Issued on: 15/05/2022 – 07:05Modified: 15/05/2022 – 07:08 Polls opened on Sunday in Lebanon’s first election since the deadly Beirut port blast and the country’s economic collapse, making it a test of whether Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies can preserve their parliamentary majority amid soaring poverty and public anger. The parliamentary election is a first
Issued on: 26/04/2022 – 08:35 Almost three years into Lebanon’s trifecta of economic, social and political crises, Lebanese youths are desperate to move abroad. For them, leaving the country means finding better opportunities for the future. Studies show that this belief is on the rise among youth – and this, in turn, is expected to
The seizures are connected to a probe introduced by French detectives last year into the individual wealth of Riad Salameh, the reserve bank chief in crisis-hit Lebanon.” Five properties in Germany and France were taken in addition to a number of bank accounts” were frozen, Eurojust stated in a statement.The Hague-based Eurojust stated the operation
