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.

Aoun Meets Qatar’s Emir after Concluding SA Visit

12 January 2017 English

President Michel Aoun held talks on Wednesday with Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Doha, in the presence of Lebanese and Qatari delegations, the National News Agency reported. Aoun and his accompanying delegation have concluded a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia and flew […]

Mahmoud Abbas from Baabda: Palestinian refugees are guests in Lebanon

24 February 2017 English

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday following his meeting with President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace “Palestinian refugees are guests in Lebanon until their certain return to their homeland Palestine.” Abbas said that they were from the beginning against terrorism. “We have called from […]

Foreign Minister Bassil Condemns raids on Syria and Files Complaint against Israel!

10 February 2018 English

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants condemned in a statement the raids against Syria and asserted the right of self-defense against any Israeli aggression. On 02/08/2018, Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil instructed the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations in New York to […]