Prime Minister Saad Hariri and some ministers were surprised by President Michel Aoun’s stance at this week’s Cabinet session in which he declared that he...
Less than 1 percent of depositors control 50 percent of all customer deposits in Lebanese banks, the IMF said this week.
Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil Thursday announced the five offshore blocks that will be up for bidding during the first licensing round of offshore oil and...
The three partially disputed offshore blocks bordering Israel will be among the five initially up for bidding in Lebanon’s first oil and gas licensing round,...
German regulators will meet more than 20 foreign banks Monday to spell out requirements for moving some operations to Frankfurt, people familiar with the...
In a serious escalation of his opposition to the 1960 electoral law Wednesday, President Michel Aoun said he would prefer a vacuum in the legislative body...
Egypt is considering temporarily reintroducing a stamp duty on stock market transactions after the tax was frozen in 2014, two Finance Ministry sources told...
Egypt will fix its customs dollar exchange rate and adjust it on a monthly basis to help importers better cope with pricing of their products after the...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency Tuesday, state TV announced, after refusing to hand power to opposition leader Adama Barrow who...
Egypt is pushing ahead with plans to tap overseas bond markets, bolstered by a $12 billion IMF loan – the lender’s largest in the region.
In May last year, then French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron sat down with Socialist lawmaker Christophe Sirugue in the steel town of Le Creusot and asked...
Prime Minister Saad Hariri issued a circular Thursday granting the Higher Disciplinary Committee full authority to discipline all employees, both full- and...
Hospitals in Lebanon have reached patient capacity, a development the head of the Association of Private Hospitals described as a crisis Thursday, following a...
Lebanese Customs raided a warehouse Wednesday and arrested a suspect after more than 8,000 bottles of knock-off alcohol were found in Mount Lebanon.
Lebanese Customs Wednesday raided a warehouse containing more than 8,000 bottles of knock-off alcoholic beverages in Mount Lebanon, arresting one suspect
Lebanese Customs raided two factories producing counterfeit alcohol in the Metn district of Mount Lebanon over the weekend, arresting one suspect in the...
Lebanon’s Supreme Disciplinary Commission Thursday terminated a Finance Ministry civil servant over bribery, state media said.
A Finance Ministry employee was sacked by the Higher Disciplinary Committee after it was proved that he solicited bribes in return for doing his job, the...
An annotated edition of “Mein Kampf,” Adolf Hitler’s notorious manifesto, has become a nonfiction best-seller in Germany.
MP Ibrahim Kanaan voiced hope Wednesday that any financial reforms adopted by the new Cabinet would include previously recommended solutions, local media...