BEIRUT: “We know that we’re in a difficult situation,” says Adel Afiouni, one of the new class of younger, fresher faces in Cabinet. He is...
BEIRUT: Lebanese monitoring stations have detected no rise in radiation levels after a mysterious explosion in northern Russia, the director of the Lebanese...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Finance Ministry has been struggling to raise enough money to pay the state’s bills. From January through July, the ministry...
BEIRUT: The fate of Lebanon’s summer music festivals may rest in the hands of a 23-year-old DJ from the Netherlands. Scheduled to perform Saturday at...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s brightest high school graduates gathered Thursday to hear offers from a dozen universities, all vying to lure the top academic...
BEIRUT: On Feb. 5 of this year, something historic took place. For the first time in Lebanese history, a woman minister handed power to another woman. May...
BEIRUT: All eyes will be focused on Parliament next week when - seven months late - it examines the 2019 austerity budget, which looks to slash state spending...
BEIRUT: A measure meant to save the state money could end up costing Lebanon dearly. In the draft budget Cabinet sent to Parliament last month, the ministers...
BEIRUT: Lebanese and Palestinian officials launched a blistering attack Monday on the so-called deal of the century, the White House’s plan for...
BEIRUT: Nearly two dozen organizations providing health care to underprivileged Lebanese are set to have their government funding slashed by up to 40 percent....
BEIRUT: Even though the year is nearly half over, Parliament will not be rushed into rubber-stamping the 2019 budget, the MP heading up its review has told...
BEIRUT: Deep underground in a southern suburb of Beirut lies perhaps the country’s best-kept secret. It deals with highly sensitive materials that...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri had spoken of austerity “unprecedented in the history of Lebanon.” Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil mentioned...
TRIPOLI/BEIRUT: Just 12 percent of eligible voters appeared to have turned out in Tripoli’s by-election Sunday, but still handily returned Dima Jamali...
BEIRUT: For the first time since Manoug Manougian and his team at Haigazian University looked to launch Lebanon above the heavens over 50 years ago, the spark...
BEIRUT: With grand armies set to converge in battle in Westeros, a group of friends in Beirut is not standing silent. “The people of Beirut support Jon Snow...
BEIRUT: As Lebanon moves forward on two major energy projects – fixing the electricity sector quickly and exploring for natural gas to provide fuel...
BEIRUT: Dima Jamali appeared virtually assured to regain her parliamentary seat in next month’s Tripoli by-election after her main potential challenger...
BEIRUT: Watchdogs voiced fears Wednesday that next month’s by-election in Tripoli might do away with pre-printed ballots. Announcing a monitoring...
BEIRUT: It’s a familiar script. Lebanese politicians say they are “serious” about reducing the budget deficit - ready to make cuts, ready to...
BEIRUT: Despite a recent downgrade in Lebanon’s sovereign debt outlook, the country will have no problems rolling over 2019’s debt, experts told...
BEIRUT: MP Ibrahim Kanaan adjourned a high-profile hearing of Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee Tuesday after the new education minister, Akram...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Constitutional Council unleashed a maelstrom of discontent Thursday by removing MP Dima Jamali from office and ordering new elections...
BEIRUT: As legal authorization for the state to spend money lapsed Friday, Lebanon’s leaders quietly took an extraordinary step to ensure the smooth...
BEIRUT: One week before funding for the government runs out, Lebanon’s quarreling politicians have agreed to the outlines of a solution. “We have...