Lebanon’s lights may go off as cash for electricity runs out
Lebanon‘s lights may go off this month because cash for electricity generation is running out, a lawmaker said on Thursday, as the country grapples with...
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Syrian refugees face Ramadan penury amid Lebanon’s economic ruin
Hussein al-Khaled and his family have lived in a makeshift hut in Lebanon for a decade since fleeing the war in neighbouring Syria, but this...
Cyprus, Greece and Lebanon discuss deepening of relations
Tripartite, regional cooperation is not just declarations but aim at producing tangible results to the benefit of the peoples concerned, especially the new generation, Foreign...
Lebanon could sink like the Titanic, parliament speaker says
Influential parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said on Monday that Lebanon would sink like the Titanic if it could not form a government. “The whole country...
Chaotic scenes in Lebanon, deadlock fuels seventh day of street protests
Demonstrators burnt tyres to block main roads all over Lebanon for the seventh straight day on Monday in anger at more than a year of...
Lebanon’s caretaker PM pleads for a new government as protests continue
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened on Saturday to stop performing his duties to pressure politicians to form a new government, citing an incident...
Cyprus committing €5m to aid Lebanon, President Anastasiades says
President Nicos Anastasiades said that national authorities are in the process of committing the €5m that Cyprus pledged in support of the people of Lebanon,...
Lebanon and Israel, long-time foes, to start talks on disputed waters
Lebanon and Israel, formally still at war after decades of conflict, launch talks on Wednesday to address a long-running dispute over their maritime border running...
Paddle for Beirut: gruelling sea voyage to raise funds
Christis Michaelides will paddle to Beirut on a SUP board on October 15 to raise funds for the Lebanese Red Cross, covering the gruelling 200...
Cyprus and Lebanon to up shared strategies in fight against illegal arrivals (updated)
Lebanon and Cyprus vowed to extend joint efforts against illegal migrants on Tuesday during a meeting between Interior Minister Nicos Nouris and head of Lebanon’s...
‘Lebanon is going to Hell’
Hopes of a new direction dashed by traditional power struggles By George Eid – CM correspondent Over a month ago Mustafa Adib was designated by...
Human Rights Watch claims Cyprus illegally pushing back migrant boats
Cypriot coast guard forces summarily pushed back, abandoned, expelled or returned more than 200 migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers coming from Lebanon during the first...
‘I love Lebanon as much as I love Cyprus’
Cypriots in Lebanon: traumatised but staying put For the small Cypriot community of Lebanon, the deadly blast on August 4 was a tipping point....
Lebanese tell of lives lost trying to make it to Cyprus
While two people were arrested for bringing third country nationals illegally into Cyprus on Wednesday, and many on the island worry about the increasing inflow...
Days of terror spent at sea
A Lebanese migrant’s failed attempt to start a new life in Cyprus By George Eid, Middle East Correspondent For the dozens of Lebanese men, women...
Group of Syrian migrants sent back to Lebanon, report Cyprus to ECHR
A group of migrants sent back to Lebanon on Tuesday have filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights against the Republic of...
Cyprus to discuss with Lebanon surge in migrant arrivals (update 3)
By Evie Andreou and Peter Michael Cyprus will send a team to Beirut in the next two days to consult with officials, Interior Minister Nicos...
Lebanon and the 40 thieves
How corruption and the powerful turned the pearl of the Orient into a failed state By George Eid “Lebanon, pearl of the Orient” is the...
Arrests after arrival of migrant group, another one sent back
Thirty-three migrants who arrived off Limassol on Saturday afternoon were sent early on Sunday back to Lebanon which is where most of them come from....
Cyprus sends more aid to Lebanon than much larger countries
The amount of aid collected in Cyprus for the people of Lebanon is more than has been sent by much bigger countries, volunteer commissioner Yiannis...