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Hariri arrives in Cairo on official visit

22 March 2017

Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, arrived on Tuesday at 5.p.m. in Cairo on a two-day official visit to meet with Egypt’s President, Abdel Fattah Sisi, Prime Minister, Sharif Ismail and senior Egyptian officials. Hariri will chair the Lebanese delegation in a meeting for the Higher Lebanese-Egyptian […]

Lebanese passport opens few doors

22 March 2017

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, […]

UK bars electronic carry-ons from Lebanon flights

22 March 2017

WASHINGTON: The U.S. and British governments, citing unspecified threats, are barring passengers on some international flights from mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, tablets, electronic games and other devices on board in carry-on bags. While the U.S. ban excludes Beirut airport, […]

Army chief discusses cooperation with British Ambassador

22 March 2017

Army chief, General Joseph Aoun, met on Tuesday with British Ambassador to Lebanon, Hugo Shorter, accompanied by Defense Attaché Colonel Chris Gunning. Talks reportedly featured high on the current general situation in Lebanon and the broader Arab region, as well as on military cooperation between […]

Berri’s Bloc Says Legislative Session Witnessed a ‘Plot’, Calls for ‘Anti-Corruption Commission’

22 March 2017

Thursday’s legislative session that was adjourned due to a lack of quorum witnessed a “conspiracy” aimed at “torpedoing the new wage scale” and “settling political scores related to the electoral law,” the Development and Liberation parliamentary bloc led by Speaker Nabih Berri said on Tuesday. […]

President Aoun follows up contacts over New Election Law in harmony with His Principles

21 March 2017

The President of the Republic Michel Aoun followed up on Tuesday, with his visitors the latest political contacts and the general situation in the country, especially those regarding reaching a consensus over a new election law. In this context, President Michel Aoun met at Baabda […]

A 3.8 magnitude Earthquake shakes the Bekaa Valley

21 March 2017

The National News Agency confirmed that an earthquake shook the Bekaa valley in northern Lebanon, Tuesday morning on March 21st, 2017. The magnitude of the earthquake was 3.8 and some residents of the region felt its impact.The earthquake struck the valley at 5:56 am, the […]

Banks deny finance minister’s accusations

21 March 2017

President of the Association of Banks in Lebanon, Francois Bassil denied the accusations launched by Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, who said that the banks offered an amount of $1 billion in order to cancel the item pertaining to imposing taxes on the banks. […]

Hariri Meets Berri over Electoral Law, New Wage Scale

21 March 2017

Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Monday in Ain el-Tineh with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. State-run National News Agency said talks tackled “the electoral juncture, the electoral law and the political and social situations including the new wage scale.” According to al-Jadeed television, Berri and […]

Hizbullah and Mustaqbal Voice ‘Categorical Rejection’ of Parliamentary Void

21 March 2017

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal Movement stressed during their 41st bilateral dialogue session on Monday the need to reach an electoral law as soon as possible. “The conferees continued discussions over the preparations aimed at reaching an electoral law and underlined the need to approve it with […]

Geagea proposes bundle of measures to end budget quandary

21 March 2017

Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, maintained on Monday that his party had called the state to determine the utilities where public funds waste was taking place before heading to impose new taxes to finance the long-awaited salary scale. “Everybody recalls that two months ago when […]

LF chief Geagea stresses need to end waste of public funds before imposing taxes

20 March 2017

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said Monday that “the worst kind of exploitation is when someone tries to exploit the suffering of the people,” noting that the LF has always been seeking to put an end to the waste of public funds before resorting to […]