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Corruption still reigns in the Mediterranean, says Transparency International

01/25/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. In its annual survey on the perception of corruption in the world, the NGO Transparency International finds that all regions of the world, including much of the Mediterranean, are at a standstill when it comes to fighting public sector corruption.

Jordan to deliver electricity to Lebanon via Syria

01/20/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON / JORDAN / SYRIA. The Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced the forthcoming signing of an electricity supply agreement with Lebanon and a transit agreement with Syria.

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he wants to "prevent the sabotage of Turkey-Europe relations

01/14/2022 | Society / Institutions

TURKEY / EU. Speaking before the ambassadors of the EU countries posted in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a point of recalling the interest of the partnership between Turkey and the European Union and asked that the "strategic myopia" of the Europeans be stopped.

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Southern European passports among the most "powerful" in the world

01/13/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. As it has done every year for the past 17 years, the British consultancy Henley & Partners has drawn up a hierarchy of the most powerful passports in the world, those that allow their holders to access the greatest number of destinations without having to apply for a visa...

Lebanese justice prohibits the governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon to leave the country

01/13/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. Riad Salamé, Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, is facing several legal proceedings in his country, but also in France, Switzerland and Luxembourg. He has been banned from leaving Lebanon by a court order.

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EU funds expansion of Jordan's largest landfill

12/08/2021 | Environment

JORDAN / EU. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Union are providing financial support of almost €15M for the modernisation of the Al Ghabawi landfill, the only one in the Jordanian capital.

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Tel Aviv named most expensive city in the world

12/07/2021 | Society / Institutions

ISRAEL. Tel Aviv dethrones Paris and becomes the most expensive city in the world in 2021 according to the study published annually by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

The UfM points out the untapped potential of integration in the Mediterranean

11/30/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Gathered in Barcelona for their 6th Regional Forum, the foreign ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean have exchanged on the progress made since the adoption of the roadmap of the organisation in 2017.

European Parliament and Council of the EU agree on the 2022 EU budget

11/16/2021 | Society / Institutions

EU. The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union agree on the European Union (EU) budget for 2022 proposed by the European Commission. Commitments reach €169.5bn and payments €170.6bn.

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The humanitarian situation in Syria makes the political process of normalisation urgent

09/30/2021 | Society / Institutions

SYRIA. The humanitarian crisis in Syria is becoming increasingly worrying as the political process of normalisation is slow to get underway after a decade of conflict.

Lebanon in search of fuel

09/16/2021 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. Without diesel and gas, Lebanon is at a standstill.

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Bashar al-Assad elected for a fourth term with 95% of the vote

05/28/2021 | Society / Institutions

SYRIA. Without any suspense, Bashar el-Assad came out on top in the presidential election, obtaining 95.1% of the votes.

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Bashar al-Assad to run for fourth term as president

04/22/2021 | Society / Institutions

SYRIA. Bashar al-Assad has officially applied to run for the next presidential election in Syria on May 26, 2021.

Christian Graeff: "The has-beens are now out of the game in Libya"

04/09/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. In an exclusive interview granted to econostrum.info, Christian Graeff, French ambassador to Libya from 1982 to 1985, gives a less than optimistic assessment of the future of this country torn apart by its divisions for ten years. The ninety-seven year old diplomat however gives the keys to avoid a "Syrianization" of Libya.

U.S. will again provide financial assistance to Palestinians

04/08/2021 | 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...

EU wields carrot and stick in its relations with Turkey

03/26/2021 | 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.

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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...

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Three Mediterranean countries will need external food aid in 2021

03/08/2021 | 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.

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"The Mediterranean is a small region on the world map where the heaviest challenges are piled up"

03/04/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Bernard Valéro is retiring after a rich career at the Quai d'Orsay, consul, ambassador and director general of Avitem (Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories) in Marseille for his last position. The sixty-six-year-old diplomat comments, unvarnished and exclusively on econostrum.info, on the highlights of his professional life confronted with the ups and downs of the Mediterranean region.

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

02/09/2021 | 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.