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The IMF criticizes the slow implementation of reforms in Lebanon

09/22/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) came to see the progress of Lebanon's reforms and pointed out that they have been slow despite the deep economic and social crisis the country has been experiencing.

Lebanon will be able to extract its own natural gas

09/20/2022 | Industry

LEBANON / ISRAEL. Negotiations on maritime boundaries between Lebanon and Israel are expected to end soon with an agreement allowing Beirut to extract natural gas from an offshore field.

Nabih Berri re-elected for a seventh term as Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament

05/31/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. At eighty-four years old, the Shiite Nabih Berri is re-elected, for a seventh mandate, president of the Lebanese Parliament. A position he has held since 1992.

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The Lebanese street can now count on thirteen MPs to make its voice heard

05/17/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. The final results of the Lebanese legislative elections show a decline of the parliamentary bloc constituted by Hezbollah, the Amal movement and the Free Patriotic Current which loses its majority.

Shiites could lose their majority in the Lebanese parliament

05/17/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. The abstention was the big winner of the legislative elections in Lebanon which could see a change of majority in the Parliament.

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Lebanese justice prohibits the governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon to leave the country

01/13/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. Riad Salamé, Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, is facing several legal proceedings in his country, but also in France, Switzerland and Luxembourg. He has been banned from leaving Lebanon by a court order.

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Lebanon's political paralysis could be defused

01/06/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. According to Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the Parliament could soon vote the 2022 budget, allowing the Council of Ministers to meet again after three months of paralysis.

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The Mediterranean tries to counter the Omicron variant

11/30/2021 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. A step seems to be on the verge of being taken, but the obstacles are still numerous because the elites in power slow down the process to protect their interests.

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Perhaps a hope for an agreement between Lebanon and the IMF

11/30/2021 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. A step seems to be on the verge of being taken, but the obstacles are still numerous because the elites in power slow down the process to protect their interests.

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Pierre Vallaud: "Democracy has not succeeded in the South and East of the Mediterranean"

09/16/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN: As a specialist in contemporary history, historian Pierre Vallaud gives econostrum.info an exclusive overview of the current geopolitical situation in the Mediterranean. He admits his lack of optimism regarding the resolution of the main conflicts that are distancing this region from its goal of a common destiny.

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Lebanon's new government faces crucial challenges

09/13/2021 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. With his new team presented, the new Prime Minister Najib Mikati immediately set about trying to resolve the economic and social crisis facing his country and hoping for the release of conditional international aid.

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Najib Mikati appointed to form a government team in Lebanon

07/27/2021 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. In order to remedy the political impasse that is sinking the country economically every day, Lebanese President Michel Aoun has appointed Najib Mikati to form the next government. His name received the majority of the votes of the deputies.

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President Michel Aoun gives his Prime Minister-designate an ultimatum

03/18/2021 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. After five months of political stalemate in Lebanon, President Michel Aoun asked Saad Hariri to form a government immediately or step down as Prime Minister-designate.

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Saad Hariri returns as Prime Minister to form an "expert government"

10/22/2020 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. Forced by the streets to resign almost a year ago, Saad Hariri has just been asked to form the new Lebanese government by President Michel Aoun, after long parliamentary consultations.

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Saad Hariri wants to become Prime Minister in Lebanon again

10/09/2020 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is a candidate to form the next government in Lebanon, which is in the midst of a political, social and economic crisis.

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Verbal joust between the French President and the head of Hezbollah while Lebanon remains at an impasse

09/30/2020 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON / FRANCE. After Mustapha Adib's decision to renounce forming a government of technocrats in Lebanon, Emmanuel Macron violently attacked Hezbollah, which responded just as firmly.

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Mustapha Adib appointed Prime Minister in Lebanon

08/31/2020 | People

LEBANON. The new Lebanese President, Mustapha Adib indicates that he wants to form a government in record time to bring Lebanon out of the economic slump.

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