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Beirut – The President of Lebanon, Michel Aoun was received today, Thursday, March 16, by Pope Francis in the Vatican. In the course of the visit, Michel Aoun also met with the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and other officials of the Holy See. […]

The title of the March 14 dinner of the Free Patriotic Movement was “transparent funding, a free decision.”  An annual dinner organized to raise funds and donations for the Free Patriotic Movement Party, attended by nearly 1,700 people. It had been said that some people […]

An ever lasting memory and a tight liaison with the human history The idea of establishing a Military Museum came up shortly after the Independence and the reception of the Lebanese military units within the army of the French mandate to Syria and Lebanon, by national […]

Army Commander General Joseph Aoun received at his office in Yarzeh Slovenian Military Attaché, with talks reportedly touching on means of bolstering military cooperation relations between the armies of both countries. General Aoun also met with former Minister Abdullah Farhat on top of a delegation […]

Member of Parliament, Alain Aoun, eulogized the heatedly debated salary scale via twitter on Wednesday evening, warning that it is currently in danger of being “hit by snipers who have taken their positions amid the ongoing parliament session.” “The wages scale has been thrown in […]

The parliament on Wednesday approved hiking the value-added tax (VAT) and other taxes as part of measures aimed at funding the long-stalled new wage scale. The VAT was raised from 10 to 11% as other taxes on financial transactions were also hiked, state-run National News […]

BEIRUT: A variety of shared workspaces are now active in the city, going by names with a vibe such as Antwork, Submarine, the Beirut Digital District, and the Innovation Factory, with more expected for opening within the year. These co-working spaces are part of a […]

BEIRUT: It’s no surprise that the Lebanese film industry continuously suffers from lackluster films, that come off as hollo marriage in Beirut, to those that are Saturday Night Live sketches stretched out to form a 90-minute film, cinema in Lebanon has become shameful. As if […]

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s capital bore witness Monday to massive bumper-to-bumper traffic jams at the city’s three main entrances as a result of poor weather conditions in what has become a regularly expected scene, especially when “half a million cars move in and out the city on […]