The Ministry of Economy will issue today, Tuesday, a new price for the bread bundle, Economy Minister Amin Salam said.

"There is neither a bread crisis nor a flour crisis," according to Salam, who told al-Jadeed TV that the new price will be "fair" and the dollar differences will be taken into account.

Lebanon’s national currency, which has been witnessing a free fall in recent days, was trading for LBP 33,200 against the dollar at around 2:00 pm Tuesday, after having reached a historic low of 33,600 earlier in the day.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said Tuesday that if his party wins the elections, “there will be an instant improvement in the economic sector and the currency exchange rate,” as he claimed that his party has the best economic plan.

Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh announced Tuesday that his movement will boycott national dialogue should President Michel Aoun send out official invitations.

President Michel Aoun on Tuesday kicked off bilateral meetings with some of Lebanon’s political leaders to explore the possibility of holding a national dialogue conference.

Business in Lebanon's winter resorts is returning to normal after last year's complete lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19 that badly hurt winter tourism in the small country.

Skiers were seen running down the piste and children sliding down the hills at the Faraya-Mzaar ski resort, this weekend, despite the newly imposed restrictions and the financial crisis described by the World Bank as one of the worst in the world since the 1850s.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday expressed his “full solidarity” with Lebanon in a meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh with Prime Minister Najib Miqati.

Al-Sisi also voiced Egypt’s “readiness to contribute to delivering the Egyptian gas” to Lebanon “according to the signed treaties,” giving instructions to “facilitate the issue and speed up its implementation.”

President Michel Aoun on Monday announced that his call for national dialogue concerns all Lebanese and is “not aimed at achieving a partisan or personal interest.”

“As for our call for dialogue, we first received position reactions, but some reservations have started to emerge,” Aoun said in a meeting with Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Sami Abi al-Muna.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati arrived Monday in Egypt, on an official visit.

He participated in the fourth edition of the World Youth Forum, held in Sharm El-Sheikh under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Marwan Habib, a 32-year-old Lebanese man who faced dozens of sexual harassment and assault allegations in Lebanon, has been arrested in the U.S. for breaking into a woman's Miami Beach hotel room and assaulting her.