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توقيف مواطنين بجرم ضخ دولارات مزيفة في الاسواق

:صدر عن المديرية العامة لقوى الامن الداخلي – شعبة العلاقات العامة البلاغ الآتي

توافرت معلومات لمفرزة البحث والتدخل في وحدة الشرطة القضائية، عن قيام أحد الأشخاص بنقل أموال مزيفة من البقاع الى بيروت، بغية ضخها في السوق عبر ايهام الضحايا انها أموال مجمدة يمكن التداول بها محليا. ونتيجة عمليات الرصد والتعقب، تمكنت قوة من هذه المفرزة من توقيف، على متن سيارة نوع “ب.أم.” في محلة ضهر البيدر، كل من: ر.أ. (مواليد عام 1994، لبناني) و أ.ص. (مواليد عام 1995، لبناني)، وبتفتيشهما والمركبة الآلية، جرى ضبط مبلغ مالي مزيف عبارة عن /67,700/$ من فئات مختلفة.

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سرقة مستودع مواد غذائية في منطقة ابي سمراء – طرابلس

اقدم مجهول على خلع مستودع مواد غذائية عائد للمدعو ” ا.ع.د ” في محلة ابي سمراء اوتوستراد المنار

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ما هي كلفة الإفطار؟

يتابع مرصد الأزمة تطور اسعار المواد الغذائية الأساسية في شهر رمضان حيث ارتفعت كلفة “افطار عادي” لاسرة من ٥ أفراد ٢٣.٤% خلال اسبوع اي زادت كلفة افطار أسرة من ٥ أفراد حوالي ٩٩ الف ليرة في اسبوع واحد، في وقت لم يتغير سعر الصرف

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Ailing economy leads to increased mental health challenges

As Lebanon slides deeper into financial crisis, calls to mental health support centres are skyrocketing. As Imogen Kimber reports the devastating decline in living standards appears to be taking a toll on people’s well being. #lebanoneconomy #suicide #economy

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Lebanon becomes 1st country in Middle East and North Africa to enter hyperinflation

PARIS — Lebanon could face its biggest crisis since its Civil War, economists are warning as the country’s currency hits new lows.

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Lebanon’s Dysfunctional Political Economy

Using the prospect of a flood of refugees as a bargaining chip in international negotiations, the government is happy to subsist on foreign-exchange reserves while waiting to collect geopolitical rents. Yet there is reason to hope that this strategy, which has already impoverished half the population, will fail.

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Moody’s downgrades Lebanon’s rating to C from Ca

New York, July 27, 2020 — Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has today downgraded the Government of Lebanon’s issuer rating to C from Ca, and has not assigned an outlook to the rating. Moody’s also downgraded Lebanon’s senior unsecured Medium Term Note (MTN) Program rating to (P)C from (P)Ca, and affirmed the other short-term rating at (P)NP.

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Lebanon swings between humor and tragedy as economy crumbles

There are few bright sides to life in Lebanon, where the economy is verging on complete breakdown. But while some have shown sympathy with those committing “hunger crimes,” others have taken to barter and banter to cope.

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Lebanon faces record power cuts as economy worsens

Lebanon has been plunged into darkness as record power cuts grip the country amid worsening economic conditions.

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What is the Lebanese crisis hiding for freelancers and the self-employed?

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to threaten many lives and bring our country to its knees, the financial and economic crisis exploded –leaving Lebanon in extreme chaos.

Despite pledging to cap the exchange rate at LL 3,200 to the dollar, the Lebanese government failed the people once again. The Lebanese Lira depreciation persists, reaching approximately LL 7,000 to the dollar on the black market last week.

The Lebanese workforce is taking the hit of the collapsing economy, as the incomes of employees are losing value along with the currency depreciation.