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The Lebanese parliament approved a number of new taxes to finance the new wage scale. (NNA)

Lebanese Parliament Approves New Taxes to Fund Salary Hike

by Youssef Diab | Oct 10, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The Lebanese parliament approved on Monday a series of new taxes to fund the recently announced hike in salaries of public employees. The majority of the taxes are the same ones included in a previous tax law that was rejected by the Constitutional Council....

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the Baabda presidential palace on June 11. (Dalati & Nohra)

Aoun-Hariri Meeting Raises Lebanon’s Optimism in Approving New Electoral Law

by Nazeer Rida | Jun 12, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – A meeting between Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Sunday helped overcome some of the remaining obstacles that are hindering the approval of a new parliamentary electoral law. The meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda...

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Lebanon’s Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil speaks during an interview with Reuters in Beirut October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Sharif Karim

Lebanon Targets Curbing Deficit to 8.7% Next Year

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 31, 2017 | Business

Beirut – Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said on Thursday that the government aims to curb the 2017 budget deficit from 9.3 percent in 2016 down to 8.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Khalil projected government expenditures at LL23.67 trillion...

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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Tammam Salam. Reuters

Salam’s Sources Confirm Lebanon’s Commitment in Int’l Regulations to Avoid Sanctions

by Caroline Akoum | May 14, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- The Lebanese government is facing two choices, either to commit to the U.S. sanctions against the so-called Hezbollah or expose the country to full-scale sanctions that might threaten its banking system. The cabinet tried to cause the least damage possible...

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Minister-Nouhad Macnouk meets Justine Greening in London

Nohad Machnouk Warns from Security Gaps in Beirut’s Airport

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 23, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Beirut- Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said that security gaps in Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport are dangerous and grave and may be, according to Western reports, similar to those that were in the Sharm el-Sheikh Airport and led to the...