Moody’s reports: Stable outlook for Lebanese banking system (Zawya)
17 March 2010 The credit outlook for the Lebanese banking sector is stable, reflecting the buoyant performance of the local economy in 2009, improvement in Lebanese politics and relative stability in the region, says Moody’s Investors Service in its new Banking System Outlook on Lebanon.
Lebanese Party Leader on Relations with WPK (Korean Central News Agency)
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) — The Lebanese Communist Party highly appreciates the achievements made by the Korean people under the leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea, said the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lebanese Communist Party when meeting the DPRK ambassador to Lebanon on March 10.
Lebanon receives praise for freedom of media expression (The Daily Star Lebanon)
BEIRUT: Lebanon is a “shining beacon” when it comes to freedom of media expression in the Arab world, a top international media expert said Tuesday. Speaking at the launch of the countdown to the 63rd World Newspaper Congress and the 17th World Editors Forum, both to be held in Beirut in June this year, Timothy Balding, director general of the
Beirut auction looks to raise awareness of need for biodiversity in planting trees (The Daily Star Lebanon)
BEIRUT: Think of Lebanese trees and there’s a good chance the mighty cedar will automatically spring to mind. Mentioned in the Bible, its wood has been used for centuries by some of the world’s greatest civilizations. There’s even one on the Lebanese flag. But flora in Lebanon goes way beyond the cedar, a point Salma Talhouk wanted to make when she
Lebanon sends back invitation to Libya Arab League summit (The Daily Star Lebanon)
BEIRUT: In the latest blow to diplomatic relations between the two countries, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has ordered an invitation to this month’s Arab League summit be returned to Libya, local media reports said Tuesday.Following talks with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who is currently in Germany on an official visit, Sleiman told
East Bengal take on Lebanon’s Al Nejmeh in AFC Cup (INDOlink)
New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) Federation Cup champions East Bengal will have a tough task at hand as they take a strong Lebanese side Al Nejmeh without star striker Bhaichung Bhutia in an AFC Cup match in Beirut tomorrow.
Hariri defends Sleiman’s record, rejects campaign against president (The Daily Star Lebanon)
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri described Tuesday the campaign against President Michel Sleiman as a useless political mix up that leads nowhere. The premier returned to Beirut Tuesday evening. “The Lebanese president is the president of all Lebanon and he has made enormous efforts since he assumed office to bolster economic.
EU supports Lebanese gov’t, urges a return of Palestinian-Israeli talks (People’s Daily)
by Ren Ke, Mohamad Ali Harissi The visiting European Union Vice- President and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Baroness Catherine Ashton on Tuesday expressed EU’ s support to Lebanon’s national unity government and said that Arab-Israeli conflict is at central part of other issues in the region. Ashton arrived in Beirut this afternoon following her stop in Damascus …
