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HOMERe France and IECD join forces to facilitate the employability of young Lebanese 09/22/2022 LEBANON / FRANCE. The HOMERe France association and the European Institute for Cooperation and Development have signed a cooperation agreement to support the employability of Lebanese youth by offering internships in France to senior technicians who have graduated in Lebanon.	Lebanon will be able to extract its own natural gas 09/20/2022 LEBANON / ISRAEL. Negotiations on maritime boundaries between Lebanon and Israel are expected to end soon with an agreement allowing Beirut to extract natural gas from an offshore field.	Cyprus' Aphrodite gas field secures financing for its first drilling 09/20/2022 CYPRUS. The partners of the Aphrodite gas field approve a $192 million financing that will allow the drilling of a first well in this very promising field.
Tunisia is preparing to conclude an agreement with the IMF 09/20/2022 TUNISIA. According to the governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia, the long-awaited agreement with the International Monetary Fund should be signed in a few weeks for an amount between 2 and 4 billion dollars.	Malta to receive € 817 million from the EU to green and digitalize its economy 09/20/2022 MALTA. As part of the European Union's cohesion policy for the period 2021-2027, Malta will receive €817M in funding to support a more competitive, inclusive, green and digital economy.	Tunisian President wants MPs independent of political parties 09/20/2022 TUNISIA. Under the new Tunisian constitution, a decree setting out the new electoral law provides for a two-round uninominal ballot for the next legislative elections in December 2022.
The European Commission accepts the renewal of a French aid to passenger transport companies 09/15/2022 FRANCE. The European Commission has given the green light to the reintroduction of a French scheme to support maritime passenger transport companies for a maximum amount of €90 million.	The UNCTAD is alarmed by the increase in unemployment and poverty in Palestine 09/15/2022 PALESTINE. In its latest report on its program of assistance to the Palestinian people, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development indicates that 36% of the Palestinian population will be living below the poverty line by the end of 2021.	European Commission calls for emergency intervention in energy markets 09/15/2022 EU. In her State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, proposed a new emergency package for European energy markets in response to recent dramatic increases in energy prices.