The banks, the lira, the budget and the cost of a household week. Economic coverage from The Beirut Journal, reported for what policy does to people rather than for what it is called.
The Beirut customs enforcement division has seized hundreds of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, including cancer treatments, stored in an unauthorized warehouse for illegal distribution.
The U.S. Treasury Department has reclassified Hezbollah as controlled by Iran's Quds Force and announced sanctions on ten individuals allegedly operating a cash-smuggling network.
The Housing Bank has restarted housing loans for the first time since Lebanon's financial crisis, backed by a 50 million Kuwaiti dinar facility from…
The customs authority's anti-smuggling unit has impounded a pickup truck carrying illegal foodstuffs and detained the driver for legal proceedings.
Parliament passed a regulated cultivation law in 2020, but the state has failed to issue a single license, leaving farmers outside the legal framework…
Economic bodies have recognised Antoine Habib, chairman and chief executive of the Housing Bank of Lebanon, for his work distributing mortgages to 1,500 Lebanese…
Bassem al-Asmar, newly elected head of Lebanon's National Social Security Fund, says he will call federation elections soon and plans broad reforms at the…
The former chairman of Credit Bank Lebanon was interviewed by prosecutors investigating transfers exceeding $330 million linked to Riad Salameh's brother Raji Salameh.
The Litani River Authority announced an emergency failure on the main irrigation line serving Sidon and Jezzine, forcing a four-day water cut to farms…
Lebanon's energy ministry released a new fuel price schedule on Tuesday showing a decline in petrol but increases in diesel and gas.
