Guilherme Casarões on Brazil: “Trade relationships with the Middle East are not easy”
ByTheEast: Brazil was a net importer of agricultural products in the 1970s. It now ranks among the world’s five largest agricultural producers and exporters. Can it overtake the others?
Guilherme Casarões: Brazil has come a...
Foreign funded NGOs in Egypt feel brunt of law
Foreign funded NGOs in Egypt are having a hard time in the country following the review of a law by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that has since long been criticized by human rights...
Libya: The economic potential of a failed state
The international community knows this: Libya is a model of a failed state. But a failed state with potential. Nine years since the start of the Arab Spring, which saw a wave of upheaval...
Norway continues Lebanese development program
The Oil for Development program signed by Lebanon and Norway for another three years, will significantly aid the country’s civil society towards a transparent and sustainable petroleum management program.
Renewing this mutual commitments toward a...
Yasmine Seghirate el-Guerrab on food security: “We must ensure the health of the soil...
ByTheEast: International medias talk a lot about "food security" lately. What does it imply specially in the Mediterranean region?
Yasmine Seghirate el-Guerrab: Food security in the region is strongly linked to climate change, which has...
Lebanon-Algeria deals to boost agricultural cooperation
You may not know it, but Lebanon-Algeria's relationships are close. Both countries have a lot in common, except their size as Algeria is 228 bigger than Lebanon. Links between Beirut and Algiers will finally...
Iran waiting for its piece of the Syrian pie
Seven years later, Syrian territory is in pieces. The economy too, and do-gooders are waiting for the end of the war. This tune is familiar. Back in 1990, Lebanon also was shattered. A large...
Russia, Abu Dhabi shake hands over energy market stability deal
On Friday, 01 June 2018, Abu Dhabi and Russia have shook hands over a cooperation agreement, whereby signing to bring in stability in the energy markets amid the rising trend of oil prices, reports...
Qatar Petroleum agrees to purchase 30% stake in Exxon Mobil’s Argentinian arm
In what is Qatar Petroleum’s first deal in Argentina, Qatar’s state-owned energy giant has signed an agreement to acquire a 30% stake in Exxon Mobil hydrocarbon affiliates in Argentina.
The deal, was formally signed by...
Fixing electricity in Lebanon: the clock is ticking
Everybody knows it: Lebanon's internal software has to be updated as soon as possible and starting the reform of its electricity sector should be the top priority. Lebanon’s state Treasury has so far has...