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  • Lebanon cabinet meets under pressure from trash demos

    LEBANON, 2015/08/26 Lebanon's cabinet met Tuesday to discuss the country's waste crisis next weekend protests that began in response to the problem of uncollected trash evolved into calls for the government's resignation. The cabinet conference is the initial since the demonstrations that brought thousands of people into central Beirut to decry government impotence. The session, headed by Prime Minister Tammam Salam, is intended to discuss awarding new contracts for rubbish collection across the country, inclunding in the capital and its surroundings.

  • Arab Youth Survey Report 2015

    BAHRAIN, 2015/04/25 Confidence part Arab youth that the Arab Spring would bring positive change across the region is declining and as a result they are uncertain whether democracy could ever work in the Middle East. This is the headline finding of the 7th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey released today. - Arab youth see the rise of ISIS as the biggest obstacle facing the region - Youth are keen to start their own business as concerns about unemployment continue - The UAE remains the majority popular country to live in and emulate and Saudi Arabia is viewed as the region’s biggest ally - A lot of view the Arabic language as central to their identity but believe it is losing its price to English

  • Health Minister Wael Abu Faour scanning equipment at the Beirut Airport

    LEBANON, 2015/03/30  

  • Lebanese businesses depend on Syrian labor

    LEBANON, 2015/03/30 Lebanese businesses depend on Syrian labor, particularly in the building and construction sector, which currently employs around 350,000 Syrian workers, according to estimates by the Lebanese Contractors Syndicate. The workers face harsh conditions on the labor market, providing their services for less than minimum wage, without health care benefits, and it is this exploitation that makes them particularly profitable. Accordingly, the measures and procedures taken by the General Security Directorate prompted a reaction from contractors, who announced their refusal to settle the Syrian workers' conditions as stipulated by Lebanese law, particularly in regards to the issuance of work and residence permits, and the payment of required fees to the national.

  • Oxfam Study Finds Richest 1% Is Likely to Control Half of Global Wealth by 2016

    AFGHANISTAN, 2015/01/20 The richest 1 % are likely to control additional than half of the globe’s total wealth by next year, the charity Oxfam reported in a study released on Monday. The warning about deepening world inequality comes just as the world’s business elite prepare to meet this week at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The 80 wealthiest people in the world all own $1.9 trillion, the statement found, nearly the same all shared by the 3.5 billion people who occupy the bottom half of the world’s gain scale. (Last year, it took 85 billionaires to equal that figure.) And the richest 1 % of the people, who number in the millions, control nearly half of the world’s total wealth, a share that is as well increasing.

  • Economic impact of Syrian displacement endured primarily by the poor in Lebanon

    LEBANON, 2014/12/17 The sudden influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon has created a crisis whose repercussions are seen each day. However, Syrian refugees are not responsible for the problems Lebanon is facing today. The ruling class is trying hard to pin the blame on refugees in order to cover up decades-long policies that have left the economy in ruins and impoverished the Lebanese people. Syrian refugees came to Lebanon because they had no other choice. They fled in large numbers the bombing and destruction that ravaged Syria, seeking refuge in neighboring nations, with Lebanon receiving the major number. Before any discussion of the problem of displacement and its repercussions, the Lebanese should realize that the majority of the refugees are poor people who lost their homes and are struggling to survive each day. If they could return to their homes, they would do so instantly.

  • Outcomes of the Wage Increase Plan

    LEBANON, 2013/03/31 The participants in the session of the Council of Ministers do not have any “final” answers to questions about the salaries scale. Additional specifically, they don’t have any details about the length of its installments or its taxations measures. Despite this, the cabinet’s session reached a conclusion, which can be summarized by these major results:
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