After witnessing a live TV fight few months back between Moustapha Alloush and Fayez Chokor on MTV, it was time today for Joseph Abou Fadel to assault a Syrian opposition member on Al Jazeera TV.   You can check the video [Here].

      The Audit Bureau’s general prosecutor, Bassam Wehbe, is expected to review an investigation report on the red diesel scandal and issue his decision within the next two days, An Nahar daily reported Tuesday. Some officials have pointed their fingers at Energy Minister Jebran Bassil, saying he had given preferential treatment to the […]

    Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said Sunday that the primary responsibility of Lebanese authorities is to guarantee an economic and social rise, urging the government to abide by the constitution. "The economic and social rise is the basis of the rise of the state and its people and institutions,” al-Rahi said in his sermon. […]

  "فخامة الرئيس" يهتف الضابط متأهباً. يدخل رئيس الجمهوريّة الى مكتب الاجتماعات الملاصق للمكتب الرئاسي. لا تحتاج مع الرئيس ميشال سليمان الى تلك الدقائق الضروريّة لكسر بعض الحواجز النفسيّة أثناء مجالسة شخصيّة بهذا الموقع. يريحك منذ المصافحة المرفقة بابتسامة محبّبة. يبدو متدفّقاً بالكلام حتى قبل أن تباشر بطرح الأسئلة. يستعيد، قبل إدارة آلة التسجيل، بعض […]

    The protests against the Syria regime have been ongoing for almost 10 months now and the Syrian opposition has for the first time addressed officially the Lebanese government and people asking to turn a "new page" and build new foundations based on mutual-respect and sovereignty, as well as support for ethnic and religious […]

   This statement was published today on the Lebanese online news portals as a response to claims that it was shut down: اصدرت مؤسسة رشيد الخازن للتعهدات البيان الآتي: "توضيحاً لما ورد في بعض وسائل الاعلام عن أن مجلس شورى الدولة أوقف تنفيذ رخصة إنشاء معمل الباطون الجاهز في منطقة زوق مصبح الصناعية ، فإننا […]

  ذكرت صحيفة "السفير" ان المقربين من الرئاسة الأولى يرفضون كل كلام عن «رغبة الرئيس (ميشال سليمان) بان يكون له حصة وازنة في التعيينات. فهو لو شاء اعتماد منطق المحاصصة لكان رضي بالكثير مما عرض عليه. لكنه راغب بتطبيق الدستور والقانون. ومن منطلق مسؤولياته ودوره يرفض اية تسويات تخالف القوانين. وهو لن يخضع لابتزاز او […]

    A scandal of red diesel has hit Lebanon after the residents of the country’s coldest areas, who were supposed to take advantage of a temporary government slash of Value Added Tax, suffered from shortages. [Naharnet]   In fact, it was reported that 8 million liters of red diesel were delivered over night at […]

    In an attempt to encourage Lebanese to use public transportation, Zawarib has compiled a bus map for Beirut. You can view it and download it using the following link. [Bus Map Beirut]  

    Patriarch Rai has been an advocate of dialogue ever since he was voted Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and has opened channels of dialogue with all Lebanese, including the Shiite armed group Hezbollah. Nevertheless, Rai insists that his meetings with Hezbollah officials does not replace the need for an official dialogue among all political […]