by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 13, 2012 | Business
With the Lebanese Cabinet finally agreeing on the members of the Petroleum Administration committee, interest from oil and gas companies should start picking up and the UAE’s Crescent Petroleum isn’t wasting anytime: United Arab Emirates-based Crescent...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 24, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
I received a link to an editorial from Peter Kharma. It was published over a month ago but it had a very condescending tone towards Lebanon. As Peter mentioned in his email, “it’s not about Beirut, but Lebanon as a whole”. The articles title? If...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 26, 2012 | Telecommunication
The online publishing company, MarcoPolis, interviewed Alfa CEO Marwan Hayek in June (not sure why the interview was published in late September) on the mobile industry in Lebanon. It’s quite an extensive interview but here are some of the key points that came...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 29, 2012 | Society
Henley and Partners (H&P), a global legal firm that deals with immigration, have released their 2012 Visa Restriction Index with no major surprises. The Lebanese passport remains at bottom 10, tied with Nepal. In terms of Arab countries, here is the list of...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 16, 2012 | Society
As a means to stem the use of fraudulent passports to gain entry into Kuwait, the authorities there are planning to fingerprint foreign workers at some of their embassies rather than in Kuwait to ensure that people who shouldn’t be allowed in the country are...