More and more people are arriving at the same conclusion: a miracle cure for much of what ails the European Union is close at hand, and Cyprus is easily the…
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If acknowledging a problem is the first step to solving it, then the very existence of the International Support Group (ISG) for Lebanon is to be welcomed. Formed on the…
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Angelina Eichhorst, the European Union’s Ambassador to Lebanon, is well aware of the challenges of mustering international support for the country and changing dynamics in the region. She took the…
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The European Union decision to blacklist not all of Hezbollah but only the Shiite organization’s “military wing” last month was a mid-way solution intended to convey displeasure toward the Lebanese…
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On April 22, the European Union lifted its embargo on Syria’s oil exports to enable the purchase of crude oil from the opposition. The diplomatic move also permitted the sale…
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After the latest round of talks over Iran’s nuclear program this month, Europe’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton struck a cautious tone. “For the first time that I’ve seen, [there…
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The largest external investor in Russia in 2011 was not the world’s biggest economy, the United States. Nor was it one of the emerging economic behemoths China or India, or…
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Economics The European Union will consider adding Lebanon's Hezbollah movement to its list of terrorist organisations after it was implicated in a bombing in Bulgaria last year, an EU foreign…
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Executive Insights
Successful development of small and medium-sized enterprises
by Ziad Ferzlyby Ziad FerzlyThe majority of enterprises around the world are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). According to the European Union, a small enterprise has a headcount of less than 50, and less…
