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Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi. (AFP/File)

July 24th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Lebanon amends daily minimum wage law, activists protest

Lebanon dropped the daily minimum wage by roughly $2.65, and activists are protesting the change.

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August 15th, 2013 - 07:48 GMT

Lebanon laments lost youth

Lebanon witnessed an alarming deterioration in public finances over 2012

March 11th, 2013 - 07:09 GMT

Lebanon trying to trim country's spiraling budget

Budget deficit in first quarter reached LL1.009 trillion compared to LL1.655 trillion in the same period of 2001, a decrease of LL646 billion

June 7th, 2012 - 10:26 GMT

Can telecom revenues justify Lebanon's budget deficit?

Nahhas, who is refusing to sign off on a transport allowance decree whose legality he disagrees with, took a seeming final step Tuesday by tendering his resignation

February 22nd, 2012 - 01:19 GMT

Lebanon: The transport allowance

Economists told The Daily Star that all employers who gave a raise to some of their employees two years ago must prove that this increase was for the high cost of living

January 4th, 2012 - 05:50 GMT

Employers and General Labor Confederation wage plan back on in Lebanon

“We need to have a government even if this Cabinet had certain weaknesses,” economist Ghazi Wazneh told The Daily Star

November 29th, 2011 - 05:11 GMT

Economy likely first victim if Cabinet collapses in Lebanon

There have been fears that sanctions imposed on Syria may impact Lebanon, due to the close relationship between the two countries

November 21st, 2011 - 03:01 GMT

Lebanon among key U.S. targets in Syria sanctions efforts

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August 30th, 2010 - 12:31 GMT

Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications grants patronage to the prestigious FTTH Middle East Conference 2010

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April 28th, 2010 - 11:26 GMT

Industry experts discuss growth opportunities and challenges at SAMENA’s “Beyond Connectivity 2010”