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The new economy emerging from Lebanon’s beehives
Built on Lebanon’s rich biodiversity and centuries-old beekeeping traditions, the country’s honey sector is evolving into a broader economy tied to tourism, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and rural livelihoods despite mounting environmental and economic pressures.
By The Beiruter
Economy
$40 million worth of losses in Lebanon’s agricultural sector
Lebanon’s agricultural sector faces $40 million in losses from ongoing war, with widespread land damage, farmer displacement, disrupted production, and rising food prices, despite mitigation efforts to stabilize supply, exports, and markets.
By The Beiruter
Technology
Opinion
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What Belgium and Switzerland teach us about power sharing
Lebanon’s crisis is not simply a story of sectarianism, but of a power-sharing system that evolved without a strong sovereign state capable of managing division, a contrast sharply revealed when compared to the stable consociational models of Switzerland and Belgium.By Dr. Elie Elias
