Prime Minister Saad Hariri called Monday on rival Lebanese parties to fully comply with the government’s policy of dissociation from regional conflicts, in the latest attempt to reassure Arab Gulf states infuriated by Hezbollah’s deep involvement in the war in Syria and other regional disputes. “We have agreed in the ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun assured gathered diplomats Tuesday that Lebanon is maintaining security and political stability. Aoun was delivering a speech before diplomats and other foreign envoys in an annual event held at the beginning of the New Year at Baabda Palace. Aoun also reiterated that the Parliamentary elections slated for ... Read More »
The President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, said that the construction work is not easy, especially after all the years of destruction that have been exposed to everything in Lebanon. It needs all the Lebanese, for their solidarity first, and for their trust in themselves, their partners and their ... Read More »
The Information Office of Information Minister Melhem Al-Riyashi issued the following statement:”The media office is concerned to confirm that everything contained in the news published by the Central News Agency today, entitled” Lebanon TV crisis from political rams to the fate of employees and paralysis of the station, the Minister ... Read More »
Minister of Information Melhem Al-Riyashi, Director of the United Nations Information Center Margo El-Helou, accompanied by a delegation from the Center, including Cynthia Khoury, Maryam Sulaiman and Rasha Salman, and discussed means of cooperation between the Ministry and the Center. Al-Riyashi also received a delegation from the Sports Media Association ... Read More »
Speaker Nabih Berri Monday signed the 2017 state budget and sent it to Prime Minister Saad Hariri, a statement from the Speaker’s office reported. Parliament endorsed Lebanon’s first state budget in more than a decade on Oct. 19. Despite violating the Constitution by not including an audit document of past ... Read More »
When results are not forthcoming, it is all too easy to look for someone to blame. This is true for education too. Today, there are 264 million children and youth not going to school. Learning, even for those enrolled, is often poor. There should be no blame game; we need ... Read More »
Sidon Mayor Mohammad Saudi Thursday assured local residents that the growing mountain of garbage in a nearby waste treatment plant would be removed within 10 weeks. “The fumes and the [piled] waste at the waste treatment plant in Sidon will disappear completely within a period not exceeding 10 weeks,” Saudi ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun will head to Kuwait on Nov. 5 for a two-day official visit in which he will hold talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Aoun will lead a ministerial delegation that includes Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, Telecommunications Minister Jamal Jarrah, Minister of State for Administrative Development ... Read More »
Prime Minister Saad Hariri is slated to speak Friday night during an economy-focused forum at BIEL. Hariri is set to deliver a speech during the official dinner held at 8 p.m. on the occasion of launching the Lebanese National Energy forum. The forum titled “The Drive of the Economy” will ... Read More »
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