New Lebanese government meets for the first time (Update)
Lebanon‘s Hezbollah-backed government will walk a political tightrope as it moves to urgently secure foreign funding to ward off financial collapse and could look to...
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Scores wounded as security forces, protesters clash in Beirut
Cat-and-mouse clashes between Lebanon’s security forces and protesters wounded scores of people on a night of violence that rocked central Beirut on Saturday. Riot police...
Lebanon central bank seeks extra powers, wants controls standardised
Lebanon’s central bank is seeking extra powers to regulate and standardise controls which commercial banks are imposing on depositors, the governor said on Sunday, saying...
Lebanon deploys security forces in Beirut before parliamentary session
Lebanese security forces scuffled with protesters as they sought to prevent lawmakers from attending a session of parliament on Tuesday, continuing a month-long wave of...
Lebanon resembles a sinking ship, parliament speaker says
Lebanon is like a sinking ship that will go under unless action is taken, Nabih Berri, the speaker of parliament was quoted as saying on...
Protesters block roads in Beirut, other parts of Lebanon (Update)
Protesters blocked roads in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Monday, pressing a wave of demonstrations against the ruling elite that have plunged the...
PM Hariri resigns as Lebanon crisis turns violent
Saad al-Hariri resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a “dead end” in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by huge...
IMF stresses urgency of reforms in Lebanon to restore economic stability
By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it is assessing an emergency reform package announced by Lebanon‘s government last...
Lebanon PM Hariri agrees reform package in bid to resolve economic crisis
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has agreed a package of reforms with government partners to ease an economic crisis that has sparked nationwide protests, official...
Foreign ministry issues Lebanon travel warning
The Foreign Ministry on Saturday issued a travel advisory for Lebanon following widespread protests in the neighbouring country. The Ministry points out that because of...
Firefighters return from Lebanon
The eight-member crew and two aircraft sent by the forestry department to Lebanon earlier in the week to assist in combating forest fires returned on...
Lebanon supports Cyprus in face of Turkish EEZ violations
Lebanon on Tuesday expressed its support for Cyprus in the face of Turkish provocations in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The issue was on the...
Cyprus sending two aircraft to Lebanon to combat forest fires
Cyprus is sending two aircraft to Lebanon to assist in combating forest fires in the neighbouring country. A tweet by the foreign ministry said two...
Lebanese defence minister to visit Cyprus
The Lebanese Minister of Defence Elias Bou Saab will be in Cyprus on Tuesday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Cypriot...
Lebanon to announce state of economic emergency, plan to accelerate reforms
Lebanon will declare an economic emergency and the government has begun work on a plan to accelerate public finance reforms, its prime minister said on...
Christodoulides moots ‘strong economic ties’ at Beirut business forum
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides told a business forum in Beirut on Wednesday that strong economic ties were an indispensable component of strong political ties. Christodoulides...
FM heads to Beirut for first Cyprus-Greece-Lebanon trilateral
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides will head to Beirut on Tuesday night to participate in the first trilateral meeting between Cyprus, Lebanon and Greece, the ministry...
Trilateral summit with Greece and Jordan in Amman on April 14
The second trilateral summit among between Cyprus, Greece and Jordan will take place on April 14, in Amman just over a year following the first...
President meets Lebanese PM in Egypt
President Nicos Anastasiades held a bilateral meeting with Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri on the sidelines of the EU-Arab League Summit in Sharm El Sheikh...
Ayia Napa being twinned with Lebanon’s Byblos
Ayia Napa is being twinned with the historic Lebanese town on Byblos, the municipality announced on Tuesday. “The first phase of the twinning ceremony between...
