“A large group of civilians… dispossessed the UNIFIL patrol of items and equipment,” a statement said The area where the equipment was seized is a bastion of the Shiite movement Hezbollah BEIRUT [Arab …
Read More »Hezbollah: Pressures To Ban Its Political and Militant Arms
While most of European Union’s countries had only classified Hezbollah’s military arm as a terrorist group, only the Netherlands and Britain have classified all of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Last week, Germany …
Read More »Byblos Bank: 3000 Lebanese Pound to One Dollar
Central Bank imposed capital control on transfers overseas, reduced cash withdrawals and vehemently disregarded a “haircut” on deposits that would reduce many Lebanese citizens’ savings. TROUBLING FACTS: The Change Rate of about 3,000 …
Read More »Riad Salameh: Lebanon Bankruptcy, The Compelling Evidence!
Salameh has repeatedly overstated the strength and stability of the monetary system in Lebanon despite the compelling evidence of a dire economic situation and financial instability that overwhelmed the low-and-high-income workers across Lebanon.
Read More »Senseless Murders: The How and the Why
Premeditated murders are plagues that have threatened the cohesion of our society during the recent years. The real tragedy is that some of us have become so numb to violence; they are willing …
Read More »Lebanon: Shorter meets head of ISF & discusses British Policing Support Project
During their quarterly Strategic Project Management Committee meeting, Ambassador Hugo Shorter and Director General of the ISF Major General Imad Osman discussed the British Policing Support Project (BPSP) within the framework of the …
Read More »The European Union Adopts Largest Ever Aid Package to Lebanon
Today, the European Union adopted an unprecedented support package to Lebanon of €165 million through the EU Regional Trust Fund. Over the past few months, the European Union and its Member States reconfirmed …
Read More »Young Green Entrepreneurs Present Innovative Ideas on World Environment Day
The EU and Fondation Diane organized today a ‘green start-up’ pitching event on the occasion of World Environment Day which is celebrated on June 5th of every year. For the past month, young …
Read More »Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press 2018
The European Union rewards three journalists from Algeria, Egypt and Iraq, winners of the 2018 edition On the occasion of the 13th anniversary of Samir Kassir’s assassination, the Delegation of the European Union …
Read More »EU Ambassador Christina Lassen meets with President Michel Aoun
Ambassador Christina Lassen met today with President Michel Aoun. Discussions focused on the political, economic and security situation in Lebanon and the region. Ambassador Lassen congratulated the President on the successful holding of …
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