NNA - Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, highlighted the necessity to declare a state of political and economic emergency with the positive intention of reassuring the Lebanese people.


'The current stage necessitates the declaration of a state of political and"...

Prime Minister Saad Hariri said that he heard support from the US administration for the Lebanese army, pointing out that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renewed during their meeting the US support for Lebanon politically and economically and the US keenness on resolving the land and"...

NNA - In a press conference on Friday concerning Touch building, Minister of Telecommunications, Mohammad Choucair, confirmed that the building owner had been cooperative, and he did not have to sell the building in the first place.


'I think that I did what my conscience"...

BEIRUT, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh was named by U.S.-based Global Finance magazine as one of the world’s best central bank governors for the fourth time, a statement by the central bank reported on Friday.

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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri issued a warning on Wednesday during his weekly Ain el-Tineh meeting with MPs over the country’s financial situation and called on political parties bickering over the Qabrshmoun incident to show “ wisdom,” stressing that he “will not"...

NNA - Minister of Industry, Wael Abou Faour, at his meeting with UN Resident Representative in Lebanon Philipe Lazzarini that 'the international organizations and agencies of the United Nations operating in Lebanon have not yet fulfilled their promise of giving preference to the industry"...

The impacts of universities on the surrounding environment go far beyond their gates. Their contribution to the local economy—understood as both direct and indirect effects on employment and overall economic development—is visible to the naked eye. Classic examples include Oxford,"...

NNA - Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, on Monday stressed the fact that a rise in investments, industry, agriculture, tourism, or economy was farfetched without political and security stability.


'The continuation of the current situation keeps 'war disfigured'"...

President Michel Aoun warned Lebanese on Thursday of the risk of harsh financial measures from international institutions unless sacrifices are made to save the country from economic crisis.

Lebanon"...

President Michel Aoun has signed on Wednesday the 2019 state budget following controversy over Article 80 related to state hires of Civil Service Council applicants, the National News Agency said.

The budget was"...