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Now Lebanon: In an interview with An-Nahar newspaper published on Thursday, Energy Minister Gebran Bassil said that Batroun—the northern town he resides in—will likely witness an electoral showdown during the upcoming May 30 municipal elections.

Naharnet: Internal Security Forces have arrested two men who seized the body of their relative from Emile al-Bitar hospital in Batroun after refusing to pay the hospital bill.

Naharnet: Municipal elections in the northern town of Batroun appeared to be headed toward a ballet for failure to reach consensus. The battle, according to the daily An-Nahar on Tuesday, will pit the coalition backed by Labor Minister Butros Harb and a number of Batroun personalities against the alliance supported by the Free Patriotic Movement [...]

iloubnan: BEIRUT – Former MP Sayed Akl told Voice of Lebanon radio station on Thursday he was running for municipal elections in Batroun district, “after negotiations and consensus attempts failed with the Free Patriotic Movement”.

iloubnan: BEIRUT – Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra ruled out to Voice of Lebanon radio station on Thursday any possible coalition with Free Patriotic Movement in Batroun, regarding the municipal elections. 

The Daily Star: BEIRUT: Industry Minister Abraham Dedeyan inspected Kfoury Industry for Iron in Selaata (Batroun district), upon an invitation by head of the Chekka municipality, owner of the industrial company, Furjallah Kfoury, and in coordination with the Commerce & Industry Chamber in North.

NOW Lebanon: The National News Agency (NNA) reported on Sunday that four bombs were found at a garbage dump in Soutouh Street in Batroun at 10 a.m.

The Daily Star: BEIRUT: A pilot project that will see solar energy being used in north Lebanon is set to be launched this weekend, with financial assistance from Spain. Spain’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Juan Carlos Gafo, will attend the inaugural ceremony of the first experimental phase of the municipal solar street lighting system in Assia, [...]

The Daily Star: BEIRUT: Public Works and Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi laid the cornerstone for the maritime training institute in Batroun on Thursday, despite the protests of locals.

The Daily Star: Batroun local authorities and civil society activists protested on Wednesday the Public Works Ministry’s project to build a maritime training institute, claiming the site chosen for the construction has historical and environmental value.