BEIRUT: Lebanon will decide next week whether to make the $1.2 billion Eurobond payment that is maturing in March, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Friday...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is set to meet Friday with discussions to focus on a mechanism to carry out a new batch of key administrative appointments, official...
BEIRUT: France is ready to support Lebanon financially – bilaterally or multilaterally – its finance minister said Sunday, warning against mixing economic...
BEIRUT: Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni met Friday with an International Monetary Fund delegation, discussing all possible options to help Lebanon overcome its...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun pledged Thursday to take measures against people and banks involved in illegal transfers of billions of dollars out of the...
BEIRUT: As a weakening Lebanese pound reflects uncertainty and confusion over proposed measures to deal with the worst economic crisis in decades, the...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s survival will be at stake if the new Cabinet fails, the leader of Hezbollah warned Sunday, pleading with rival factions to rally...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet Thursday decided to form a ministerial committee to draw up a comprehensive economic, monetary and financial plan to rescue the country...
BEIRUT: The new government needs to begin enacting key economic reforms and strictly abide by the policy of dissociation from regional conflicts in order to...
BEIRUT: Amid a tight security cordon imposed by the Lebanese Army and security forces in Downtown Beirut to ensure the safety of lawmakers against...
BEIRUT: Security forces and anti-government protesters are gearing up for a showdown Tuesday over a Parliament session dedicated to discussing the...
BEIRUT: Military and security forces are poised to go on full alert in Downtown Beirut next week to ensure protection for a Parliament session that...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s new government Thursday approved a policy statement that calls for “painful steps” as part of a rescue plan to save the...
BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea Thursday sounded skeptical about the new Cabinet’s policy statement, reiterating that the LF’s bloc...
BEIRUT: Although the Cabinet is set to endorse the final draft of the government’s policy statement this week, attention is focused on anti-government...
BEIRUT: The international community is watching the new government’s performance and its reform program to decide whether to extend desperately needed...
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...