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...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 15, 2011 | Lebanese Abroard
A complete about face in a matter of 7 days! From KUNA on December 8: Kuwaiti-Lebanese relations are “deep-seated and historic,” Kuwait’s Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Borders Security Affairs Major General Sheikh Mohammad Al-Youssef...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 14, 2011 | Government
In 2010, Michael Karam had written an article for Abu Dhabi’s The National about the Lebanese love affair with foreign passports. He goes to mention the “nationality hierarchy” in that, for Lebanese, certain passports are above others (in his...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 21, 2010 | Regional News
Not that I’m keeping my hopes that this would actually last, but it is refreshing to see Turkey moving away from Europe and turning to the Middle East: Last month, Erdogan received Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in a groundbreaking visit to Turkey,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 3, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
Here’s what you shouldn’t do when your Visa to the UK is rejected: A 64-year-old Lebanese man was arrested on Tuesday after five shots were fired at the British consulate in Malaga, the capital of the Costa del Sol. He’s apparently applied numerous...