Protestors began gathering on Sunday morning in Riyad Solh Square for a rally against the unfair increase in taxes and in support of decreeing the wage scale.
Protestors flock to Riyad Solh Square
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UK Announces £2.5M Investment in Lebanon’s Knowledge Economy
British Ambassador to Lebanon Hugo Shorter on Tuesday announced £2.5 million ($3.2 million) towards a new International Research Center (IRC) in Lebanon, the British Embassy said in a statement. Shorter was speaking live at the ArabNet Beirut conference, held under the patronage of President Michel […]
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Hariri says electricity plan to start giving results starting in May
Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed Tuesday that the pay scale will be passed. During a chat with the reporters on board the plane transporting the Lebanese delegation to Jordan to take part in the Arab summit, Hariri expressed his conviction over the need to maintain […]
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Bashir Gemayel’s Assassins get death Sentence
A Lebanese top court sentenced in absentia on Friday, Habib Shartouni for the assassination of president-elect Bashir Gemayel, in 1982. The court ruling comes more than 35 years after the president-elect Bashir Gemayel was killed in Ashrafieh by a massive bomb blast. Habib Shartouni, a […]