Posted By
Najib
Jan 29, 2017 02:22
Dalia Freifer officially broke today the Guinness World Record for the longest Live TV Broadcast when she interviewed 91 guests from Saturday morning till Sunday morning. She received the certificate for the 12-hour benchmark in which she spoke with 43 media and civil society personalities. It is worth noting that Dalia lost her eye sight when she was 18 but that didn't stop her from pursuing her dream. Upon receiving the award, Freifer dedicated it…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 28, 2017 10:04
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index for the year 2016 is out. It is a yearly report that classifies countries as one of four types of regimes: - Full Democracy: a nation where civil liberties and basic political freedoms are not only respected, but also reinforced by a political culture conducive to the thriving of democratic principles. - Flawed Democracy: a nation where elections are fair and free and basic civil liberties are honored but…
Baladi
8 years ago
The French Institute in Beirut is organizing tomorrow January 26th an open event entitled “la Nuit des idées” from 6PM till midnight at the French Embassy in Beirut where people from different backgrounds will be ...
Information
8 years ago
The Human Rights situation has deteriorated in 2016 in Lebanon according to the Human Rights yearly report, but the end of the presidential vaccuum and the new government’s formation present an opportunity to turn the ...
Information
8 years ago
There have been talks about removing Abdel Menhem Youssef from Ogero and appointing Imad Kreidiye instead and it looks like it’s happening soon. In fact, Minister Sehnaoui posted today that “The Council of Ministers is ...
Information
8 years ago
It looks like the exceptional measures taken by the Internal Security Forces & Lebanese Army, as well as the awareness campaigns and free-taxi initiatives have paid off as no casualties were reported so far on ...
Automotive
8 years ago
According to the Internal Security Forces numbers (Source: Annahar), car accidents dropped by 20,62% in 2016 when compared to 2015. The last 12 months (Up to December 21) witnessed 3318 accidents which resulted in 4495 ...
Gossip & Rumors
9 years ago
Spreading false rumors and fabricated stories has unfortunately become a trend in Lebanon (and worldwide) and most of the TVs and news outlets don’t even bother verifying a story before publishing it. If we look ...
Information
9 years ago
Now that the new government was formed, and after listing all the names with the corresponding ministries, here’s what these ministers actually do in real life, based on an article from Assafir and online sources: ...
Baladi
9 years ago
HuffingtonPost featured in a recent article the Byblos and Zgharta (Bnachii) Christmas tree as some of 2016’s most over-the-top Christmas trees. I have to admit the Byblos Christmas tree did not make the buzz it ...
