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Christodoulides moots ‘strong economic ties’ at Beirut business forum

CNA News ServiceApril 10, 2019

By CNA News ServiceApril 10, 2019046

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides told a business forum in Beirut on Wednesday that strong economic ties were an indispensable component of strong political ties. Christodoulides

Cyprus

FM heads to Beirut for first Cyprus-Greece-Lebanon trilateral

Peter MichaelApril 9, 2019

By Peter MichaelApril 9, 20190106

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides will head to Beirut on Tuesday night to participate in the first trilateral meeting between Cyprus, Lebanon and Greece, the ministry

Cyprus

Trilateral summit with Greece and Jordan in Amman on April 14

CNA News ServiceMarch 28, 2019

By CNA News ServiceMarch 28, 2019069

The second trilateral summit among between Cyprus, Greece and Jordan will take place on April 14, in Amman just over a year following the first

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President meets Lebanese PM in Egypt

Lizzy IoannidouFebruary 25, 2019

By Lizzy IoannidouFebruary 25, 2019018

President Nicos Anastasiades held a bilateral meeting with Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri on the sidelines of the EU-Arab League Summit in Sharm El Sheikh

Cyprus

Ayia Napa being twinned with Lebanon’s Byblos

Staff ReporterOctober 2, 2018

By Staff ReporterOctober 2, 2018028

Ayia Napa is being twinned with the historic Lebanese town on Byblos, the municipality announced on Tuesday. “The first phase of the twinning ceremony between

Cyprus

Migrant boat on way to Cyprus sinks off Lebanon, most rescued (updated)

Staff ReporterSeptember 22, 2018September 22, 2018

By Staff ReporterSeptember 22, 2018September 22, 2018030

A boat with three dozen Syrian refugees on board sank off the coast of Lebanon on Saturday on its way to Cyprus and most were

Middle East

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon begin returning to Syria

Reuters News ServiceJune 28, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceJune 28, 2018134

Nearly 400 refugees started leaving the Lebanese border town of Arsal to cross into Syria on Thursday, a rare case of a return which Lebanon‘s government

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Lebanon’s Berri: Iran, Hezbollah to stay in Syria till it’s free

Reuters News ServiceJune 6, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceJune 6, 20189 16

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Iranian and Hezbollah forces will not withdraw from Syria until the country is “liberated” and its “territorial integrity is

Middle East

Beirut Pride cancelled after organiser held overnight

Reuters News ServiceMay 16, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMay 16, 201864 18

The organiser of Beirut Pride said he was detained overnight by Lebanese authorities who released him only when he signed a pledge to cancel the

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Hezbollah allies gain in Lebanon vote

Reuters News ServiceMay 7, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMay 7, 201810 18

Hezbollah and its political allies won just over half the seats in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, unofficial results showed, boosting an Iranian-backed movement fiercely opposed to Israel

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France provides 550 mln euros in aid to Lebanon to boost economy

Reuters News ServiceApril 6, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceApril 6, 20182 13

France said on Friday it would provide Lebanon 550 million euros ($672 million) to support economic reforms in a country struggling from the impact of

Cyprus

Fouad al-Zayat, wanted in Cyprus, quietly buried on the island after his death in Lebanon

George PsyllidesMarch 31, 2018

By George PsyllidesMarch 31, 201833 124

Syrian-born businessman Fouad al-Zayat, who had been linked with an arms kickback scandal in Greece and wanted in Cyprus for fraud, has died, it was

Middle East

US envoy visits Beirut, mediating in Lebanon-Israel dispute

Reuters News ServiceFebruary 21, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceFebruary 21, 20182 14

A senior US diplomat met Lebanon’s foreign minister on Wednesday in Beirut as part of a US shuttle diplomacy effort to resolve tensions between Israel

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Lebanon vows to block border wall, Israel eyes diplomacy on gas field

Reuters News ServiceFebruary 7, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceFebruary 7, 20186 17

Lebanon vowed on Wednesday to prevent any territorial intrusion by a border wall which Israel is building, and Israel said it wanted foreign mediation to

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Lebanese leaders say Israel threatens border stability

Reuters News ServiceFebruary 6, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceFebruary 6, 201814 44

Lebanon’s three top leaders accused Israel on Tuesday of threatening the stability of the border region between the two countries, where calm has largely prevailed

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Israel, Lebanon argue over offshore energy block

Reuters News ServiceJanuary 31, 2018January 31, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceJanuary 31, 2018January 31, 201819 28

Israel described as “very provocative” on Wednesday a Lebanese offshore oil and gas exploration tender in disputed territory on the countries’ maritime border, and urged

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Ancient statues looted in Lebanese war returned decades later

Reuters News ServiceJanuary 12, 2018January 12, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceJanuary 12, 2018January 12, 2018021

A marble bull’s head made 2,400 years ago for a Phoenician temple and looted during Lebanon’s civil war arrived in Beirut on Friday after American

Cyprus

Beirut and Nicosia to deepen cooperation, new ambassador says

CNA News ServiceDecember 30, 2017

By CNA News ServiceDecember 30, 201712 79

Lebanon and Cyprus aim to deepen cooperation, according to the new ambassador of Lebanon to Cyprus, Claude El Hajal, who said Nicosia would give assistance

Cyprus

Anastasiades-Hariri talk regional developments, tripartite

CNA News ServiceDecember 28, 2017

By CNA News ServiceDecember 28, 2017013

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday spoke by phone with Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri. CNA reported that conversation focused on regional developments and the possibility of

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Lebanon detains suspect in murder of British embassy worker

Reuters News ServiceDecember 18, 2017December 18, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceDecember 18, 2017December 18, 2017018

A Lebanese Uber driver with a previous arrest for drug use confessed to killing a British woman who worked at the British Embassy in Beirut,