Lebanese security and customs agencies thwarted an attempt to smuggle 46.700 kilograms of cocaine through Rafic Hariri International Airport, the largest drug case in the airport's…
Lebanese Finance Minister Yassin Jaber announced that the ministry is working on a soft loan program to finance solar energy, starting with about $20 million from the treasury, wit…
Lebanon's political scene is marked by stalemate as it awaits the results of the Israeli elections and the escalation or change they may bring. Lebanese security sources told Reute…
The Finance and Budget Committee in the Lebanese Parliament began a session chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan, with Finance Minister Yassin Jaber attending, to discuss the 2027 draft bu…
Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri received Finance Minister Yassin Jaber at the second presidency headquarters in Ain al-Tineh, and the meeting addressed general conditions, especi…
Finance Minister Yassine Jaber met with Public Health Minister Dr. Rakan Nassereddine and Parliamentary Health Committee Chairman MP Bilal Abdallah to discuss the healthcare sector…
The Association of Banks in Lebanon objected to the Ministry of Finance's request to amend banks' tax declarations for 2020-2024 before October 31, 2026, warning that this could im…
Finance Minister Yassin Jaber said the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok created a valuable international opportunity for Lebanon, stressing the need to pass the financial gap…
A Lebanese delegation led by Finance Minister Yassin Jaber, with Economy Minister Amer Bisat, Central Bank Governor Karim Said and Banking Control Commission head Mazen Soueid, too…
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Lebanon has made "significant progress" toward reaching a financing program with the international institution, amid intensive discu…
World Bank Group President Ajay Banga said Lebanon, Iraq and Syria face a "historic opportunity" that may not be repeated, urging them to seize it quickly and turn political will i…
A Lebanese delegation headed by Finance Minister Yassin Jaber participated in the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Bangkok, discussing financing recovery projects…
Athanasios Arvanitis, Deputy Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund, announced that IMF officials held "good" discussions with t…
Nearly seven years after the financial collapse, Lebanon's financial gap law has returned to the forefront of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, amid government tal…
Lebanon's Minister of Economy and Trade, Amer Bisat, said the remaining discussions with the International Monetary Fund over the financial gap law focus on three technical issues:…
Lebanese Finance Minister Yassin Jaber said he does not expect the Constitutional Council to recommend any amendments to the bank restructuring law, stressing that the government s…
The Lebanese delegation to the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Bangkok, headed by Finance Minister Yassin Jaber, is continuing its meetings with officials of…
The Lebanese delegation, headed by Finance Minister Yassin Jaber, continued its meetings at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Bangkok with officials of the two…
MP Ghassan Hasbani, member of the Strong Republic bloc, said the resignation of Energy Minister Joe Saddi has not been decided, noting that the government's stability is threatened…
The U.S. State Department is preparing to announce next week progress in the trilateral agreement track with the Lebanese and Israeli governments after weeks of stagnation. Secreta…