Month: April 2017

El Ministro del Exterior y jefe de la Corriente Patriótica Libre, Gebran Bassil, destacó este lunes después de la reunión del Consejo político del partido CPL que “no aceptaremos la extensión del Parlamento y la confrontaremos, menos quedarnos con la Ley de 1960, sino una nueva […]

Junge Flüchtlinge prostituieren sich Hilfsorganisationen beobachten, dass sich in Berlin immer mehr Flüchtlinge prostituieren. Der Grund: Sobald die jungen Männer volljährig werden, fallen sie aus dem Hilfssystem für Jugendliche heraus. Hotspot der Prostitution: Im Berliner Tiergarten bieten viele junge Flüchtlinge ihren Körper an In Berlin […]

The Cabinet met at 11:00 am. this Monday at Baabda Palace where a committee, led by PM Hariri to discuss the electoral law, was formed. The session was preceded by a meeting between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Hariri during which they discussed the […]

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called on politicians to “reconcile with people” through a new electoral law that gives them the right to hold their representatives accountable. “This reconciliation requires them to pull the people out of the state of poverty which has started […]

Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Lebanon celebrated Palm Sunday at Lebanon churches despite the struggles and dire conditions they face on a daily basis.   The celebrations reflect both feelings of joy and safety as well as the heartbreak of displacement.

Lebanese runner Ali Kedami crossed a large number of Lebanese towns in a journey that lasted 72 hours nonstop and without sleep, in a bid to support SANAD Association.   The 55-year-old athlete arrived to the finish line in Zaytouna Bay, from where he departed, […]

A Lebanese registered ship hijacked off the coast of war-torn Somalia has been freed, says a shipping expert. The pirates who boarded the ship Saturday abandoned it Sunday before naval forces rescued the ship, Mohamed Abdirahman, former director of Puntland’s marine forces, told The Associated […]

The Free Patriotic Movement, the Lebanese Forces and the Kataeb Party intend to boycott any parliamentary session aimed at extending the legislature’s term in the absence of a new electoral law, a senior FPM official told al-Hayat daily in remarks published Sunday. The Cabinet is […]