Tilda Abou Rizk, 21/01 20:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Government Reforms Joseph Aoun
The Lebanese people are eagerly awaiting the formation of the first ministerial team of President Joseph Aoun’s mandate. As French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized during his recent visit to Beirut, the government’s composition must reflect “the momentum set by President Aoun in his inaugural address on January 9.” In other words, ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 20:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Nawaf Salam government Lineup
Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam emphasized on Tuesday that the Finance Ministry is “neither a monopoly for one sect nor forbidden to another,” asserting the need to uphold constitutional principles in the government formation process. Speaking to reporters after briefing President Joseph Aoun on his discussions with parliamentarians, he ...
This is Beirut, 15/01 22:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amal Free Patriotic Movement Hezbollah Nawaf Salam government
Wednesday’s non-binding parliamentary consultations began with the notable absence of Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, who was expected to meet with Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam before the beginning of discussions with MPs. Instead, consultations were launched by Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab, who commended Salam’s ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 15/01 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Nawaf Salam government
The Lebanese, as well as the international community, notably the five nations making up the Quintet Committee (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, France, the United States and Qatar), are closely monitoring the formation of a government to be led by Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam. Informed political sources maintain that the government’s formation is ...
This is Beirut, 11/01 22:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Fouad Makhzoumi Opposition nomination Government
Opposition MPs announced Saturday evening their decision to nominate MP Fouad Makhzoumi to form the next government at the binding parliamentary consultations with President Joseph Aoun scheduled on Monday. “In line with the new phase in Lebanon, launched by the President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, in his swearing-in speech, and in ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-30 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Environement Government Costa Brava
In a press release issued on Monday, the municipality of Choueifat expressed its reservations about the Cabinet's decision to dump war rubble at the Costa Brava landfill site, stressing “the need for the state, the government and all parties concerned to respect international environmental standards and all conventions in force”. The ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-12 23:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese detainees in Syria Government
Both issues of people reported missing during the war and Lebanese detainees in Syria will be on the agenda of the next government meeting. No date has yet been set for the meeting, which is due to take place next week, but a 35-point agenda has already been distributed to the ministers. The agenda includes two items related to the issue of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-10 16:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Syrian rebels now in power in Damascus have appointed Mohammed al-Bashir as head of a transitional government that will be in place until March 1, state media said Tuesday. "The general command has tasked us with running the transitional government until March 1," said a statement attributed to Bashir on state television's ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-12-07 13:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced that “a draft law for the reconstruction of the country has been approved by the Council of Ministers,” before specifying that this draft will be submitted to Parliament for approval. Speaking from the city of Tyre, where the Council of Ministers meeting was being held, Mawlawi added, “We ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 2024-12-06 18:20 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron France Government crisis
Since Wednesday, France has been experiencing its most severe political and institutional crisis in over six decades. For the first time since 1962, a motion of censure passed in the National Assembly resulted in the resignation of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. President Emmanuel Macron, who “acknowledged” the gravity of the ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-10 14:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, wondered on Sunday “how can parliament, which does not convene, hold the government accountable when it is itself a mere reflection of the Executive?” He also asked how accountability can exist without a real separation of powers. “Hence, the necessity for electing a president as ...