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Lebanon expresses Condolences for Paris Attack

21 April 2017

The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates issued a statement condemning the attack on Paris. “Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Friday strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the Avenue “des Champs-Elysées” in the French capital Paris on Thursday evening, April 20, 2017 […]

Paris Gunman known to Security Forces

21 April 2017

A police officer died and two are seriously wounded after a shooting took place, Thursday night, near the Champs-Elysee Boulevard in Paris. French authorities are not eager to declare the attack as a terrorist act, although Paris prosecutors have said that they had identified the […]

Aoun: The Time Has Come to Draft a New Electoral Law

21 April 2017

President Michel Aoun said on Thursday the time has come for Lebanon to have a new electoral law to govern the upcoming parliamentary elections. “After nine years, it is about time to draft a new voting system,” said Aoun addressing visiting families from the Upper […]

Lebanese parliamentary delegation, IMF Middle East officer discuss Lebanon affairs

21 April 2017

NNA – The Lebanese parliamentary delegation including MPs Yassin Jaber, Alain Aoun and Bassem Shabb participated during the third day of International Monetary Fund (IMF) conference in workshops on developed communications and technologies as well as Central Bank’s financial engineering during bank’s crises.

Hizbullah Bloc Warns against Failure to Agree on Electoral Law before May 15

21 April 2017

Hizbullah’s Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc warned Thursday of the risks that Lebanon would face should the political parties fail to agree on a new electoral law before the May 15 legislative session. “The least negative repercussions would be the aggravation of the disagreements among […]

Negotiations on electoral law back to square one

21 April 2017

BEIRUT: Negotiations over the adoption of a two-round parliamentary electoral system that combines plurality voting and proportional representation as proposed by Free Patriotic Movement President and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil have hit a dead end, a source familiar with the talks told Annahar Wednesday. The […]

Hasbani begins meetings in Washington

21 April 2017

NNA – Minister of Public Health, Ghassan Hasbani, started his meeting on Thursday at the World Bank headquarters in Washington. He met with World Bank’s Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Hafez Ghanem. Minister Hasbani then met with a delegation of […]

Machnouk decides to suspend work of stone quarries, crushers for one month

21 April 2017

NNA – The Press Office of Interior and Municipalities Minister, Nohad Machnouk, said on Thursday in a statement that the Minister decided to suspend the work of stone quarries and crushers for one month in all Lebanese regions. Minister Machnouk announced that he consulted Environment […]

Lebanese President Michel Aoun: “No Extension, No old Law and No Political Vacuum.”

20 April 2017

“No one should even dream of having the parliament’s mandate extended, to stick to the already existing electoral law, or to even allow a state of political vacuum to prevail,” the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun said in front of a […]

Steven Haddad: FPM’s Courageous Young People Always Pay the Price

20 April 2017

Following the visit of the FPM’s leader Minister Gebran Bassil to Steven Haddad at the hospital the latter, being a member of the Free Patriotic Movement and the Municipality of Ain-Dara, released a video in which he addressed his family, friends […]

International Community Says Lebanon Must Stage Timely Elections

20 April 2017

The international community has notified the Lebanese government of the necessity to agree on a new law for the upcoming parliamentary polls in order for the country to be able to restore its “democratic rhythm,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday. “Prominent international community sources have […]

Berri Overlooks His Version of Electoral Law, Says Weighing New Ideas

20 April 2017

Speaker Nabih Berri said a new electoral law must be agreed within the one-month time period given since President Michel Aoun used his powers to suspend the parliament, and assured that he longer adheres to the 64-64 version of a law format he proposed earlier, […]