Search continues for migrant who jumped overboard
A search was continuing on Wednesday to locate a migrant who jumped from a boat on Sunday off Paralimni after marine police intercepted a vessel with 18 people on board that ...
Arrest warrant issued for suspected people smuggler
Police on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a 31-year-old man who is wanted on suspicion of trafficking migrants from Lebanon.
According to police, the suspect is being investigated for ...
Lebanon’s army chief on official visit
Lebanon`s armed forces chief Joseph Aoun is paying an official visit to Cyprus accompanied by a three-member delegation at the invitation of the National Guard chief, Lieutenant General Demokritos ...
Lebanon’s Aoun summons bank governor after decision to end fuel subsidy
Lebanese President Michel Aoun summoned central bank governor Riad Salameh on Thursday as the caretaker government said his decision to effectively lift fuel subsidies contravened its policies and was against ...
Cyprus to return migrants from Lebanon
Fourteen migrants, including two children, who were spotted in a vessel late on Wednesday in the sea off Cape Greco in Akrotiri are expected to be returned to Lebanon, police ...
Lebanese fleeing collapse at home seek security, salaries in UAE
Until a few months ago, 32-year-old Michelle Chaaya was a human resources professional at a multinational firm in Lebanon. Now she works as a bartender in Dubai, sending cash to ...
Cyprus and Lebanon sign MoU for oil and gas cooperation
Cyprus and Lebanon signed an MoU agreement for cooperation in the oil and gas sector on Friday during a visit by the neighbouring country’s Defence Minister and Deputy Prime ...
Two rockets fired from Lebanon at Israel, no damage – Israeli army
Two rockets were launched at Israel from Lebanon overnight on Tuesday setting off sirens but causing no damage or injuries, and the Israeli military said it responded with artillery fire.
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Lebanon interior minister rejects request to question security chief over Beirut blast
Lebanon’s caretaker interior minister has rejected a request by the lead investigator into the Beirut port explosion to question one of its top security chiefs, according a document seen ...
Lebanon is ‘days away’ from social explosion, PM Diab warns
Lebanon is a few days away from a social explosion, caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab warned on Tuesday, calling on the international community to save a country in deep economic ...
Lebanon raises fuel prices in bid to ease shortages
Lebanon’s government raised fuel prices by more than a third on Tuesday, a move aimed at alleviating crippling shortages but which will mount pressure on impoverished consumers.
The government ...
Lebanon’s economic collapse bites hard in neglected north
Taha Riz has worked just three days in more than a month at his Tripoli bakery, in Lebanon’s neglected north where economic meltdown has hit hardest and plunged thousands ...
Lebanon approves financing fuel imports at weaker exchange rate
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday approved a proposal to finance fuel imports at the rate of 3,900 Lebanese pounds to the dollar, instead of the previous 1,500 pound rate, amidst ...
As Lebanon battles crisis, coastal city Batroun thrives on local tourism
While businesses across Lebanon are fighting to survive a monumental economic meltdown, the coastal city of Batroun is thriving as a tourist destination for Lebanese whose summer plans have been ...
Lebanese opt for beer over banks
Faced with the choice of leaving their savings stuck in the bank or investing them at a huge loss, some Lebanese people are opting to take a punt. For them, ...
Lebanon’s president approves loan for fuel to generate electricity
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun approved an exceptional loan of up to 300 billion Lebanese pounds ($200 million) on Monday for the state electricity company to import fuel for generation before supplies ...
Electricity company shuts down power to Lebanon
Turkey’s Karpowership, which provides electricity to Lebanon from two barges, said on Friday it was shutting down supplies over payment arrears and a legal threat to its vessels as ...
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 a deep economic crisis.
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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 year COVID and economic collapse ...
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 Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on ...
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 is in danger, the whole ...
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 economic crisis and seven months ...
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 in which shoppers fought ...