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Hariri to start official visit to Egypt tomorrow

Prime Minister Saad Hariri shall start tomorrow (Tuesday) a state visit to Egypt, where he is scheduled to meet with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Hariri will also hold talks with this counterpart Sherif Ismail, Coptic Pope Tawadros II, and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed […]

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Hariri Receives Geagea for Talks on Pressing Issues

Prime Minister Saad Hariri received on Sunday evening at the Center House, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea where talks focused on several pivotal issues. The meeting which lasted two hours and included a working dinner, tackled the parliamentary electoral law, Lebanon’s 2017 budget plan, the […]

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$75 Million Pledged to Protect Heritage Sites in War Zones

PARIS — World donors pledged more than $75 million Monday to protect cultural heritage sites threatened by war and the wave of ideological-driven destruction carried out by Islamic State militants. French President Francois Hollande, speaking at a donors’ conference in the Louvre Museum in Paris, said […]

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Riachy vows to guard freedoms in Lebanon

Minister of Information, Melhem Riachy, on Friday renewed promises to guard freedoms in Lebanon, maintaining that he is working on turning his Ministry into an institution for communication and dialogue. “This is a crucial project aimed to remain abreast and to find connection between people […]

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Mutalaqem arrives in Beirut to partake in NNA Conference

Foreign Information Deputy Assistant at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information, Faisal al-Mutalaqem, arrived on Sunday evening at Beirut International Airport, whereby he will be representing Kuwaiti Information Minister at the international conference organized by the National News Agency. Greeting the Kuwaiti Official at the Airport […]