NNA -

10:00 am      Sit-in by public administration employees in north Lebanon in front of Tripoli Serail in rejection of the draft budget.

11:00 am      Finance and Budget Committee holds session headed by MP Ibrahim Kanaan to study a draft law aiming to authorize the collection of imports.

11:00 am     Press conference by the Lebanese Association of Visual Arts under the patronage and presence of Minister of Culture, Judge Mohamed Wissam Al-Mortada, at Sursock Museum, Ashrafieh.

11:00 am      Conclusion of "Baladi" program for building alliances for progress, development, and local investment, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), at the invitation of Caritas Lebanon, at the Bossa Nova Hotel, Sin El Fil.

12:00 pm      Press conference by Minister of Labor, Mustafa Bayram, at the Ministry, during which he launches a new platform.

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