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Trade - On the streets of Beirut, the political situation fired up the “On Sale” banners
By Sarah Hourany
Doha Agreement, election of a new president, formation of a national unity government: for Lebanon, those facts result in the improvement of the local economy, which benefits from the comeback of the stability, whether durable or not. While the...Full Story>> |
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Development - Electricity: a financial abyss and a nightmare for the Lebanese
By Rana Moussaoui
Among the portfolios of the next Lebanese government, Energy is certainly the less desired, why? Because electricity is an abyss for the State and a main reason of the social grunting. More than 15 years have gone by since the Civil War (1975-1990),...Full Story>> |
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Development - Beirut abuzz as life returns to protest zone
By Rima Abushakra
The heart of downtown Beirut was buzzing again as shops and restaurants prepared on Thursday to reopen their businesses with a splash after government opponents ended an 18-month protest that had turned the area into a virtual ghost town.Full Story>> |
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Trade - Smuggling a lifeline for Lebanese villages on Syrian border
By Rita DAOU
Following the 15-year civil war that ended in 1990, successive Lebanese governments have come under international pressure to tackle smuggling --especially of drugs and weapons -- but have met with little success. Many villages near Syria depend on...Full Story>> |
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Development - Lebanese increasingly feel inflation's pinch
By Rita DAOU
Nearly one million Lebanese, or 28.5 percent of the population, live on four dollars (2.55 euros) a day and with nearly eight percent having to survive on 2.40 dollars a day, the UNDP said in a February report. This implies that almost 300,000...Full Story>> |
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Agriculture - The Fishermen’s Great Mess
By Marie-Anne Muller
There are 3,500 fishermen in Lebanon, including 650 who work in the old port of Tyr. Since the 34-day-war, their living condition is getting worse. They earn an average of 250 $ per month. A misery that pushes some of them to leave this port, go...Full Story>> |
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Agriculture - Indian vet brings 'healing touch' to south Lebanon
By Hala Boncompagni
The ground is peppered with pellets of goat dung and the stench of manure fills the air as an Indian vet with a UN peacekeeping force tends to sick animals in south Lebanon.Full Story>> |
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Construction - Solidere and Downtown
By Nicolas Sbeih (Implicit Consultants)
Downtown: This well-delimited part of the capital, widely devastated during the civil war (1975-1990), was rehabilitated and rebuilt by a private company, Solidere, which was founded for this purpose. Since then, this company was associated with the...Full Story>> |
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Services - Focus on the services sector
By Nicolas Sbeih (Implicit Consultants)
In its broad meaning, the services sector tends to gain more and more importance in Lebanon according to generally adopted criteria such as its share of the GDP or of the working population etc. In fact, contrary to countries referred to as...Full Story>> |
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Construction - Focus on the construction Sector
By Nicolas Sbeih (Implicit Consultants)
The construction sector was often called, especially since the early 90’s, the « reconstruction » sector, because its essential needs mainly concerned the reconstruction of what had been destroyed during the 15-year Lebanese war....Full Story>> |
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