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[ad_1] The World Bank canceled a loan to finance the construction of a dam in Lebanon that environmentalists say could destroy an area rich in biodiversity. The World Bank said in a statement that it had warned the Lebanese government to withdraw its agreement “due to the initial conditions that …

[ad_1] Due to the failure to comply with the necessary tasks for the construction of the Bisri dam, which is intended to supply the capital, Beirut, with water from the Litani River, the World Bank cancels the disbursement of 244 million dollars that was allocated for the execution of the …

[ad_1] The World Bank informed the Lebanese government of its decision to cancel the unspent sums of the water supply augmentation project (Bisri Dam Project) due to the lack of implementation of the elements that constitute the preconditions to start building the dam. The value of the canceled portion of …

[ad_1] Ten days after the interim Finance Minister, Ghazi Wazni, handed over to the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, the final version of the forensic financial audit agreement with Alvarez & Marsal, Wazni signed the contract yesterday. The formula signed by the Minister of Finance was different from what …

[ad_1] Venice | As if the cinema had enchanted the island. As if it were a medicine! The island of Lido before the Venice International Film Festival was almost empty. With the start of the party days ago, shops were opened and the party’s visitors attended the meetings without fear. …

[ad_1] It’s been a month after the Beirut port explosion, the situation hasn’t changed much after that, as poverty and immigration rates continue to rise, amid instability due to the new Corona virus. Beirut had experienced a terrible explosion, on August 4, 2020, as a result of the outbreak of …

[ad_1] On July 7, Harper’s Magazine published an open letter on its website titled “A Message on Justice and Open Debate.” The number of signatories to the letter reached 150 of the prominent names in the world of academia, literature, art and society. They saw in his message that “the …

[ad_1] Lebanon is the entity, established after the victory of the Allies in World War I, and the division of the region according to the “Sykes-Picot Agreement”. It was he who sought with the French to establish Greater Lebanon – annexing the four governorates, Beirut, Tripoli, the South and Bekaa …

[ad_1] It is difficult to trace the cosmic footprint to Ibrahim, perhaps he is hidden in the desert, text by text. “Ulysses” Badawi writes his travels in the arena of legend. “A night migrant crossing the darkness” with existential ammunition without banks. A novelist who cleverly blew established ideas from …

[ad_1] Venice | As if the cinema had enchanted the island. As if it were a medicine! The island of Lido before the Venice International Film Festival was almost empty. With the start of the party days ago, shops were opened and the party’s visitors attended the meetings without fear. …