Lebanon

Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil warned Lebanese expats in South Africa Friday that the failure to reclaim their Lebanese citizenship would lead to the loss of Lebanon to terrorists and refugees.“We need your help to restore Lebanese expats…

The Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) is actually supervising $3.4 billion worth of public works that will start or continue in 2017, according to the CDR Progress Report 2016. The sector that received most funding with…

Recorded real estate sales transactions increased in 2016. According to the Real Estate Registry at the Ministry of Finance, the number of transactions increased one percent to around 64,600 compared to the previous year. The total value of…

The number of construction permits rose 13 percent in 2016 to 17,295, covering 12.3 million square meters (m2) – unchanged from 2015. The average area per permit is 707 m2, down 13 percent.Beirut saw the sharpest decline in area and…

Lebanon relaunched its first oil and gas exploration and production licensing round after a three-year delay, its energy minister said, kick-starting the development of a hydrocarbon industry stalled by national political paralysis. Lebanon…

Alabama-based B.L. Harbert has won a tender for the construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Awkar. Permission has been granted by the Government for the work to commence.The embassy will be built over an area of 174,000 square meters at a…

The Internet and WWW (World Wide Web) have been established themselves as the backbone of the world wide “Information Superhighway” and of the electronic commerce market. Given the rapidly growing number of WWW users, many companies are…

Banker Fouad Rahme, and a group of private investors and bank institutions, have established a private equity fund to invest in local small and medium companies. The size of the fund will be $50 million.Rahme said that the first closing…

The total number of passengers, including arrivals, departures, and those transiting, had reached 7.2 million as of November, according to RAFIC HARIRI International Airport figures.These figures are expected to exceed 7.5 million by the…

After 47 days of trying, a Government of 29 ministers plus its Premier have been appointed. With the exception of the Kataeb party, all political groups have been represented.The portfolios that significantly impact the economy had the…