par This Is Beirut, 06/02 16:48 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker government will convene on Thursday 8 February at 9:30 a.m. Among the 25 items on the agenda, one item concerns the issuance of decrees by procuration, on behalf of the president, in matters concerning employment affairs, officers and individuals’ affairs, the acquisition of foreign nationalities, honor position, schools, waste, ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/02 12:52 - Reading : less than a minute
Agenda Cabinet meeting Council of Ministers Grand Sérail
After a wait of almost 3 hours, the meeting of the Council of Ministers finally commenced at the Grand Serail after a quorum was secured. Sixteen of the twenty-four ministers were able to make it to the government session, which was due to take place at half past nine this morning, to discuss an agenda consisting of 25 items, the most important ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/02 17:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Defense Maurice Slim slammed the appointment of a new Army chief of staff by the Council of Ministers on Thursday as a blunt violation of the Constitution in the absence of a president. "This is a constitutional and legal violation committed by the Prime Minister, the latest in a series of other violations since the ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/02 17:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
2024 Budget army Council of Ministers General Joseph Aoun
The Council of Ministers appointed a new Army chief of staff and approved the 2024 budget on Thursday in a session that was delayed for three hours due to protests by retired military personnel attempting to block the entrances to the Grand Serail. The Cabinet appointed General Hassan Audi as Chief of Staff of the Army after he was promoted to ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/02 21:50 - Reading : less than a minute
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced the agenda of the exceptional Cabinet session scheduled for Saturday. It will be mainly focused on the issue of public servant salaries and retiree pension and compensation. The meeting was scheduled on Thursday amid protests by Army and Security Forces retirees, who were calling for ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/02 15:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Bechara al-Rai Constitution Council of Ministers
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai asserted on Friday that Lebanon is “facing a deliberate process aimed at excluding Maronites from the State.” During his sermon at the St. Maron’s Day mass, Archbishop Rai elucidated that this process involves “the non-election of a president, the closure of the presidential palace, and a return to the ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/02 18:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Bank Restructuring Council of Ministers Frangieh
Marada MP Tony Frangieh said on Thursday that the draft law on financial recovery and bank restructuring "is not viable given its many shortcomings." In an interview with the Houna Loubnan media outlet, Frangieh stressed that "the state cannot absolve itself of its responsibility by passing it entirely on to depositors or banks." In this ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/03 17:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following rumors implying that the striking employees of the Ministry of Finance will not process the February salaries of civil servants, sources close to the Ministry assured This is Beirut that the mood surrounding discussions to resolve the problem is positive and the Ministry's employees are not heading for escalation — quite the ...
par Alissar Boulos, 17/03 16:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Council of Ministers Hezbollah
After addressing the scenario in which Lebanon has a President-in-Office, the second part of the article will look at negotiation prerogatives in the event of a presidential vacancy and a systematic institutional vacuum. In the current situation, in which Lebanon does not have a sitting President, and in the event of negotiations taking ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/04 13:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Bechara Asmar CGTL Council of Ministers
On Thursday, the Council of Ministers approved an increase in the minimum wage in the private sector to LBP 18 million, as well as a 100% increase in school allowances. Thus, the minimum wage rises from LBP 9 to 18 million, fully declared to the National Social Security Fund and integrated into the basic salary. Regarding school allowances, for ...
par Maurice Matta, 05/06 23:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
commercial Constitution Council of Ministers
In an important development in the commercial leases dossier, on May 30 the State Council adopted a preliminary ruling, numbered 215, to reject an appeal against another preliminary ruling it had made on April 4, 2024, numbered 160, in which it had suspended the application of a government decision. That decision referred back to parliament the ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/09 14:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Retired Military Personnel announced in a statement on Sunday that they will prevent the Council of Ministers from convening and from holding any governmental meetings unless the top item on its agenda is the reform of their salaries to ensure equality, in accordance with the law, for all categories of public sector employees and retirees. A ...
