Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, visited the Zgharta Media Network offices, where he was received by Msgr Estfan Frangieh. Speaking to the Network’s radio director Robert Frangieh, Makary stressed that he does not seek to establish personal relations in the Ministry, but rather to work for the sake of ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, on Thursday visited Sheikh Al-Aql of the Unitarian Druze community, Dr. Sami Abou Al-Mouna, at the community’s house. The pair discussed a number of issues, especially national ones, as well as the role of the media in promoting the language of dialogue and positive interaction ... Read More »
Information Minister, Ziad al-Makary, on Thursday welcomed in his office at the Ministry, “The New York Times” Beirut Bureau Chief, accompanied by the newspaper’s correspondent in Lebanon, Howaida Asaad, in presence of the Head of the Ministry’s Foreign Correspondents Press Room, Marwan Shoukri. Discussions reportedly touched on general media issues, ... Read More »
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch All the East, Youssef Al-Absi, on Tuesday received Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, at the Patriarchate in Rabweh. Discussions between the pair reportedly touched on an array of national and media affairs. On emerging, Minister Al-Makary said that the visit comes as part of ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, on Monday welcomed in his office at the Ministry, a delegation of the Editors’ Syndicate, headed by its Dean Joseph Kosseifi. Discussions reportedly touched on the current general situation in the country, and an array of media affairs. Dean Kosseifi outlined the most important problems ... Read More »
Information Minister Ziad Makary revealed, in an interview with “Radio Lebanon” this morning, that a protocol agreement with the French embassy will be signed on April 5, 2022, to archive the data of both the Lebanese TV and Radio, promising that “all archives will be preserved electronically for the benefit of the Ministry of Information.” ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, on Thursday welcomed Iranian cultural advisor, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, with whom he discussed the general situation, as well as Lebanese-Iranian bilateral relations. The pair also discussed the possibility of reviving agreements in the field of media and activating joint cooperation. Following the meeting, Mortazavi said ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, on Thursday inspected the Hazmieh-based Télé Liban building and toured all its departments. “I expected Télé Liban in Hazmieh would be in better conditions,” the Minister told reporters. “Neither Télé Liban nor the Information Ministry is poor,” he said. “We will try our best to ... Read More »
General Security chief, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, met Wednesday with Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, over the latest developments and an array of affairs that concern both the ministry and the security agency. Ibrahim later met with UNIFIL Commander, Major General Aroldo Lazaro Saenz, with whom he discussed the ... Read More »
Two new studies are reporting on an ongoing long COVID research project investigating the persistent effects of COVID-19 on cognition in the months after acute disease. The University of Cambridge-led research found many long COVID patients are experiencing significant and measurable memory or concentration impairments even after mild illness. “Long ... Read More »
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