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The Municipality of Beirut is preparing to provide the capital with 24-hour electricity next year, said Jamal Itani, Chairman of the Municipal Council.Beirut needs between 150 and 200 megawatts to cover the daily blackout of four and a…

The Lebanese government is to present an infrastructure modernisation plan worth 16 billion dollars at the upcoming international conference to discuss economic support to Lebanon, which is scheduled to take place in Paris in April. The…

Prime Minister Saad Hariri pointed Monday to the need for information and technology investment, noting separately that Lebanon has $16 billion-worth of projects across various sectors for which it hopes to secure funding at upcoming donor…

Last year on April 20, the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard broke ground on the new U.S. Embassy compound in Lebanon.According to a press release by the U.S. Department of State, the state-of-the-art complex in Awkar will have…

Lebanon is hiring management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. to help restructure an economy that’s overly reliant on remittances and banking, and grappling with high unemployment, Economy and Trade Minister Raed Khoury said.The…

Italy has donated nearly $600,000 to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to fund the development of industrial zones in Lebanon, a statement from UNIDO said Tuesday.“The industry minister asked for UNIDO’s support in…

Lebanon’s electricity sector was not saved in 2017, despite an emergency plan from the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) endorsed by the cabinet earlier in the year. While the electricity needs for much of the country did not improve much…

The Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) is preparing to launch a bid for the generation of 300 megawatts (MW) of wind power next year, according to Pierre Khoury, Project Manager at the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC),…

World Bank delegation said it fully supports an infrastructure investment program being prepared for an upcoming conference on investment in Lebanon.A World Bank delegation Friday said it fully supports an infrastructure investment…

A mixed-use resort in Kaslik is being planned by Sam Elias, a Lebanese-Australian developer. Excavation for ‘Soul Beach Resort’ will start in July.The project is scheduled to be completed within three years.The project will be built on…