BEIRUT: The Cabinet is set Thursday to extend for 15 days the state of “general mobilization” it had announced earlier this month to curb the spread of the...
BEIRUT: Growing opposition from Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and other political groups appeared Tuesday to have cast gloom over the fate of a capital...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is set to meet Tuesday to resume discussions on a draft law on capital control that aims to organize the relationship between banks and...
BEIRUT: Lebanon Sunday edged closer to the declaration of a state of emergency, including a curfew, as the government scrambled to protect the Lebanese from...
BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Friday there was no deal involving his party and the Amal Movement that led to the release of Amer...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet Thursday discussed a draft law on capital control that aims to organize the relationship between banks and clients amid a crippling...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet approved Tuesday an urgent draft law aiming to pardon prisoners who have served out their sentences but are still in prison for failing to...
BEIRUT: The Cabinet is set to meet Tuesday with discussions to focus on the crippling economic and financial crisis that is hitting the Lebanese hard and...
BEIRUT: Declaring that the current situation arising from the coronavirus has put the country in a “health emergency,” the government Sunday...
BEIRUT: As the government grapples with the consequences of defaulting on a $1.2 billion Eurobond payment, the United States Friday reiterated its support for...
BEIRUT: Lebanon should act quickly to implement reforms to stabilize the country's ailing economy, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday, in the...
BEIRUT: The government is preparing a package of reform measures to deal with the crippling economic and financial crisis that will affect the banking sector...
BEIRUT: After defaulting on a $1.2 billion Eurobond payment, Lebanon's Cabinet is set to meet Tuesday in a special session devoted to devising an economic...
BEIRUT: Government officials Friday held a series of financial meetings on the eve of a crucial Cabinet decision on whether to pay or default on the $1.2...
BEIRUT: With time running out for Lebanon to act on the $1.2 billion Eurobond payment, the Cabinet will meet Saturday to make the “right decision”...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Hassan Diab met Tuesday evening with a delegation from the Association of Banks in Lebanon, in the latest of the government’s...
BEIRUT: The government will step up consultations this week with foreign financial and legal advisers before deciding on whether to make the $1.2 billion...
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...