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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development intends to invest at least $200 million in Lebanese equities, renewable energy and water resources in 2019, the development bank’s vice president Alain Pilloux said Monday.“We believe…

Lebanon’s GDP growth should climb to 7 or 8 percent a year by activating tourism, real estate, construction and the banking sector, a study conducted by Fransabank said on Monday.“The Lebanese authorities should focus on enlarging the…

Lebanon plans to sell up to $2 billion of new Eurobonds part of a debt-swap aimed at reducing servicing costs, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh announced during an interview with Bloomberg Monday.Salameh, who has steered the financial…

Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil lauded the historic expatriate vote Monday in a televised news conference held at the Foreign Ministry, hours after the last overseas polling station closed in the U.S. city of Los Angeles. “It was a difficult…

Dear LIBC members and Friends We hope that you are enjoyed Planet Lebanon 2017 conference. We encourage you to consider the benefits of attending the 4th Annual Immigrant’s Reunion conference on 2 August 2018, at Monroe Hotel, Beirut.…

Energy and Water Minister Cesar Abi Khalil said Tuesday that he had instructed the Lebanese Petroleum Administration to prepare for the second offshore gas licensing round.“This is not the launch of the licensing round, but the beginning…

Lebanon will receive up to 800 million euro of support to public investments by 2020. So said President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer."We stand ready to support Lebanon in the implementation of the government's…

Lebanon will host the 2019 Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, the state-run National News Agency reported Sunday.The AESD was formed as an exclusively economic and developmental conference that tends to involve the private…

The dream of reconstructing Syria is beginning to materialize in Tripoli, in the north of Lebanon. The city is only 28 kilometers from the Syrian-Lebanese border, and local authorities want Tripoli to become the number-one hub between Syria…

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Wednesday he had held an “excellent” meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and expected Lebanon to sign economic deals with Saudi Arabia soon.“We will see very soon certain…