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Rene Lalique

July 6th, 2026 - 10:59 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Jewels worth about $4.5 million stolen from René Lalique Museum

ALBAWABA - The René Lalique Museum was subjected to a shocking robbery as about 4 million euros worth of jewelry was looted from the French museum on Sunday, according to a source familiar with the investigation. It is worth noting that French jeweler René Lalique is a renowned glassmaker and jeweler of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements. His museum is located near his eponymous factory in eastern France ...

Demand for gas in Jordan has shot up as col weather is expected to hit the Kingdom

January 7th, 2013 - 09:52 GMT

Temperatures in Jordan drop, demand for gas rises

Egypt and the IMF are to hold talks on Monday over the $4.8 bilion lon

January 7th, 2013 - 09:44 GMT

Egypt and IMF set for talks tomorrow

Egypt's foreign reserves dropped by $21 million in December, the Central Bank of Egypt has said

January 7th, 2013 - 03:00 GMT

Egypt: Foreign reserves drop

A $200 million redevelopment project of Tripoli's seafront has come under fire

January 6th, 2013 - 10:56 GMT

NGO attacks seafront project in Tripoli, Lebanon

Dubai is at the centre of the global gold trade, accounting for 29 per cent of the marker

January 6th, 2013 - 10:23 GMT

Dubai no gold digger: Emirate accounts for 29 per cent of market

Morsi has fired his finance minister in a mini-reshuffle ahead of a new round of IMF talks

January 6th, 2013 - 09:56 GMT

Morsi fires finance minister ahead of IMF talks

Iran is planing a crackdown on social media in the Islamic Republic

January 6th, 2013 - 08:42 GMT

New plans in Iran to control social media access

Jordan is desperately trying to slash it's growing budget deficit

January 6th, 2013 - 08:02 GMT

Jordan increases effort to slash budget deficit

Egypt's President Muhammed Morsi is set to meet the IMF next week in an effort to restart talks on the $4.8 bilion loan to the country

January 6th, 2013 - 07:09 GMT

Morsi to meet IMF Monday, reports suggest

Lebanon's economy would suffer dramatically, should a pubic sector pay rise happen, the country's Economic Committee warned

January 6th, 2013 - 06:53 GMT

Lebanon: Public sector pay rises could lead to economic collapse, Economic Committee warn

Sudan and South Sudan have agreed a deal which could finally see oil exports to flow South Sudan through Sudan's pipelines

January 6th, 2013 - 05:48 GMT

Sudan and South Sudan agree demilitarised zone to allow oil exports

Ratings agency Fitch has praised Egypt's currency control regime

January 6th, 2013 - 03:00 GMT

Ratings agency Fitch praise Egypt's currency actions