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Democratic Gathering bloc MP Marwan Hamadeh told the Voice of Lebanon radio station on Wednesday that Labor Minister Boutros Harb and Social Affairs Minister Selim Sayegh “will not be left alone in the Ministerial Statement [Committee],” a possible reference...
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However, Hariri faces a number of immediate economic challenges: 1. After more than a hundred years of introducing electricity to Lebanon, the country is still struggling to secure a constant power supply, essential to keeping the economy buzzing and...
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In an interview with NOW on Sunday, Social Affairs Minister Selim Sayegh said that the Ministerial Statement will not come pre-packaged. “This statement should be a Lebanese product and has to express the internal concerns and balances of the Lebanese...
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NOW’s correspondent in Bekaa reported on Saturday that President Michel Sleiman arrived at the village of Yamuna in Baalbek to lay down the foundation stone for the dam at the Yamuna lake. The president is expected to make a speech during the ceremony...
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In an interview with Al-Manar television on Friday, Lebanon First bloc MP Mohammad al-Hajjar said that Prime Minister Saad Hariri would visit Syria when the “time is right.” Hajjar touched on President Michel Sleiman’s Thursday visit to Damascus, saying...
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Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced the formation of the new Lebanese cabinet after meeting with President Michel Sleiman in Baabda on Monday night, bringing an end to the five-month cabinet impasse following the June parliamentary elections. “Finally,...
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During a Lebanese Forces dinner on Friday, LF leader Samir Geagea praised the efforts and patience of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri during the cabinet-formation process, saying that if he is confronted between the choices of forming a cabinet controlled...
Outgoing Prime Minister Fouad Siniora issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the launch of a Katyusha rocket from Lebanon toward Israel and the “hasty” Israeli retaliation. The Lebanese government will not tolerate the use of its territories… by any...
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Speaker Nabih Berri adjourned to November 5 a legislative session to elect Parliament’s committees on Tuesday. Berri postponed the session after the required quorum was not reached...Only four lawmakers from the parliamentary majority made it to Parliament,...
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No one will willingly agree to an exchange or an outcome that will be harmful to their interests, given that the actors are rational. So it always makes sense to suggest that if an agreement between the parties cannot be arrived at then the stalemate...
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