Nada Maucourant Atallah

Beirut

Nada Maucourant Atallah is a correspondent at The National's Beirut bureau. She is a French-Lebanese journalist with five years of experience in Lebanon. She previously worked for L’Orient-Le Jour and the French investigative journal Mediapart, with a focus on financial and political investigations. She also reported for various French media outlets such as Le Monde Diplomatique and Madame Figaro

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Riad Salameh, governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, where an audit of gold assets has been conducted. Reuters

Lebanon's audit of gold completed 'successfully', says central bank

The measure is one of the reforms required by the IMF to unlock billions of dollars in loans

LebanonNovember 24, 2022

Lebanon's Central Bank governor Riad Salameh told Al Hurra TV the country is in the process of unifying exchange rates. Reuters

Lebanon to adopt exchange rate closer to currency's real value

The country is moving toward a more unified exchange rate system - but the fate of the official rate remains unclear

LebanonNovember 22, 2022

The Lebanese currency continues to lose value against the dollar. Reuters

Experts doubt Lebanese citizens' ability to pay proposed taxes

Experts fear the move, which is supposed to help fill state coffers, is too heavy to bear for poverty-stricken Lebanese

LebanonNovember 18, 2022

A man counts Lebanese pounds at an exchange shop in Beirut. The caretaker government is to reset the country's exchange rate. AP

Lebanon to raise exchange rate for taxes, fees and customs duties

Finance minister tells 'The National' he hopes the measure will generate revenue amid an unprecedented economic crisis

LebanonNovember 15, 2022

The floating Turkish power station Karadeniz Powership Fatmagul, left, next to Lebanon's Zouk Mosbeh power plant, north of the capital Beirut, in April 2019. AFP

‘A health hazard’: Lebanon burns toxic fuel to avoid total blackout

Lacking funds, authorities decided to burn low-quality fuel at a power plant north of Beirut, releasing polluted smoke that experts say could cause cancer

LebanonSeptember 12, 2022