Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi stressed on Tuesday that the investigation will continue until the perpetrators involved in the killing of Joseph Bejjani in Kahale a day earlier are caught.

Central Bank governor Riad Salameh said on Tuesday the crisis of ending subsidies on the import of basic goods can be solved without reducing the foreign reserves if the new government takes the necessary measures.

The RestART Beirut Fund, an ambitious international initiative launched by a group of young friends from five different countries under the aegis of the King Baudouin Foundation, is launching its first project – saving the badly damaged Sursock Palace in Beirut and helping open it to the public as a museum and cultural center.

Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi on Monday issued a memo further relaxing the country’s anti-coronavirus measures for the occasion of the holidays.

President Michel Aoun on Monday lauded parliament for approving a law that lifts banking secrecy off anyone who dealt in public affairs at the central bank and all state ministries and administrations.

Iraq’s oil ministry on Monday announced reaching an agreement with Lebanon for exporting oil to Beirut in the year 2021 according to global prices.

Former ministers Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zoaiter on Monday submitted an additional request through their lawyer, asking the Court of Cassation to replace Judge Fadi Sawwan over “legitimate suspicion” regarding the legality of the charges he has filed against them in the port blast probe.

The Parliament on Monday passed a law that lifts banking secrecy from public accounts for one year, in a move aimed at facilitating forensic audit into the Central Bank’s accounts and into the state’s institutions necessary to obtain international assistance.

Parliament Speaker had called for an end-of-year legislative session to discuss 70 items on the agenda. Several draft laws were approved during the session, most notably a bill criminalizing sexual harassment, especially at workplace.

Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan announced on Monday that the scientific committee at the health ministry issued a recommendation to suspend all flights from Britain for several days until things clarify out.

Lebanon awaits the endeavors of Maronite Patriarch Beshara el-Rahi to ease the hurdles obstructing the cabinet formation, after French President Emmanuel Macron was quarantined over coronavirus, PSP's al-Anbaa electronic magazine reported Monday.