Lebanese depositors took to streets in the capital on Friday as employees of its state-run telecoms company Ogero began an open-ended strike to demand pay increases reflecting the drastic low of the national currency. The “Depositors’ Cry” association carried out a sit-in in front of the Lebanese Central Bank in ...
Lebanon ramped up political activity on Monday in a bid to reach an agreement on electing a new president, as the exchange rate of the US Dollar kept up its drastic rise, surpassing 94,000 Lebanese Pound. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati paid a visit to Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Beshara ...