REPORT: EDL contract workers stage fresh sit-in

24 April 2017 English

Electricite du Liban (EDL) contract workers staged on Monday a sit-in outside the Ministry of Energy to protest state’s failure to give them full-time tenure.

A number of workers headed to the Ministry of Energy on the Emile Lahoud Boulevard in Metn to prevent Minister of Energy Cesar Abi Khalil from entering his office.

The contract workers burnt tires, causing suffocating traffic.

Lebanese passport opens few doors

22 March 2017 English

BEIRUT: Lebanese passport holders only gain admission to 37 nations without restriction, according to the recently released Henley & Partners rating of countries based on the degree of international travel afforded to their respective citizens. This places Lebanon as 97th down the list alongside Ethiopia, […]

Social Affairs Contractual Employees Protest Program Termination

24 April 2017 English

Contractual employees at the Social Affairs Ministry blocked the entrance to the ministry on Monday protesting Minister Pierre Bou Assi’s decision to end a program they were hired to work on. Social Affairs Minister Bou Assi said in a press conference on Monday: “We can’t […]

Hariri Receives Call from Saudi Deputy Crown Prince, Meets Iran Deputy FM

23 December 2016 English

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday received a phone call from Saudi Arabia’s powerful Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and met with visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Jaber Ansari. The Saudi prince congratulated Hariri on the formation of the new government, wishing him […]