كشفت صحيفة "الانباء" الكويتية انه تستمر التحضيرات لجولة الحوار الثانية في القصر الجمهوري الاثنين المقبل، والتي يفترض ان تجري تقييما لمقررات الجولة الأولى والدخول في البند المتعلق بالاستراتيجية الدفاعية وسلاح المقاومة. وبانتظار الاثنين، يبقى الترقب لما يجري على المستوى الاقليمي والسوري خصوصا، مع ترجيح كفة الحوار، مهما كانت الظروف، لأنه الملجأ الأكثر امانا في […]

    Like all long-suffering fans of the New York Mets, I am on Cloud Nine courtesy of Johan Santana, whose recent no-hitter — in the team’s 8,020th game, during its 51st season — was the first in Mets history. My enthusiasm did not ebb, not by a fraction of a quark, when Hugo Chávez […]

    Electricite du Liban’s general manager Kamal al-Hayek held the company’s contract workers responsible for the blackout that plunged Lebanon into darkness on Monday. The factories are not undergoing any “maintenance or repair as there are no decisions being taken, and no meetings held but only problems moving from a floor to another” at the […]

  Hassan is a Syrian living in Dahiyeh who runs a retail shop. Ever since the kidnapping of a busload of Lebanese pilgrims in Syria on May 22, Hassan says he is being threatened and intimidated into paying extortion money to men he described as “the thugs of Dahiyeh” in retribution for the pilgrims’ disappearance […]

  بعد الانجيل المقدس، ألقى البطريرك الراعي عظة بعنوان "طوبى للعيون التي تنظر ما انتم تنظرون"، قال فيها: "طوب الرب يسوع ويطوب كل من يرى جمالات الله متجلية في الانسان والعائلة والمجتمع والطبيعة، ويراها عندما يرتفع في الصلاة بعقله وقلبه الى الله. ذلك أن الصلاة مشاهدة تزرع السلام والفرح في باطن الانسان. هذا ما اختبرته […]

  A program launched by the government has so far completely failed to improve conditions for farmers. Earlier this year, the government launched the national program for the collection of Lebanese olive oil, which aims to purchase oil produce for the Lebanese army from willing farmers. The initiative, which was adopted under the supervision of the Agriculture […]

  Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz’s funeral will be held on Sunday with the participation of a number of Lebanese officials. Prime Minister Najib Miqati is expected to arrive in the kingdom on Sunday to take part in the service. Former Premier Saad Hariri will also attend, as will Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani. The […]

  The Maronite bishops synod backed on Saturday the Baabda Declaration made following the national dialogue held last week, saying it guarantees security stability in Lebanon. Following a six-day synod held under Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki, the bishops said in a statement they have high hopes on the all-party talks held under President Michel Suleiman. They […]

  Maalouf became the first Lebanese inducted as an one of the academy’s "immortals" — the 40 lifelong members tasked as guardians of the French language. "I bring with me everything that my two homelands have given me: my background, my languages, my convictions, my doubts and, more than anything perhaps, my dreams of harmony, […]

  Preparations for Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Lebanon in September are going ahead despite the escalating conflict in neighboring Syria, the Vatican said on Thursday. "There is no uncertainty about the preparations," Benedict’s spokesman Federico Lombardi said at a press conference. "The Holy See is doing everything to make sure the trip takes place as […]