Baadba Presidential Palace marks Earth Hour

22 April 2017 English

The Baabda Presidential Palace marked on Saturday the Earth Hour by turning off the lights for one hour.

A statement issued by President Michel Aoun’s press office noted that the lights shut off for an hour at 8:30 PM.

The statement noted that the step comes in harmony with a call launched by the NGO G Association to hold a “green day” for Earth Hour.

“It comes from his Aoun’s support of conserving the environment and respecting the nature’s system that has been abused by human beings and has purposely deformed the ecosystem as well as the climate, which has caused widespread damage and become a threat to humans on all parts of the earth,” the statement added.

PM Hariri: Lebanon at ‘breaking point’ due to refugees

4 April 2017 English

1 April 2017 at 14:15 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has warned that his country is close to “breaking point” due to strains of hosting more than one million Syrian refugees, fearing that unrest could escalate from tensions between refugees and local communities. Speaking […]

Report: Changes in the Balance of Distribution Delays Cabinet Formation

17 December 2016 English

Lining up a new cabinet could be delayed until next week because President Michel Aoun suggested to grant specific titles to the ministers who will be given a state portfolio, which Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said presses the need for reconsidering the distribution of ministerial […]

Aoun to the Task Force for Lebanon: “We are Determined to Fight Terrorism.”

20 September 2017 English

President Michel Aoun met in New York with the delegation “Task Force for Lebanon” headed by Edward Gabriel, in the presence of the Lebanese delegation’s members, and the Charge d’Affaires of the Lebanese Embassy in Washington Carla Jazzar. The Meeting of President Aoun took place […]