JERUSALEM – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday welcomed a Lebanese-born Swiss real estate mogul who purchased Nazi memorabilia at a German auction and is donating the items to Israel.Rivlin called Abdallah Chatila’s gesture an act of grace.Chati…
Editor’s note: We want you to know what’s happening, and why and how it could impact your life, family or business, so we created a weekly digest of the top original immigration, migration and refugee reporting from across VOA. Questions? Tips? Comment…
CAIRO, EGYPT – The Syrian pound has been hitting new lows against the U.S. dollar in recent days, coming close to a record low of 1,000 pounds to the dollar, before pulling back Tuesday to about 920. Arab analysts are attributing the deteriorating exch…
Protesters have closed the office of Lebanon’s Electricity (EDL) in the Iqlim al-Kharroub town of Mazboud, National News Agency correspondent reported on Monday.Source: National News Agency
Caretaker Energy and Water Minister, Nada Boustani, has arrived to the offices of Lebanon’s Oil Installations (LOI) in Hazmieh to publicly open bids for fuel imports, noting that two companies (ZR Energy and Lebneft) have made offers until now, Nationa…
Vice President of the European Parliament, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, on Monday highlighted the necessity to help Lebanon withstand the current crisis it is facing amid the ailing conditions in the region.”The situation in the Middle East is deteriorating…
Caretaker Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Nada Boustani, on Monday extended the deadline for submitting tenders to import gasoline to December 9. “We received two offers to participate in the gasoline tender and two demands to delay it. We deci…
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has quietly released more than $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon after months of unexplained delay that led some lawmakers to compare it to the aid for Ukraine at the center of the impeachment inquiry….
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi, received this Monday in Bkirki the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jan Kubis, with whom he discussed the current situation in the country.Source: National News Agency
“Future” Bloc head MP Bahia Hariri received this Monday in her office in Beirut UN Resident Representative in Lebanon, Philipe Lazzarini, with talks reportedly touching on the general situation in Lebanon and the broad region.Source: National News Agency
