Information Minister Ziad Makary revealed, in an interview with “Radio Lebanon” this morning, that a protocol agreement with the French embassy will be signed on April 5, 2022, to archive the data of both the Lebanese TV and Radio, promising that “all archives will be preserved electronically for the benefit of the Ministry of Information.” ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, on Thursday welcomed Iranian cultural advisor, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, with whom he discussed the general situation, as well as Lebanese-Iranian bilateral relations. The pair also discussed the possibility of reviving agreements in the field of media and activating joint cooperation. Following the meeting, Mortazavi said ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, on Thursday inspected the Hazmieh-based Télé Liban building and toured all its departments. “I expected Télé Liban in Hazmieh would be in better conditions,” the Minister told reporters. “Neither Télé Liban nor the Information Ministry is poor,” he said. “We will try our best to ... Read More »
General Security chief, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, met Wednesday with Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, over the latest developments and an array of affairs that concern both the ministry and the security agency. Ibrahim later met with UNIFIL Commander, Major General Aroldo Lazaro Saenz, with whom he discussed the ... Read More »
Two new studies are reporting on an ongoing long COVID research project investigating the persistent effects of COVID-19 on cognition in the months after acute disease. The University of Cambridge-led research found many long COVID patients are experiencing significant and measurable memory or concentration impairments even after mild illness. “Long ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Ziad Makari, met Tuesday at his ministry office with Head of the National Audio-Visual Council, Abdel Hadi Mahfouz, who came on an acquaintance visit. The pair discussed an array of media-related affairs. Makari later received Secretary General of the Higher Relief Committee, Major General Mohammad Kheir, ... Read More »
The new Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makari, on Monday underlined, during the handover ceremony at the Ministry of Information, his commitment to the government’s positions, especially the dissociation policy from Arab-Arab differences, which aims to consolidate Lebanon’s internal unity, on one hand, and to preserve, strengthen and improve our relations ... Read More »
A newly-discovered Covid variant that combines mutations from both Omicron and Delta is “the real thing,” scientists have said. Earlier in the year, concern was raised after a lab in Cyprus claimed to have found evidence of a Delta-Omicron recombination event – when the two variants co-infect a patient and exchange genetic material to produce a new viral ... Read More »
Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Friday received at the Grand Serail the new Minister of Information, Ziad Al Makari. On emerging, Minister Al-Makari said: “I visited Premier Mikati to thank him for his trust,” hoping that he would be up to this trust and responsibility. “The current situation is very difficult and two ... Read More »
The newly appointed Information Minister Ziad Makari indicated that the difficult circumstances the country is going through “Require upgrading the ministerial work in order to alleviate the suffering of the Lebanese, as well as prioritizing the national interest over narrow calculations, to the scope of the comprehensive national action”. Minister ... Read More »
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