 2020
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed Tuesday to hire a New York-based company to conduct a forensic audit of the…
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
Middle East
July 21, 2020
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s health minister says the financially troubled Mediterranean country, which has so far managed to contain the…
Lebanon looks to China as US, Arabs refuse to help in crisis
Middle East
July 15, 2020
Lebanon looks to China as US, Arabs refuse to help in crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Facing a worsening economic crisis and with little chance of Western or oil-rich Arab countries providing assistance…
IMF calls on Lebanese to unite behind government reform plan
Middle East
July 14, 2020
IMF calls on Lebanese to unite behind government reform plan
BEIRUT (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Monday urged Lebanese authorities to unite behind a government economic plan that…
Lebanese PM sues American University of Beirut over exit package
Middle East
July 10, 2020
Lebanese PM sues American University of Beirut over exit package
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab is suing the American University of Beirut (AUB), where he worked for…
Just one concert held at Baalbek’s ancient ruins this year as message of hope
Music
July 6, 2020
Just one concert held at Baalbek’s ancient ruins this year as message of hope
BAALBEK, Lebanon (Reuters) — The usually grand Baalbek Music Festival, set among 3,000-year-old Roman ruins in Lebanon, was reduced to…