by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 7, 2011 | Society
The World Justice Project has released its 2011 Rule of Law Index covering 66 countries across the world. The WJP divides the world into regions and ranks countries based on the region they are in. For the Middle East and North Africa, only 5 countries are surveyed...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 7, 2010 | Media
The Inner City Press, an online newspaper dedicated to highlighting corruption at the United Nations, claims that the French Mission has taken revenge against Lebanese journalists by barring them from press briefings. The reason? Apparently one journalist didn’t...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 28, 2010 | Government
How many of you out there would pay upfront a contractor to build your house before he even starts? The Lebanese government would and did: A contractor who fled the country after being paid but before completing any work is responsible for delays in improvements at...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 24, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
What do yo get when you cross a Lebanese millionaire and a British politician? Well, whatever it is, it can’t be good: David Cameron was yesterday challenged to come clean over “shadowy” donations from a company owned by an ex-arms dealer. Lebanese...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Apr 28, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
I consider Lebanese to Lebanon’s number one export. No matter where you are in the world, you are bound to run into someone who shares your nationality. Of course, we emigrants can enrich the new society we join… SECRETARY CLINTON: …And it is...