Categoria: Medio oriente

Beirut, Weekly Report # 10, March 27th, 2020

Cronache dal Libano di Yves This week’s news are mostly about the Coronavirus pandemic including a world-wide situation report covering feedbacks from Europe, China, Japan and the USA. In Lebanon, on Saturday 21 March, the head of the government has…

Beirut, Weekly Report # 8, March 13th, 2020

Cronache dal Libano by Yves Most of the headline articles of the week have focused on the recent decision of the government not to pay the Eurobonds due on 9 March and on the measures taken to deal with the…

Beirut, Weekly Report # 7, March 06th, 2020

by Yves Headlines have been mainly about the Syrian crisis and internally about a decision to freeze financial assets of 21 Lebanese bank directors and its unexpected suspension.  The initial decision of the financial state attorney Ali Ibrahim to freeze…

Beirut, Weekly Report # 6, February 28th, 2020

by Yves Two main headlines for this week. The spread of the coronavirus and the visit of the IMF team and its consequences. Last week, on Friday 21, a case of the coronavirus was detected on a 45-year-old Lebanese woman…