Posted By
Najib
Oct 30, 2013 12:31
The Natour brothers, who were responsible for the rotten meat scandal that hit Lebanon last year, were sentenced to three years and two years in prison respectively and were asked to pay a fine of 1 Million Lebanese Liras. That's definitely good news but I wonder if the government took the proper measures to prevent another scandal in the future. Also, the fine is ridiculous and should be 1 million dollars not liras. According to…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 30, 2013 10:53
Lebanon ranked 111th in the "Ease of Doing Business" 2014 report, way behind the UAE which topped the Arab World and jumped three slots this year to land at No. 23 in the world. Here are the rankings of all the Arab countries mentioned in the report: 23- UAE 26- Saudi Arabia 46- Bahrain 47- Oman 48- Qatar 104- Kuwait 111- Lebanon 119- Jordan 128- Egypt 151- Iraq 165- Syria What does Doing Business measure…
Lebanon
13 years ago
[YouTube] Pretty cool report. ...
Lebanon
13 years ago
[YouTube] In a traditional neighborhood of a small Lebanese coastal town, Leba (Georges Khabbaz) is a music instructor. Social pressure leads him to get married and have children. To the dismay of his family, neighbors, ...
Lebanon
13 years ago
Check out this new competition organized by the Telecom Ministry and get a chance to fly to Thailand to attend the ITU Summit. Go to [Betheminister] and answer the questions, they are quite easy. Mohammad ...
Humor
13 years ago
Here’s a nice compilation of the ten silliest acts of censorship in Lebanon written by Matt Nash from NowLebanon. The Steven Spielberg “Tintin movie” censorship which we posted first about made it to the list. ...
Information
13 years ago
Source Chou el Akhbar? Chou Akhbarak? are common Arabic greetings that we hear a lot in Lebanon. Here’s a possible explanation from ArabGlot as to where this greeting originated from and why it is used ...
Information
13 years ago
[YouTube] The Sheikh who approved the marriage should be put in prison, as well as the sick man who took the girl from her family. Let’s see if the authorities will work on freeing the ...
Baladi
13 years ago
[YouTube] Zahlé joined the network in the gastronomy category. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), Zahlé (Lebanon), Kraków (Poland) and Fabriano (Italy) as new members of ...
