Spotlight
Attorney General Judge Imad Qabalan has summoned Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun to an interrogation session on Thursday, media reports said on Monday.
Full StoryEmployees of state-run telecom company Ogero organized Monday a sit-in in front of Ogero's headquarters in Bir Hassan, to demand better pay.
Ogero's employees had started an open-strike on Friday, after their demands were ignored. They blocked roads near their company's headquarters and said they want their salaries to be dollarized.
Full Story
French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo on Monday held talks with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the Grand Serail.
Full Story
The Progressive Socialist Party on Monday lauded Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker PM Najib Mikati for “positively responding” to a mediation by PSP chief Walid Jumblat regarding the row over daylight saving time in the country.
Full Story
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have discussed strengthening their countries’ cooperation in the defense and energy fields, reiterating their determination to “work together” for helping Lebanon.
Full Story
The caretaker Cabinet on Monday reversed a controversial decision on postponing the country’s observation of daylight saving time by one month, caretaker PM Najib Mikati said.
Full Story
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Sunday called for a new president who would “implement reform, build the state and preserve the resistance.”
Full StoryThe Lebanese government's last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan resulted in mass confusion Sunday.
With some institutions implementing the change while others refused, many Lebanese have found themselves in the position of juggling work and school schedules in different time zones — in the same tiny country.
Full Story
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has said that the FPM wants “a president who would confront the establishment to stop its crimes, not one who would be part of it and a continuation of its course.”
Full Story
Lebanon’s Audit Bureau on Friday sent a memo to caretaker Public Works and Transport Minister Ali Hamieh, asking him for information about a project to construct a new terminal at the Rafik Hariri International Airport, following an uproar in the country over the issue.
Full Story