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...
Jacques Sarraf on Lebanon-Russia: “We need to establish strategic relations”
ByTheEast: How old are the bounds between Lebanon and Russia?
Jacques Sarraf: The first contact between Russia and the Lebanese population dates back to the reign of Tsar Ivan IV, who decided to support the...
Egypt: Cement giant sets up solar plant
SolarizEgypt has signed an agreement with Arabian Cement Company, one of Egypt’s leading cement producer, for setting up a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy plant within its premises in the Suez Governorate. The former, a...
Lebanon’s gas boom dead in the water?
Lebanon’s quest for gas and oil has so far yielded no meaningful results with the country’s first-ever offshore search for hydrocarbons throwing up commercially unviable results. “No matter where you turn, the Eastern Mediterranean...
A small step towards a greener energy security in Lebanon
In a development aimed at safeguarding Lebanon’s energy security, the country’s Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) and Ministry of Environment (MoE) are set to collaborate on a mini-hydro power plant.
Once the project is...
Lebanon’s economy could add “one-billion-dollar” cannabis industry
Lebanon’s economy meets McKinsey’s vision as the latter listed out a range of recommendations that touches upon the creation of a wealth management and a hub for “investment-banking” along with turning Lebanon into a...
Syrian refugees must voluntarily return
Lebanon is collaborating with Damascus in order to ensure the safe return of its citizens, who have ended up as refugees, in Lebanon.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun, as well as other politicians have called on...
Economic crisis looms over Lebanon: Economic experts
Economic crisis looming over Lebanon – such are the news reports coming out from the Western Press. Living in Beirut we already knew it. They are not a alone in this opinion – many...
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...
Kenya needs to improve its rainwater harvesting systems
This year Kenya has witnessed “torrential
rainfall”, writes the Theme Leader of Water Management at World Agroforestry
Centre, Maibo Malesu. However, at the wake of pouring rain came devastating
droughts which hit some “parts of the country”.
In...