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Last year’s soaring food prices caused a global crisis that triggered a shopping spree on farm land around the world. Rich countries that normally import food have now bought up …

In the next eight to 10 years the map of Lebanon will include a completely new village. BeitMisk, the new residential community located in the northern Metn region, is one …

Beirut explodes every now and then, often with tragic consequences. This past year, though, Lebanon witnessed a different and welcome kind of explosion: that of its contemporary arts scene. The …

It’s an obvious business proposition: buy beach front property, wait for the sun to come out, and charge $20 a day for entry. And from mid-July through September, as long …

Lebanon’s telecommunications industry has seen some progress in the last year, mainly due to efforts aimed at reforming the sector. One of the most positive developments is that Law 431 …

In the first weeks of trying to form a government, the prime minister-designate, Saad Hariri, reportedly held meetings to see how he and his ministers might affect economic reform. It …

Faced with pressure to increase network capacity and performance while saving money, information technology managers have often been quite content to simply add more hardware as required. However, this results …

On the corner of Beirut’s Sodeco crossing stands one of the city’s most emblematic buildings, one that epitomizes both the city’s history and the ravages of the Lebanese Civil War. …

The first week of July saw an unprecedented number of wild fires rage across the country: 185 in three days. The Lebanese authorities struggled to contain the unexpected fires; the …

The rehabilitation of downtown Beirut’s Magen Avraham synagogue will begin this summer, according to sources in the Jewish community. Once the largest synagogue in the Middle East, the Lebanese Civil …