BEIRUT: The new government’s policy statement calls for “painful steps” and interest rate cuts as part of a “comprehensive rescue...
BEIRUT: For the second day in a row, Lebanese officials Friday sought to reassure worried depositors that their savings in banks were secure and would not be...
BEIRUT: The new government is set to draw up a plan for the country’s economic and financial salvation that will be the main theme in its policy...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Christian religious leaders Tuesday pleaded with anti-government protesters to give the new government a chance to cope with a...
BEIRUT: Parliament is set to meet Monday to begin discussing and later endorsing the draft 2020 state budget amid a rift over the constitutionality of the...
BEIRUT: The Word Bank Friday offered to help Lebanon overcome its economic crisis, the worst in decades, as Prime Minister Hassan Diab pledged to gain...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s new government came under international pressure Thursday to move on with implementing key economic reforms as a condition for...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Hassan Diab formed a one-sided Cabinet made up of Hezbollah and its allies Tuesday, vowing to maintain Lebanon’s stability and to...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab’s refusal to increase the number of ministers from 18 to 20 to resolve the problem of representation of two...
BEIRUT: Despite a surge in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Beirut over the weekend that threatened to plunge the country into...
BEIRUT: Hezbollah has intervened with its allies to overcome the last remaining hurdles holding up the formation of a new government, a party lawmaker said...
BEIRUT: Last-minute snags have delayed the formation of a new government that was expected to be announced this week after major progress was made in talks...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab’s efforts to form a government of specialists suffered a potentially fatal blow Monday with news that two...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab’s attempts to form a small government of technocrats have hit a stalemate following the outbreak of a rift...
BEIRUT: The formation of a small Cabinet of specialists has been put on hold as Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab appeared to reconsider his position...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab’s attempts to form an 18-member Cabinet of specialists appeared to unravel Thursday after Hezbollah joined...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab appeared Tuesday to have made progress in his attempts to form an 18-member government of specialists, despite...
BEIRUT: With anti-government protesters keeping up pressure on him to step down, Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab is still grappling to resolve remaining...
BEIRUT: Lebanese officials should speed up the formation of a new government before they have to grapple with political and security consequences of the U.S....
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab is striving to iron out remaining hitches over the representation of the Christian and Sunni sects in hope of...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab is headed toward forming a “one-sided” government after four major parties refused to take part,...
BEIRUT: “Lebanon will never be the same again after Oct. 17.” This is the common refrain among the majority of citizens, from protesters to...
BEIRUT: The formation of a new government has been put off until after the New Year as Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab struggles to resolve remaining...
BEIRUT: France Friday piled up pressure on Lebanon to form a new effective government to carry out economic reforms as a condition for supporting the...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab is racing against time to form an 18-member government of specialists ahead of the New Year, official sources...