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Richard Says New U.S. Embassy Compound Fills Her with ‘Optimism for the Future’

21 April 2017

In a demonstration of the U.S.-Lebanese “enduring friendship and important bilateral partnership,” U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard on Thursday broke ground on the new U.S. Embassy compound in Beirut, an Embassy statement said. In her remarks at the ceremony, Richard said: “Breaking ground today […]

Lebanese parliamentary delegation, IMF Middle East officer discuss Lebanon affairs

21 April 2017

NNA – The Lebanese parliamentary delegation including MPs Yassin Jaber, Alain Aoun and Bassem Shabb participated during the third day of International Monetary Fund (IMF) conference in workshops on developed communications and technologies as well as Central Bank’s financial engineering during bank’s crises.

Hizbullah Bloc Warns against Failure to Agree on Electoral Law before May 15

21 April 2017

Hizbullah’s Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc warned Thursday of the risks that Lebanon would face should the political parties fail to agree on a new electoral law before the May 15 legislative session. “The least negative repercussions would be the aggravation of the disagreements among […]

Negotiations on electoral law back to square one

21 April 2017

BEIRUT: Negotiations over the adoption of a two-round parliamentary electoral system that combines plurality voting and proportional representation as proposed by Free Patriotic Movement President and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil have hit a dead end, a source familiar with the talks told Annahar Wednesday. The […]

Hasbani begins meetings in Washington

21 April 2017

NNA – Minister of Public Health, Ghassan Hasbani, started his meeting on Thursday at the World Bank headquarters in Washington. He met with World Bank’s Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Hafez Ghanem. Minister Hasbani then met with a delegation of […]

Machnouk decides to suspend work of stone quarries, crushers for one month

21 April 2017

NNA – The Press Office of Interior and Municipalities Minister, Nohad Machnouk, said on Thursday in a statement that the Minister decided to suspend the work of stone quarries and crushers for one month in all Lebanese regions. Minister Machnouk announced that he consulted Environment […]

Hariri follows up on Palestinian refugees census, receives Spanish ambassador and Roukoz

21 April 2017

NNA – Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, received today at the Grand Serail the President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee Hassan Mneimne and the Director General of the Central Administration of Statistics in Lebanon Maral Tutelian. The meeting focused on the Comprehensive Census of Population and […]

Visitors of the Armed Forces Commander General Aoun Wednesday, 19 April 2017

21 April 2017

Wednesday, 19 April 2017 The Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun received in his office in Yarzeh MP Samir el-Jisr, then MP Ziad el-Kaderi as well as the Assistant to the Secretary General of the Arab League Ambassador Abdul Rahman el-Soleh and discussions during these […]

Tactical drill joining the Lebanese Navy and a Brazilian warship

21 April 2017

Wednesday, 19 April 2017 Lebanese navy units conducted a tactical drill with the participation of the Brazilian warship “BRS UNIAO” that is operating under the UNIFIL Command. The drill was conducted facing the village of Amchit and simulated detecting and intercepting a suspicious ship and […]

Lebanese President Michel Aoun: “No Extension, No old Law and No Political Vacuum.”

20 April 2017

“No one should even dream of having the parliament’s mandate extended, to stick to the already existing electoral law, or to even allow a state of political vacuum to prevail,” the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun said in front of a […]

Steven Haddad: FPM’s Courageous Young People Always Pay the Price

20 April 2017

Following the visit of the FPM’s leader Minister Gebran Bassil to Steven Haddad at the hospital the latter, being a member of the Free Patriotic Movement and the Municipality of Ain-Dara, released a video in which he addressed his family, friends […]

Gebran Bassil visits Steven Haddad

20 April 2017

Minister Gebran Bassil visited Thursday noon, Steven Haddad who was hospitalized with 15 head injuries and 5 fractures in his nose Wednesday and listened to what happened to him attentively. Bassil was touched and did not hesitate to express his affection to Steven. He also assured […]

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