Month: March 2017

A meeting between several political parties was held late on Sunday at the Foreign Ministry in Beirut to tackle the thorny parliamentary electoral law in a bid to agree on a new format that meets approval of all political parties before the due date, LBCI […]

Lebanon’s army intelligence staged a security day and carried out several raids in the Bekaa region in east Lebanon including residences of drug kingpin Nouh Zoaiter, VDL (100.5) said on Monday. The army raided a number of houses that belong to Zoaiter in Hay al-Sharawneh […]

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked Monday the 39th anniversary of its establishment with a ceremony at its Headquarters in Naqoura highlighting “the Mission’s commitment to providing a safe and secure environment for the local population in southern Lebanon,” a UNIFIL statement […]

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced Monday that Lebanon will have a new electoral law within a month, noting that it will inevitably contain a proportional representation component. “There will be no elections without a new law and there will be a technical extension” of the […]

Head of the Finance and Budget Committee MP Ibrahim Kanaan stressed that there will be no additional taxes to be imposed on bread, telephone bills, gasoline, fuel oil and electricity bills, noting that all statements in this regard are wrong. During a press conference, Kanaan […]

The Lebanon-based Media Association for Peace (MAP) NGO, in collaboration with the U.N. Information Center in Beirut (UNIC Beirut), has organized the 6th Annual Peace Journalism Workshop 2017 under the theme of the U.N. Campaign “Together: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All”. The three-day workshop, […]

The 9th edition of Beirut Cinema Days Film Festival was inaugurated at Cinema City in the capital Beirut.   The festival opened with a film that addresses the issue of identity and belonging.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday suggested a series of measures aimed at improving the State’s financial situation, amid a growing debate in the country about the approval of the long-stalled new wage scale and taxes aimed at funding it. In an apparent jab […]

Head of the Arab Parliamentary Union, House Speaker Nabih Berri, said on Monday that the cancer of terrorism can be obliterated through consensus, and that the Palestinian cause must win back its central status, a thing that requires national Palestinian unity. MP Michel Moussa delivered […]