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Germany should avoid joining a European army because it would put German military might at the disposal of its war-mongering neighbors, German politician Willy Wimmer told Sputnik. © Photo: European Commission Idea of EU Army Gives Rise to Europe’s New Foreign Policy Concept The formation […]

On a warm day in late fall, hundreds of children, parents and local dignitaries streamed into a once-empty lot in a small town in the mountains of northern Lebanon to celebrate the inauguration of a new park and playground. Children jostled in an unruly semblance […]

President Michel Aoun met on Tuesday with Vice President of the World Bank for MENA Affairs, Hafez Ghanem, and WB Regional Director Farid Belhaj. During the meeting, Ghanem confirmed to the President the World Bank’s support for Lebanon and looking forward to bolstering cooperation and […]

“Change and Reform” bloc held on Tuesday its weekly meeting at Rabieh. Deputy Ibrahim Kanaan confirmed following the meeting that “extension of the parliament’s mandate and the 1960 law are both worse than vacuum.” The MP said that his bloc is keen on reaching understanding […]

President Michel Aoun on Tuesday noted that an electoral law based on proportional representation would “achieve justice” among the country’s citizens. During a meeting in Baabda with a Druze delegation led by ex-MP Faisal al-Daoud, Aoun said “his insistence on approving a new electoral law […]

An Israeli enemy gunboat opened fire last night from 21.20 to 21.28 from inside the occupied Palestinian regional waters, with some bullets violating the Lebanese regional waters, a Lebanese Army communiqué said on Tuesday. The breach is being followed-up in coordination with the United Nations […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed on Tuesday at the Oil and Gas Forum that the government plans to successfully transform Lebanon’s natural resources wealth into sustained economic growth. “The oil and gas sector is one of the most important files on Lebanon’s economic agenda. My […]

Information Minister Melhem Riachy met on Tuesday at his ministerial office with President of the International Association to Save Tyre, UNESCO Ambassador of Goodwill Maha Khalil Shalabi, whereby they discussed the “Phoenician Road” Project, notably the “Phoenician Expedition across the Atlantic” aboard a replica of […]

Defense Minister, Yaacoub Sarraf inspected on Tuesday before noon the southern border. The minister visited south of the Litani sector where he was briefed on the tasks of the army in the south, then he went to the UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura and met with […]