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Army chief discusses cooperation with British Ambassador

22 March 2017

Army chief, General Joseph Aoun, met on Tuesday with British Ambassador to Lebanon, Hugo Shorter, accompanied by Defense Attaché Colonel Chris Gunning. Talks reportedly featured high on the current general situation in Lebanon and the broader Arab region, as well as on military cooperation between […]

NNA Conference: ‘Media Spreading Civilizations and Connecting Dialogues’ Conference concludes work sessions at Hilton Habtour

22 March 2017

The National News Agency “NNA” winded up on Tuesday afternoon its international Conference “Media Spreading Civilizations and Connecting Dialogues” at the Hilton Habtour, Beirut, under the patronage of Information Minister, Melhem Riachy. The Conference’s last work sessions was held under the headline “The Importance of […]

Berri’s Bloc Says Legislative Session Witnessed a ‘Plot’, Calls for ‘Anti-Corruption Commission’

22 March 2017

Thursday’s legislative session that was adjourned due to a lack of quorum witnessed a “conspiracy” aimed at “torpedoing the new wage scale” and “settling political scores related to the electoral law,” the Development and Liberation parliamentary bloc led by Speaker Nabih Berri said on Tuesday. […]

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22 March 2017

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President Aoun follows up contacts over New Election Law in harmony with His Principles

21 March 2017

The President of the Republic Michel Aoun followed up on Tuesday, with his visitors the latest political contacts and the general situation in the country, especially those regarding reaching a consensus over a new election law. In this context, President Michel Aoun met at Baabda […]

A 3.8 magnitude Earthquake shakes the Bekaa Valley

21 March 2017

The National News Agency confirmed that an earthquake shook the Bekaa valley in northern Lebanon, Tuesday morning on March 21st, 2017. The magnitude of the earthquake was 3.8 and some residents of the region felt its impact.The earthquake struck the valley at 5:56 am, the […]

Minister Gebran Bassil departs to Washington

21 March 2017

Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil departed Beirut to Washington, for a conference with the international coalition against terrorism and how to fight Daesh (ISIS). The Conference is organized and hosted by the US Secretary of State Rex Tilerson; the representatives of 68 countries participating in […]

Banks deny finance minister’s accusations

21 March 2017

President of the Association of Banks in Lebanon, Francois Bassil denied the accusations launched by Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, who said that the banks offered an amount of $1 billion in order to cancel the item pertaining to imposing taxes on the banks. […]

International Happiness Day: Where does Lebanon stand?

21 March 2017

The International Day of Happiness is celebrated throughout the world on the 20th of March. According to recent studies, Norway ranked first as the world’s happiest country. Happy countries are the ones that have a healthy balance of prosperity, as conventionally measured and social […]

Hariri Meets Berri over Electoral Law, New Wage Scale

21 March 2017

Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Monday in Ain el-Tineh with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. State-run National News Agency said talks tackled “the electoral juncture, the electoral law and the political and social situations including the new wage scale.” According to al-Jadeed television, Berri and […]

Hizbullah and Mustaqbal Voice ‘Categorical Rejection’ of Parliamentary Void

21 March 2017

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement stressed during their 41st bilateral dialogue session on Monday the need to reach an electoral law as soon as possible. “The conferees continued discussions over the preparations aimed at reaching an electoral law and underlined the need to approve it with […]

Geagea proposes bundle of measures to end budget quandary

21 March 2017

Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, maintained on Monday that his party had called the state to determine the utilities where public funds waste was taking place before heading to impose new taxes to finance the long-awaited salary scale. “Everybody recalls that two months ago when […]

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