The Nucleus to boost Lebanese tech start-ups sector
The UK Lebanon Tech Hub aims to fuel further growth in “Lebanon’s ecosystem”, whereby it has come out with The Nucleus.
The Nucleus is “a venture building programme” which has been created with the purpose...
Plastic pollution chocking water bodies in Lebanon
Plastic pollution as well as garbage pollution has become an enormous source of problem not only in Lebanon but worldwide. The crisis has gained such proportions that it is chocking Lebanon as well as...
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...
Lebanese exports worth $10 billion lost due to Syrian war
Lebanon’s exports have diminished by $10 billion in the last five years due to the Syrian war, said Caretaker Industry Minister Hussein Hajj Hassan.
Hassan made these comments in an event held in Baalbeck last...
Hyperinflation could spark mass uprising in Lebanon
“I remember what happened in Argentina in 2011”, says Flora, an Argentinian citizen living in Beirut since 2013. “Now, my Lebanese friends understand what it means to lose everything, to see prices being through...
U.S. requests OPEC to hike up oil production by “1 million barrels” daily
The government of the United States asked some of the oil producing countries of OPEC including Saudi Arabia to boost their daily production by “1 million barrels”, reported Bloomberg, whereby citing people who are...
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...
Economic cooperation boosts Lebanon-Saudi ties
Economic cooperation between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia are set to take-off. More than twenty agreements are set to be signed by both companies following the formation of a new government, said Walid Al-Bukhari, charge...
Saudi Arabia’s threat a violation of Gulf cooperation charter and international law: Qatar
Responding to Saudi Arabia’s military threats, Qatar's foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, warned the move is in violation of the Gulf cooperation charter as well as international law.
Sheikh Mohammed made the comments...
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...