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North African & European Entities Join efforts to Boost Mediterranean Film Industry

The film commissions of Andalucia and Tangiers, Italy’s Rome Lazio Film Commission, Spain’s Film Commission, France’s Ile-de-France and the Carthage Film Festival have agreed to foster film industry ties among Mediterranean countries. They have agreed to set up a Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Centre. The pact was spearheaded by Lazio Film Commission president Luciano Sovena who has […]

Lebanon: World Bank official urges for reforms in Lebanon  

Eric Le Borgne, lead economist at the World Bank, has urged Lebanese policy makers to focus on the country’s longstanding and worsening structural challenges because they are becoming more binding if the international ranking among key investment climate assessments is taking into consideration. Regional conflicts and the influx of refugees increased pressure on the country’s […]

US report decries Algeria’s persecution of Christians

Christian churches have been forced to close in Algeria amid a crackdown on religious freedom and a persecution of Christians across the country, said the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. In a recent report, the Commission recommended the US to put Algeria on a Special Watch List in view of the violations of religious […]