Autore: Yves

Lebanon. April 2022

by Yves Durieux By mid-April 2022, Lebanon is getting ready for its legislative elections scheduled for 15 May.  The campaign has officially begun on 5 April and forty lists have been registered. Almost a hundred members of parliament are competing.…

Beirut, Weekly Report # 14, April 24th, 2020

Cronache dal Libano by Yves Beirut, 24 April With the return of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Paris to Lebanon by private jet on Friday 17, it seems that the opposition to the government is gathering some momentum. According to…

Beirut, Weekly Report # 13, April 17th, 2020

Cronache dal Libano by Yves Beirut, 17 April. While the country is focused on issues about the pandemic, political tensions have appeared in the country as well as tensions with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on the borders. On Friday…

Beirut, Weekly Report # 12, April 10th, 2020

Cronache dal Libano by Yves Beirut, 10 April. In spite of the large majority of press reporting on Coronavirus issues this week, political tensions have now been mentioned between representatives of Saad Hariri’s Courant du Futur and the government stopping…