by Rami Rayees – Thearabweekly.com Energised by a new electoral system of proportional representation, Lebanon continues to push towards its parliamentary elections in May. However, weighed down by a bloated public sector and an economic system that prioritises tourism and services at the expense of the wider economy, electoral reform is unlikely to have much of an […]

by ctvnews.ca — Residents of the Lebanese city of Tripoli donned bright, curly wigs and dark body paint last Sunday for Zambo, a festival on the eve of the start of the Orthodox Christian period of Lent. The origins of the annual celebration remain unclear and it only seems to take place in a seaside suburb of Tripoli, […]

by businessweekme.com- Donna Abu-Nar-  Lebanon’s foreign-currency reserves have recovered from the shock of Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s surprise resignation, proving the resiliency of the country’s financial system, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said. Reserves fell to about $41.5 billion from more than $43 billion at the end of October after Hariri’s Nov. 4 resignation from […]

By panorama.am  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and President of Lebanon Michel Aoun, who is in Armenia on an official visited, issued a jointed statement summing up the results of their talks held on Thursday. In his speech, the Lebanese leader assessed the talks with President Sargsyan as positive and constructive, the presidential press office said. […]

  by CHRISTOPHER DAVIS– Thecelebritycafe.com On Sunday, Netflix revealed the launch of the comedy special Adel Karam: Live from Beirut, the first local production from out of the Middle East. The special will launch Thurs., March 1 as an exclusive release to all its members on all Netflix platforms around the globe. Adel is a mega-star in […]

By – news.am President of Lebanon Michel Aoun on Wednesday paid a visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. Aoun, accompanied by the Lebanese delegation, placed a wreath at the genocide monument, the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informed from the memorial. Michel Aoun has arrived on an official visit in Yerevan, […]

AFP – BAGHDAD, Iraq – President Michel Aoun led a delegation Tuesday to Iraq on the first visit by a Lebanese head of state to the war-scarred country, for talks that included ways to eradicate terrorism. Aoun held talks with Iraqi President Fuad Masum and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi before he was due to travel […]

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon cannot ask for support at upcoming donor conferences unless it first passes the 2018 budget, the finance minister said on Monday, a move which would signal to potential financial backers that the government is serious about economic reforms. Political tensions had left Lebanon without a government budget from 2005 until it […]

The Daily Star BEIRUT: Electricite du Liban contract workers briefly blocked a main highway during a protest Monday that erupted into intermittent clashes with riot police. The workers, who initially were demonstrating at EDL headquarters in Beirut’s Mar Mikhael, headed to the adjacent highway, blocking it and bringing traffic to a halt. President of the […]

Source AFP and Naharnet – Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz met Sunday with a senior United States official seeking to defuse an escalating oil and gas dispute with Lebanon, his office said. A statement from his spokesman said Steinitz held talks with Acting Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield about conflicting claims to energy reserves […]