Latest news with #Salameh
Ammon
18-05-2025
- Climate
- Ammon
Water Ministry: Season average rainfall stands at 44%
Ammon News - The average rainfall for the season stood at 44% as of Sunday morning, representing approximately 57% of last year's rainfall. Water and Irrigation Ministry's Spokesperson Omar Salameh, told "Ammon News Agency" that dam storage as of Sunday morning was just 31%, with a capacity of 90 million cubic meters, a decrease of approximately 50 million cubic meters compared to last year. Salameh indicated that the ministry is working on a project to reduce water loss, and has succeeded in doing so by bringing it down to 46.3% after working to reduce it by 2% annually, with each 1% representing approximately 5 million cubic meters. Jordanians are concerned about the decline in rainfall this year, which will result in reduced water supply to homes and water distribution networks.
MTV Lebanon
13-05-2025
- Politics
- MTV Lebanon
Salameh meets Pakistani Ambassador, Swiss Ambassador
Minister of Culture Ghassan Salameh received Pakistani Ambassador to Lebanon Salman Athar, in his office at the National Library - Sanayeh. During the visit, discussions between the pair reportedly touched on a number of issues of common interest, in addition to bolstering the bilateral relations between the two countries, especially the cultural ones. On emerging, Ambassador Athar described his meeting with Minister Salameh as fruitful, saying that the visit was an opportunity to discuss ways to enhance cultural cooperation between the two countries. Ambassador Athar added that he discussed with the Minister ways to activate the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding for Cultural Cooperation which Lebanon and Pakistan signed in 1964. The Pakistani Ambassador added: "I sensed the Minister's desire to cooperate and facilitate procedures for organizing Pakistani cultural events in Lebanon." Minister Salameh later received Swiss Ambassador to Lebanon, Dr. Mariotte Weichelt.
National News
26-04-2025
- Politics
- National News
Salameh partakes in "International Orientalism Conference" in Doha
NNA—Minister of Culture Ghassan Salameh participated today in the opening of the International Orientalism Conference in Doha, which was attended by 600 researchers and intellectuals from around the world. Salameh was a guest speaker at the opening session, "Towards Balanced Civilizational Communication," which also included Gambian Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara, and Director of the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University, Eugene Rogan. In his word, the Culture Minister touched on the developing concept of Orientalism and its criticism, noting that ideas have regained their weight at the expense of identity elements. He explained that in the past decades, we reached considerations of identity and inherited elements without giving sufficient importance to notions which are usually adopted with complete freedom, unlike the identity that is given upon birth. In response to a question about the situation in Gaza, Salameh considered that "what happened in Gaza raises doubts about the effectiveness of international laws, international systems, and the shared international community of values," adding that "there is a pre-Gaza phase and a post-Gaza phase." Salameh underlined that we must come to an understanding from now on that if there are truly universal values, they must be applied to everyone with the same force and the same strictness, without the exclusion of countries, as is the case with Israel's actions in Gaza. =========
National News
25-04-2025
- Politics
- National News
Culture Minister bound for Qatar as part of Gulf tour
NNA - Minister of Culture, Dr. Ghassan Salameh, left Beirut this afternoon, heading to Qatar, as part of a Gulf tour that includes the United Arab Emirates. Minister Salameh will participate in Qatar in the opening of the International conference on Orientalism, which will be hosted in Msheireb, Doha, under the chairmanship of Qatari Minister of Education and Higher Education Sheikha Lolwa bint Rashid Al Khater. On the sidelines of his visit to Qatar, the Minister of Culture will hold a series of meetings with Qatari officials. Minister Salameh's second stop within his Gulf tour will be the United Arab Emirates, where he will participate as a keynote speaker in a panel discussion titled "Heritage for Peace: Preserving Archaeological Sites in Conflict Zones." The session is part of the 34th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, which runs from April 26 to May 5 at the ADNEC Abu Dhabi.. The Minister of Culture will hold a series of meetings with officials in the UAE. ================= L.Y
Ya Libnan
09-04-2025
- Business
- Ya Libnan
Disgraced Ex-Central bank chief Riad Salameh referred for trial by a Lebanese judge
Riad Salameh who was once internationally seen as the guardian of Lebanon's financial stability, has fallen from grace long time ago . He spent his final weeks in office a wanted man, faced with French and German arrest warrants that have been prompted by long-running corruption is widely viewed as a key culprit in Lebanon's economic crash A Lebanese judge on Tuesday referred former central bank governor Riad Salameh to court for trial over the alleged embezzlement of $44 million of the bank's funds, a judicial official said. The move came seven months after Salameh was arrested in Lebanon over the case. Salameh, who headed the central bank for three decades, faces numerous accusations including embezzlement, money laundering and tax evasion in separate probes in crisis-hit Lebanon and abroad. On Tuesday, the judge issued a decision charging Salameh with embezzling '$44 million from the central bank', as well as illicit enrichment and forgery, the judicial official said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to brief the media. A request to release Salameh was rejected, along with a request to cancel arrest warrants issued in absentia for two of his alleged associates in the case, the official said. The trio were 'referred to the Beirut criminal court for trial', the official added. Salameh, who left office at the end of July 2023, has repeatedly said his wealth comes from private investment and his previous work at US investment firm Merrill Lynch. He is widely viewed as a key culprit in Lebanon's economic crash, which the World Bank has called one of the worst in recent history, but has defended his legacy, saying he is a 'scapegoat' for the crash. In May last year, Germany and France issued arrest warrants for Salameh over accusations including money laundering and fraud, though German prosecutors later cancelled their warrant, saying Salameh could no longer use his post to suppress evidence. In August last year, the United States announced coordinated sanctions with Canada and Britain against Salameh. Lebanon's new central bank governor Karim Souaid took office last week, pledging to advance key reforms demanded by international creditors to unlock bailout funds.
