Municipal election update: Voter turnout in Jezzine reached 70%

Lebanon’s LBC TV reported that the voter turnout in the city of Jezzine reached 70 %, while the overall voter turnout in the district ( Qadaa) of Jezzine reached 60 %. Some polling stations reportedly are still open because of the long lines of voters that are still inside the stations. Officially the poling stations closed at 7 :00pm

Municipal election: Polling stations close, vote counting begins

At 7;00 pm local time the polling stations closed and vote count began in the Municipal election in south Lebanon. (more…)

Municipal election: Voter turnout update

The Voter turnout has reached 50% in Sidon city and 49% in Sidon villages, 39% in Jezzine villages but 59% in Jezzine city , 43% in Tyre and 43% in Hasbayia. The average voter turnout in all southern areas has reached 43 percent by about 6:40 pm , minutes before the poll stations close.

Sidon , which is one of the most hotly contested cities in this election witnessed some clashes between the supporters of the pro-Hezbollah the pro-government candidates (more…)

Municipal election: Voter turnout in south Lebanon

New TV reported that as of 6:30 PM the overall voter turnout in Jezzine district reached 39 % while in the city of Jezzine city it reached 59 % . The overall voter turnout in Sidon district reached 45 % while in the city of Sidon it is over 50%. (more…)

Suleiman: France always stood by Lebanon

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner who is currently visiting Lebanon held talks with President Michel Suleiman at the Baabda Palace. (more…)

Municipal election: Voter turnout in Sidon reached 50%

Voice of Lebanon Radio station reported at 6 pm that voter turnout in Sidon has exceeded 50 percent.

Former PM and Sidon PM Fouad Siniora called on Sidon’s voters to “massively” head toward polling stations, and urged them to ignore the the intimidation attempts, saying victory in Sidon is just around the corner. (more…)

Baroud: Security forces are ready to tackle any situation in Sidon

Interior Minister Ziad Baroud played down election tension in Sidon and said security forces are ready to tackle any situation.

Earlier in the day, media reported a clash between Popular Nasserite Movement leader Osama Saad’s bodyguard and an Internal Security Forces member at a Saida polling station.

At a press conference Sunday, Baroud said that it was a small confrontation and it had been contained.

The interior minister said elections could be stopped as a last resort, but said he was hopeful that would not happen because the Lebanese army and security forces are capable of maintaining stability. (more…)

Municipal Eelection: Polling stations opened in south Lebanon

National News Agency (NNA) reported that the polling stations opened at 7: 00 am in south Lebanon , amid heavy deployment of the Lebanese Army .

Sakr: Lets deny Israel any pretext to launch a war on Lebanon

Lebanon MP Okab Sakr said during an interview with Free Lebanon radio on Saturday, that Hezbollah supports Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s trip to Washington for talks with US President Barack Obama on Monday. (more…)

German FM: Peace in ME is important for the entire world

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle visited Lebanon on Saturday as part of his three-day tour of the Middle East.

In Lebanon he visited the 240 German soldiers stationed on the Lebanese coast.

The soldiers are part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is charged with preventing weapons smuggling by Hezbollah. The international mission has run in its current capacity since 2006, and German troops are scheduled to leave at the end of June. (more…)