Nabih Berri

Eni haunted by corruption rumors in Lebanon


The rumor about Lebanese officials supposedly asking Italian company, Eni, for bribes in return for an exploration license is still making the rounds. It fades and resurfaces at random.

The news was first reported in 2015 in a local newspaper …

Liban – France: Marine Le Pen en visite à Beyrouth


A Beyrouth, où elle a été reçue (20/02) par le Président de la république Michel Aoun et par le Premier ministre Saad Rafic Hariri (le Président du Parlement Nabih Berri étant en déplacement à Téhéran), la candidate à l’élection présidentielle …

Liban – Présidence: Les 100 jours les plus longs


Arithmétiquement, et politiquement, l’élection du chef du Courant Patriotique Libre le général Michel Aoun à la Présidence de la république, le 31/10, est acquise.

Dans cette note de 4.056 mots, MESP (i) cherche à identifier et analyser les fondements des …

Lebanon: oil & gas as a rallying point?


December 2014 – June 2015 – December 2015 – June 2016. Every six months, with Swiss-like precision, Speaker Nabih Berri makes another attempt to reactivate the oil and gas file.

Berri invokes the threat posed by Israel to Lebanese sovereignty …

Lebanon: The Oil & Gas Report, June 16, 2014



Lebanon: Higher country risk does not eclipse energy potential

While the local political class is still debating whether the government has the competence, or not, to take major decisions at a time the Presidency is vacant, the authorities are managing …

Lebanon: The Oil & Gas Report, April 21, 2014


Presidential election: Samir Geagea, first candidate to include oil & gas in electoral program

The Lebanese Parliament will convene on April 23 to elect a new President. However, no progress is expected to emerge until the last minute of President …

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