Politics

Speaker Nabih Berri announced during his weekly meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday that the dispute over who should get the finance ministerial portfolio “can be resolved.” “The finance portfolio obstacle is still being negotiated but it can be resolved,” MPs quoted Berri as saying. According […]

The Lebanese Forces stressed that they are not putting “crippling demands” on the government formation when they request to be given important ministerial portfolios, As Safir daily reported on Wednesday. “Claims to be given essential portfolios in the new government does mean that the Lebanese […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Gebran Bassil said on Wednesday during a press conference with his Greek and Cypriot counterparts that they discussed ways to boost cultural heritage. He also voiced hopes that the oil file would be on top of the priorities of the new […]

NNA – Caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif maintained on Monday that both Lebanon and the Islamic Republic were facing two common enemies–the Zionists and takfiri terrorists. “We are equally concerned with facing terrorism that is infiltrating throughout the […]

NNA – Kataeb party congratulated on Monday President Michel Aoun on his election as the head of the Lebanese state, confirming full determination to cooperate with him to achieve the goals outlined in his inaugural speech. The party’s politburo, which held today its weekly meeting […]

NNA – Prime Minister-designate, Saad Hariri, met on Saturday at the House of Center with the International Support Group for Lebanon, including: United Nations General Coordinator in Lebanon, Sigrid Kaag, Ambassadors of China, France, Germany, Britain, Russia, Italy, United States and the European Union, as […]

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat called Sunday on all political forces to avoid “crippling demands” regarding the line-up of the new government. “What’s important is to facilitate the formation of the Cabinet and shun crippling demands,” Jumblat tweeted, during or shortly after a […]

NNA – President of the Republic Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Designate Saad Hariri’s meeting has just ended, NNA correspondent said on Saturday. The field reporter added that PM designate left with no comment. It has been known that PM-designate Hariri briefed President Aoun on […]

Among the ongoing consultations to form a new government after the designation of PM Saad Hariri, there is a tendency to form an all-inclusive 30-minister government instead of the usual 24, to pave way for the representation of all political parties, An Nahar daily reported […]