The Lebanese American University has awarded the Executive Director of the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) Farah Daghestani an honourary doctorate in humanities.

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President Michel Aoun on Saturday held talks with Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil at the Baabda Palace where talks focused on the financial and economic situation and the preparations for the upcoming 2019 State budget, the National News Agency reported.

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As negotiations continue to form the country’s new government, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and President Michel Aoun have reportedly “agreed on having six Sunni ministers, one of them of Aoun’s share, while a Christian minister would be named of Hariri’s"...

'Democratic Gathering Leader Walid Jumblatt wants Christians in Shouf region to be weak, while the Free Patriotic Movement has struggled to restore their values and dignity,' MP Mario Aoun said on Saturday in an interview with 'Free Lebanon' Radio Station.

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Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri met Saturday with Pope of Alexandria, Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II at the House of Center, in the presence of Caretaker Ministers Nohad Machnouk, Jamal Jarrah, Ghattas Khoury and Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon, Nazih Najari.

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The Irish-Finnish Contingent 112, operating within the UNIFIL peacekeeping forces in Tibnin, South Lebanon, commemorated its fallen martyrs during their service with the International Interim Force in Lebanon in the memorial statue courtyard of the Tibnin Public Park on Saturday.
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Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri resumed his efforts to form the new government following his return from Saudi Arabia where he spent Eid al-Fitr.

Several meetings he held after the holidays led to the elimination of most obstacles hindering the cabinet’s"...

German chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Lebanon at the weekend focused primarily on the main issue plaguing her at home as well – how to deal with refugees and migrants.

But while Mrs Merkel ...

Lebanon needs “immediate and substantial” fiscal adjustments to improve its public debt, which has reached more than 150 per cent of its gross domestic product last year, the International Monetary Fund said.

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The credit profile of Lebanon (B3 stable) reflects challenges stemming from a very large public debt burden, which, at 142.1% of GDP in 2017 (excluding domestic debt holdings by public entities amounting to 11.5% of GDP) is among the largest in the Moody's rated universe.
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