Lebanese

Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his Armenian counterpart, Karen Karapetyan, vowed Monday to strengthen bilateral ties and encourage investment in both countries' private sectors. Hariri and Karapetyan held a joint news conference after…

Lebanon is hiring management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. to help restructure an economy that’s overly reliant on remittances and banking, and grappling with high unemployment, Economy and Trade Minister Raed Khoury said. The…

Lebanon, a country that unlike many of its neighbors has faced high energy prices for a generation, wants to become a natural gas exporter by the end of this decade. To realize its ambition, the government will need to take on the new role…

Figures released by ArabNet, a hub for Arab digital professionals and entrepreneurs, show that investment funds based in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region made 37 investments in technology startups in Lebanon for a total…

President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri Thursday signed a decree that allows Lebanese diaspora to reclaim their citizenship from their country of residence. They signed the decree following a keynote speech from Aoun at the…

Bank deposits increased $6.6 billion in the first nine months of 2016. This is the highest growth in absolute value for corresponding periods since 2010. The value of additional deposits is 40 percent higher than during the same period last…

The agro-food sector has been increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11 percent, according to ‘Investment Opportunities in the Agro-food Sector 2016’ report issued by the Investment Development Authority in Lebanon (IDAL).…

Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil called Wednesday for unity to implement the nationality law for the Lebanese diaspora, saying that anyone of paternal Lebanese origin should be allowed to attain citizenship regardless of their sect. “Every…

The article below is a compilation of web and Library research done by Bassam AlKantar. It reflects a diverse points of views of Foreign, Lebanese immigrants, Lebanese researchers and thinkers regarding the Lebanese Diaspora and Communities…