As parliamentary elections inch closer, doubts over them taking place seem to wane, Speaker Nabih Berri indicated Wednesday. “The collective determination by the Lebanese affirms the need and duty for parliamentary elections to take place as scheduled and this has become a reality that can’t be doubted,” Berri was quoted ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun met German Ambassador to Beirut Martin Huth Thursday to discuss the German president’s anticipated official visit to Lebanon, set to take place next Monday. During their meeting, Huth briefed Aoun on preparations for President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit, stressing the importance Germany places on developing the relationship between ... Read More »
Prime Minister Saad Hariri returned to Beirut Thursday night after concluding his official meetings on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. According to a statement from his office, in his final day at the major international summit in the Swiss alpine town of Davos, Hariri discussed Lebanese-Iraqi relations Iraqi ... Read More »
Tempted to stifle a loud or untimely sneeze? Let it out instead, doctors in England warned Monday based on the very unusual case of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he tried to suppress a sneeze. In a case study published in the journal BMJ Case ... Read More »
Handwritten pages from Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, letters to his lovers and other parts of his archive stored in Jerusalem are to be exhibited for the first time in Taiwan, China and Japan. Some 75 artifacts will go on display in Taipei beginning Friday as part of the exhibit ... Read More »
The Sidon Municipality received $1 million from the Beirut Municipality to assist the city in managing waste from the capital. Beirut Mayor Jamal Itani denied the municipality had “given” Sidon $1 million but said it was to cover the costs of Beirut’s waste. “As part of the plan by Cabinet ... Read More »
Lebanese Army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun Monday thanked countries providing support to the military during last year’s “Fajr al-Joroud” operation against militant groups on the country’s northeastern border. Speaking to a delegation of heads of foreign military missions in Lebanon, Aoun said that the Army’s victory was a turning point ... Read More »
Proposals to expand the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut will cost at least $200 million, representatives of Middle East Airlines and an Arab contractor and consulting firm told the prime minister Tuesday. During the meeting with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Dar al-Handasah (Shair & Partners) consultancy proposed a plan ... Read More »
President Michel Aoun Tuesday assured high-ranking diplomats in Beirut that Lebanon was maintaining security and political stability. In a speech to diplomats and other foreign envoys at an annual event held at the beginning of the New Year at Baabda Palace, Aoun reiterated that the parliamentary elections slated for this ... Read More »
Lebanon’s new Ambassador to the United Nations Amal Mudallali presented her credential to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres , the state-run National News Agency reported. Mudallali was appointed ambassador of the Lebanese mission to the U.N. in July 2017 and is the first women to hold the position. She was an adviser ... Read More »
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