Workers of state-owned Electricite du Liban announced on Wednesday that they would hold an open-ended strike until the government meets their demands.
The EDL Workers Union said in a statement that it decided to go ahead with the open-ended strike and stop work at all of the company's departments until the authorities approve to transfer the necessary funds to pay the salaries of employees.
Syrian security forces infiltrated the Bekaa border town of al-Qaa on Tuesday, said various media reports.
Local residents said that clashes ensued between the forces and members of the Syrian opposition.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that London will provide an additional £1 million ($1.6 million) to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
“We will provide £1 million to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, taking the UK’s total contribution to £3.3 million since 2009,” Hague said in a written statement to Parliament on Monday.

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel and Public Works and Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi denied that the Lebanese authorities were informed that Syrian men aged between 18- 42 were banned from entering Lebanon.
The two ministers said in comments published in the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat on Tuesday that these measures aren’t accurate.

President Michel Suleiman and Ministers loyal to Hizbullah and AMAL have sought to mediate in an attempt to resolve the dispute between Prime Minister Najib Miqati and Energy Minister Jebran Bassil on the electricity crisis, al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Suleiman is expected to hold meetings on Tuesday with several ministers in order to seek consensus concerning the matter.

Amnesty International said Tuesday that no executions were carried out in Lebanon in 2011 for the seventh consecutive year, but cited local organizations as saying that eight new death sentences were issued last year.
The London-based rights group said in its annual review of death sentences and executions worldwide that five of the eight sentences were issued against people tried in absentia.

Energy Minister Jebran Bassil criticized on Tuesday a three-day planned strike next week by Lebanon’s oil sector, saying it targets citizens and harms them.
In remarks to As Safir newspaper, Bassil said: “I am with the citizens and not traders and I reject raising the prices of fuel.”

The cabinet is set to discuss on Wednesday the detailed accounts of the extra-budgetary spending made by the governments of ex-PMs Fouad Saniora and Saad Hariri between 2006 and 2010.
The information that is detailed by the finance ministry in five separate draft-laws was circulated to cabinet ministers in an appendix for discussion by the government in addition to the 76-item agenda.

President Michel Suleiman will attend the Arab Summit that will be held in Baghdad this week at the head of a small delegation, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Tuesday.
According to Baabda Palace sources, Suleiman will head Thursday morning to Iraq and depart the same day after he addresses the Arab leaders.

Under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Lebanon, Michel Suleiman, represented by the Minister of Telecommunications, Nicolas Sehnaoui, and with the participation of H.E. Riad Salameh, Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, the third annual ArabNet Digital Summit is set to open on Thursday, March 29th at the Grand Habtoor Hotel, Beirut. The Summit is the largest gathering of entrepreneurs and digital professionals in the web and mobile industries in the Arab region and is expected to attract 1,500 attendees for five action packed days of innovation, entrepreneurialism and best practice sharing between regional and global leaders.
In collaboration with the Central Bank of Lebanon and strategic partnerships with Bank Audi, STC, and MBC Group—the summit will feature discussions and lectures involving 150 internationally renowned speakers covering the latest trends and topics in the industry, particularly in relation to the opportunities and challenges created in various industries by the digital revolution. This will include the future of news, television, advertising and digital marketing, as well as mobile applications, online gaming, e-commerce, and other important fields.
