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…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 30, 2013 09:32
Amal Alamuddin is a "barrister specializing in international law, human rights, extradition and criminal law. She has represented clients in cases before the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights, as well as in domestic courts in the UK and US" . She is currently representing Julian Assange, head of Wikileaks, in his extradition proceedings with Sweden. I was told she is originally Lebanese but I couldn't…
Lebanon
12 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
12 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
12 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. ...
