Hydrocarbon exploration could start in early 2019
Hydrocarbon exploration is taking a lead towards developing Lebanon’s economy. The Ministry of Energy & Water along with the Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA) have announced that bidding for the second licensing round for offshore...
Merkel, the woman of steel
Her photograph among world leaders at the Group of Seven Summit in Canada was all over the news and the Internet for three days. But beyond this historic picture lays a new battle for...
Igor Delanoë on Syria: “Moscow and Tehran move towards a cooperative competition”
ByTheEast: Let’s start by the Syrian issue. How could Russian diplomacy "benefit" from the disengagement of Westerners? Which political solution can Russians adapt to emerge from the war?
Igor Delanoë: First of all, the withdrawal...
Tom Butler on mining sector: “We are expected to do good not just do well”
ByTheEast: ICMM focuses on mining companies’ values, such as sustainable development and CSR (Corporate social responsibility). How can you help them to improve their policy?
Tom Butler: ICMM is unique in that it is not...
Industrial exports jumps to 6.6% to $1.79 billion
Industrial exports to the United States have touched $1.79 billion in the first five months of 2018, reads a report from Lebanon’s Government.
According to Fadi Gemayel, the head of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists,...
Afghanistan: U.S. loss is China’s gain
Afghanistan by itself is a true spoil of war. Ever since Soviet geologists mapped Afghanistan’s crags and valleys for minerals and raw materials, which according to estimates are worth trillions of dollars, local warlords...