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NNA: Engineer Maroun Youssef Maroun (born in 1966) died Wednesday when a cement roof collapse on a construction site collapsed, during the rehabilitation of one of Batroun’s resorts. Security Forces rushed to the scene and started their inquiry to uncover the reasons behind the collapse. Maroun’s body was transferred to Batroun hospital.

NNA – 16/1/2012 Secretariat of the Maronite Patriarchate Monday announced the election of Monseigneur Michel Aoun as bishop of Jbeil diocese, Monseigneur Mounir Khayrallah Bishop of Batroun diocese, and father Elias Sleiman as bishop of Aleppo diocese.

  CNN: – Some house important corporate meetings; others are family homes. Some are gearing up to welcome top athletes while others open their doors to school children each day. But all these buildings have one thing in common: This year they have won coveted architecture awards for innovative design and construction methods and for [...]

The Daily Star: BEIRUT: Local communities in Batroun are the latest to be demined as part of a project funded by an ongoing donation from the European Union.

Eye of Riyadh: Thursday July 7 2011 marked the opening of the long awaited McDonald’s in Batroun which joins the growing family of 24 restaurants in Lebanon. A blend combining Lebanese heritage and international quick service restaurant under one roof; McDonald’s Batroun.

The Daily Star: BATROUN: What sets the 2011 Batroun International Festival apart from the summer’s other festivals is its attempt to appeal to a wide range of tastes in matters of entertainment. Unlike the Byblos or Baalbek Festivals, this summer’s Batroun Festival has decided to cover as much cultural territory as possible.

The Daily Star: By Simona Sikimic BATROUN, Lebanon: Living by the sea his entire life with the sound of the Mediterranean lapping against his house every day, Georges “Junior” Daou has always been more attuned to nature than the average Lebanese youth. It was only a few months ago, however, that the 24-year-old recent university [...]

NNA – 23/5/2011 – Batroun Festivals Committee launched on Monday Batroun Festivals 2011 in presence of Caretaker Ministers of Tourism, Fadi Abboud, Energy and Water Resources, Gebran Bassil, Batroun’s Municipality head, Marcelino al-Harek, and National News Agency Director, Laure Sleiman Saab.

The Daily Star: BEIRUT: Newly elected Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai delighted supporters Monday by paying a series of surprise visits to worshippers, monks and nuns near the northern coastal town of Batroun.

Now Lebanon: A boat docked in Batroun’s Selaata’s port in North Lebanon caught fire at around 3:00 a.m. on Monday, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.