In a ceremony held on Tuesday at the Pine Palace, the French Ambassador to Lebanon, Bruno Foucher, handed the National Knight Order of Merit to the director general of Lebanon’s ministry of tourism Nada Sardouk. On the occasion, Foucher commended Sardouk’s career life in high school and university teaching to educational inspection up to her current responsibility she holds since 2002. Praising her ideal civil service, Foucher described Sardouk as a dedicated ambassador of Francophonie based on her educational upbringing and her professional personality that are consistent with the French educational legacy in Lebanon. On the other hand, the Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, Massimo Marotti, awarded the founder of May Chidiac Foundation MCF, Dr. May Chidiac, Italy’s Anna Maria Mammoliti Minerva Prize for human and civil rights for the year 2017. Chidiac was handed the prize during her participation last week in a ceremony in Rome to honor women of the world who operate in knowledge-related fields. To note, the prize is one of the most important awards along with the presidential medal. (Al Mustaqbal, An Nahar, November 29, December 4, 2017)