THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2024


General assembly of the Union of Employees and Workers of the Northern Lebanon Water Establishment to elect 12 members to the union’s executive council, held at the Investment Department building in Tripoli and its surroundings, Freedom Street.

10:00 am Awareness day on “Multiple Sclerosis” organized by the Lebanese American University Medical Center – Rizk Hospital, in the hospital garden, to learn about the latest studies and treatments with the specialized medical team.

10:30 am Meeting of the Finance and Budget Committee chaired by MP Ibrahim Kanaan to discuss the draft law amending Article 45 of Legislative Decree No. 144/6/1959 and its amendments (Income Tax Law), allowing income tax payers to conduct an exceptional re-evaluation of their inventory and fixed assets, and to adopt an exceptional treatment for positive and negative exchange differences resulting from civil and credit accounts in foreign currency and financial accounts in foreign currency.

11:00 am Press conference titled “The Return
of Duty-Free Shopping to Lebanon,” under the patronage of Minister of Finance Dr. Youssef Khalil, in cooperation with the Beirut Traders Association and Global Blue, held at the association’s headquarters – Chamber of Commerce and Industry building, 4th floor, Sanayeh, Beirut.

11:00 am Launch of the 2023 annual report by the National Human Rights Commission, including the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, at Hilton Habtoor Grand – Sin El Fil.

12:00 pm Session of the Fact-Finding Committee emerging from the Public Works, Transport, Energy, and Water Committee, chaired by Ibrahim Mneimneh.

04:00 pm Lecture by Professor Hassan Reza on “Islamic Humanities,” as part of the scientific seminars series by Azad Association titled “Spiritualizing Sciences in Modern Civilization,” held at the association’s office in Center Dahieh, Bir al-Abed.

06:30 pm The “National Bloc” hosts former Minister of Justice Marie-Claude Najm in a discussion session titled “How to Eliminate the State of Impunity and Transitio
n from a Non-State Logic to a State Logic,” at the National Bloc’s headquarters in Gemmayzeh.

07:00 pm The association JAD – Youth Against Drugs – launches a gambling addiction treatment clinic in Jbeil, Hboub – near the club, under the patronage and presence of Minister of Information Ziad Makary.

09:00 pm Opening of the Spring of Beirut Festival at Martyrs’ Square – Beirut, featuring the premiere of the eighth season of the documentary series “Visit,” a tribute to Beirut through the testimonies of 12 prominent Lebanese artists from the fields of theater, television, music, and dance.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon