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Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed assumes full powers

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed assumes full powers
07/27/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
TUNISIA. Ten years after the Jasmine revolution, seven years after the vote of a new constitution, is the Tunisian government succumbing to the temptation of returning to dictatorship after the freezing of the activities of the Parliament, the dismissal of the Prime Minister and the lifting of the immunity of the deputies?
Arab News, AstraZeneca, BCT, Beirut, Central Bank of Tunisia, Covax, Covid-19, Crédit Agricole, Delta, Ennahdha, FFP2, Fitch, health crisis, health crisis in Tunisia, Hichem Mechichi, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Janssen, Johns Hopkins University, Lebanon, Moody's, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Oliver le Cabellec, Palais de Carthage, pandemic, politics, Rached Ghannouchi, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian economy, Yves Souteyrand

Najib Mikati appointed to form a government team in Lebanon

Najib Mikati appointed to form a government team in Lebanon
07/27/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
LEBANON. In order to remedy the political impasse that is sinking the country economically every day, Lebanese President Michel Aoun has appointed Najib Mikati to form the next government. His name received the majority of the votes of the deputies.
3RF, Bashar al-Assad, Hassan Diab, International Monetary Fund, Investcom, Lebanese economy, Lebanese politics, Lebanon, M1, Michel Aoun, Moustapha Adib, Nabila Massrali, Najib Mikati, Saad Hariri

EBRD predicts 3.5% growth in 2021 for Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries

EBRD predicts 3.5% growth in 2021 for Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries
06/29/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is revising upwards its regional economic outlook for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, which should see growth of 3.5% in 2021.
Beata Javorcik, Covid-19, EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Egypt, GDP, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Jordan, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Morocco, Semed, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Tunisia

Start-ups and tech transfers boosting Mediterranean clusters

Start-ups and tech transfers boosting Mediterranean clusters
06/10/2021 | Talent for a new economy
Mediterranean clusters need to find a new direction in order to better reconcile local industries’ needs with the innovation emanating from research stakeholders and start-ups. Version française
Algeria, Anima Investment Network, Berytech, Casablanca, clusters, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Egypt, El Ghazala, ESCWA, innovation, Jordan, Lebanon, Mathias Fillon, Mediterranean, Morocco, Palestine, research, start-up, tech transfers, Technopark, The Next Society, Tunisia, UN

Integration advances in the Mediterranean, but at a reduced speed

Integration advances in the Mediterranean, but at a reduced speed
05/27/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Entrusted by the Union for the Mediterranean to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the publication of the first report on regional integration in the Mediterranean will serve as a basis for measuring its evolution.
Carlos Conde, cooperation, Egypt, European Union (EU), GIZ, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mediterranean, MENA, Morocco, Nasser Kamel, North Africa, OECD, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Palestine, regional integration in the Mediterranean, trade, Turkey, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Western Balkans

THE NEXT SOCIETY paving the way for Mediterranean innovation

THE NEXT SOCIETY paving the way for Mediterranean innovation
05/13/2021 | Advertorial
Four the past four years, THE NEXT SOCIETY (TNS) has been helping to boost innovation capacity in seven Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries and to enhance their attractiveness.
Algeria, Anima Investment Network, Ask an Angel, Egypt, European Union (EU), Jordan, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Morocco, Palestine, Regional Innovation Factory, research, Scientific Research Support Fund, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Tech Hub, The Next Society, TNS, Tunisia

French justice called to look into the fortune of the governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon

French justice called to look into the fortune of the governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon
05/04/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
LEBANON / FRANCE. At the heart of a complaint against X for alleged "money laundering" and "fraud", committed in Lebanon and outside the country, Riad Salamé, his family and his relatives may have to explain themselves to the French justice.
Alvarez & Marsal, Amélie Lefebvre, Banque du Liban, BDL, corruption, Forry Associated, France, Jean Tannous, justice, Laura Rousseau, Lebanon, Liban, Marianne Howayek, Marwan Issa el-Khoury, Nady Salamé, National Financial Prosecutor's Office, Raja Salamé, Riad Salamé, Sherpa, William Bourdon

U.S. will again provide financial assistance to Palestinians

U.S. will again provide financial assistance to Palestinians
04/08/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
PALESTINE / UNITED STATES. The Joe Biden administration decided on Wednesday evening, April 8, 2021, to reopen the floodgates of aid to Palestine, despite the unfavorable opinion of Israel. 235 million (€198 million) will be allocated to the overall budget of the United Nations Relief and Works...
aid to Palestine, Antony Blinken, Covid-19, Donald Trump, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Joe Biden, Jordan, Lebanon, Mohammed Shtayyeh, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, Syria, United Nations, UNRWA, USA, Washington, West Bank

EU wields carrot and stick in its relations with Turkey

EU wields carrot and stick in its relations with Turkey
03/26/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU / TURKEY. The members of the European Council are blowing hot and cold on the troubled issue of their relations with Recep Tayyip Erdogan and are putting Turkey under observation for two months.
Cyprus, diplomacy, Eastern Mediterranean, European Council, European Union (EU), Greece, international relations, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Syria, terrorism, Turkey, United Nations

President Michel Aoun gives his Prime Minister-designate an ultimatum

President Michel Aoun gives his Prime Minister-designate an ultimatum
03/18/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
LEBANON. After five months of political stalemate in Lebanon, President Michel Aoun asked Saad Hariri to form a government immediately or step down as Prime Minister-designate.
Baabda, Beirut, FPC, Free Patriotic Current, Future Party, Hassan Diab, Hezbollah, Lebanese Book, Lebanon, Michel Aoun, politics, Saad Hariri

Anima and Provence Promotion join forces to attract southern Mediterranean start-ups to Provence

Anima and Provence Promotion join forces to attract southern Mediterranean start-ups to Provence
03/17/2021 - Eric Apim | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Anima Investment Network and Provence Promotion sign a partnership agreement to accompany start-ups in their establishment in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Africa, Algeria, Anima Investment Network, cooperation, Cross landing Mediterranean, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Metropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, Palestine, Pays d'Arles, Provence Promotion, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), start-ups, The Next Society, Tunisia

Trump is gone...

Trump is gone...
03/16/2021 | Reflections
Trump has left... Biden is replacing him. As expected, on the international level, relations have been disrupted. If the American strategy does not fundamentally change, the form of the relationship is nevertheless pleasantly affected. But the interests of the United States remain the same and the...
Aegean Sea, Algeria, Anthony Blinken, Axa, Biden, China, conflicts, Cyprus, Euromed-IHEDN, Europe, geopolitics, ICC, Iran, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, JCPOA, Lebanon, Libya, MBS, Mediterranean, Morocco, Munich Re, Nato, Navalny, Netanyahu, Nordstream2, Palestine, Russia, Salman, Syria, Trump, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, USA, Washington Post

Three Mediterranean countries will need external food aid in 2021

Three Mediterranean countries will need external food aid in 2021
03/08/2021 - Eric Apim | Environment
MEDITERRANEAN. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) lists forty-five countries that will need external food aid in 2021. Three of them are in the Mediterranean. version française
Africa, coronavirus crisis, ESCWA, Eswatini, European Union (EU), FAO, food deficit, food security, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, North Africa, Syria, United Nations, wheat

The fall of the Lebanese Pound, mirror of an exsanguinated economy

The fall of the Lebanese Pound, mirror of an exsanguinated economy
03/03/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
LEBANON. While their country has been without a government for the past six months, the Lebanese are seeing their economy sink further and further, as is their currency, which now trades on the parallel market at £10,000 to $1.
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3RF, Alvarez & Marsal, Antonio Guterres, Athanasios Thanos Arvanitis, Bank of Lebanon, BBL, Beirut, Conference on Lebanon, Covid-19, dollar, European Union (EU), ICP, IMF International Monetary Fund, lebanese economy, Lebanese Pound, Lebanon, Mazen Hamdane, port of Beirut, productive capacities, Riad Salamé, UNCTAD, United Nations, World Bank

The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion

The EU adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean with €7 billion
02/09/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Six years after the last revision of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership launched in 1995 in Barcelona, the European Commission adopts a new agenda for the Mediterranean, with a Southern Neighbourhood Instrument endowed with €7 billion over six years.
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Algeria, Barcelona, Brussels, Development Cooperation and International Cooperation, Egypt, European Commission, European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), European Union (EU), Israel, IVCDCI, Jordan, Josep Borrel, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, Morocco, New Agenda for the Mediterranean, Olivér Várhelyi, Palestine, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Syria, Tunisia

Lebanon and Tunisia have the strongest productive capacities of the Mediterranean developing countries

Lebanon and Tunisia have the strongest productive capacities of the Mediterranean developing countries
02/09/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
WORLD. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is launching a new Productive Capacity Index to help its members achieve their socio-economic transformation.
Algeria, developing countries, Egypt, human capital, Jordan, KPI, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mediterranean, Montenegro, Morocco, Mukhisa Kituyi, natural capital, Palestine, Paul Akiwumi, Productive Capacity Index, South Africa, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UNCTAD

Slovakia's Ján Kubiš takes over as head of the United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNMISL)

Slovakia's Ján Kubiš takes over as head of the United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNMISL)
01/19/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. António Guterres, UN Secretary General, appoints Slovak Ján Kubiš as Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. version française
Afghanistan, António Guterres, Consultative Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, Europe, EWC, Geneva, Ghassan Salamé, Iraq, Ján Kubiš, Lebanon, Libya, Slovakia, Stephanie Turco Williams, Tunis, United Nations

Restriction measures are being stepped up around the Mediterranean

Restriction measures are being stepped up around the Mediterranean
01/15/2021 - Gérard Tur | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The situation related to the pandemic is changing almost daily, with measures taken region by region or city by city in some countries.
Algeria, bars, Catalonia, catering, confinement, Covid-19, culture, curfew, Egypt, epidemic, France limit, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Morocco, pandemic, Portugal, restrictions, Spain, sports halls, Tunisia, Turkey, WHO

Mediterranean health systems tested by Covid-19

Mediterranean health systems tested by Covid-19
01/14/2021 | Development models in Mediterranean
A lack of budgetary means and chronic structural socio-economic weaknesses have prevented an adequate political response to the coronavirus pandemic in the six countries studied by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association. Version française
Algeria, coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, EMEA, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association, How resilient are the Healthcare systems in the Mediterranean, Jordan, KAS PolDiMed, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Morocco, Palestine, Rym Ayadi, Sara Ronco, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Tunisia

The French-speaking population is growing in the world... thanks to Africa

The French-speaking population is growing in the world... thanks to Africa
01/12/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
WORLD. In progression of 2.3% over one year, today the total population of the French-speaking world would amount to 524 million inhabitants. That is more than the population of the European Union.
Abidjan, Africa, Algeria, Algiers, Casablanca, CEMAC, Centre d'étude et de réflexion sur le monde francophone, CERMF, demography, DRC, France, French-speaking population, French-speaking world, Kinshasa, Lebanon, Montreal, Morocco, Ouagadougou, Paris, Population Reference Bureau, Tunisia, UEMOA, United Nations, world, Yaoundé

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