Private- In an attempt to contain the virus and to avoid a full lockdown, several European countries are now taking additional safety measures. In the UK, cases have surpassed 300,000 on Monday and in Germany, Chief of Staff Helge Braun urged the German people to lower the daily cases back ... Read More »
International rating agency Moody’s Monday downgraded Lebanon’s issuer rating from Ca to C due to the country’s enormous financial and economic woes. In the expected move, the agency also downgraded the senior unsecured Medium Term Note (MTN) Program rating to (P)C from (P)Ca and affirmed the other short-term rating at ... Read More »
The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 132 new Coronavirus cases were recorded in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that 120 were locally transmitted whereas 12 cases were recorded among the returnees. LBCI Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, met Monday at her ministry office with chairman of Green Hand Organization, Zaher Radwan, with whom she discussed an array of environment-related affairs. During the meeting, Radwan explained to his host his development strategy for the region of Aley. Abdel Samad later welcomed a ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday discussed with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative in Lebanon, Celine Moyroud, and Arkan El-Seblani, the Project Manager and Chief Technical Advisor of the UNDP’s “Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Arab Countries” (ACIAC), the importance of revamping the Ministry of ... Read More »
Telecommunications Minister, Talal Hawat, on Monday welcomed at his ministerial office Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, who visited him in the company Information Ministry’s General Director, Dr. Hassan Falha. “We’re here to coordinate efforts between the two ministries in light of the great technological development that has occurred ... Read More »
Information Ministry is to arrange for PCR tests to be conducted for its employees, as requested by Information Minister Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, upcoming Wednesday as of 10 a.m. NNA Read More »
Organized by the Lebanese Ministry of Information “Curbing Fake News Forum” was held under the auspices of Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday July 15, at the Grand Serail in Beirut. The Forum was diffused on Tele Liban, on the ministry of information’s Facebook as ... Read More »
Private- Amid rising tensions between the US and China, and in response to the closing of Chinese consulate in Houston last week, a US consulate was closed in Chinese city of Chengdu. Before a 72-hour deadline expired, American staff were seen leaving the building on Monday. The plaque outside the ... Read More »
Due to the resurgence of coronavirus, the Ministry of Information has called off the discussion panel that was scheduled to take place on forthcoming Wednesday at the Grand Serail, devoted to tackle the new media bill. NNA Read More »
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