Contest
Participate and win every 3 months a trip to a European capital city, or an amount of money. All you have to do is to post on our website an opinion, an evaluation, an idea, a commentary or any message related to the published texts or to the main theme of the website… and you can be one of the winners of the contest.
Read the regulations
The contest is organized according to the following rules :- Each website visitor wishing to participate in the contest should post a comment by clicking on the « React » tab available at the end of each article.
- The visitor must then fill-out an application form (name, address and country). Otherwise, his message will be published on the website without being selected for the contest.
- Each visitor will be able to post as much messages as he wants. Each and every message will be considered. However, in order to be eligible, the comment should not exceed 100 words.
- Messages must have a direct or indirect link with the general theme of the website: the relations between Mediterranean countries and European Union; especially within the framework of the “European Neighborhood Policy” (exchanges, funded projects, actions, history, perspective, etc.).
- Messages are to comply with ethics rules: no insulting, no slanders, no vilification, no abusive, sexual, racist or sexist languages, etc. The website will be eliminating every message that does not comply with these rules (read the “charter of the site”).
- A jury made up of independent personalities will deliberate every 3 months the received messages. Evaluation criteria are: relevance, perspicacity, potential impact of the message and its value added to the “European Neighborhood Policy”. However, the jury will neither take into consideration the level of praise nor the criticism degree of the comments.
o 1st prize: a trip and a one week stay in a European Union country, or an amount of 2000 Euros
o 2nd prize: 1000 Euros
o 3rd prize: 500 Euros
Winners will be immediately notified and their messages will be highlighted in the website and in other media partners.
Guest of the month

Patrick B. Renauld
Patrick B. Renauld, Head of the European Regional Delegation in Jordan.
Previous Guests
• Richard Weber
• Georges Abi Saleh
• Christiane Dabdoub Nasser
• Judith Neisse
• Nabil Ayouch
• Tomás Duplá del Moral
• Kader Arif
Don't miss
"Europa Jaratuna" is scheduled every Wednesday at 18:45.
The program will be re-run every Monday at 14:40 (just before the mid-day news flash).
• On LBC SAT (regional)
"Europa Jaratuna" is scheduled every Friday at 16:00 (Jordan time) / 19:00 (KSA).
• On LBC Europe
"Europa Jaratuna" is scheduled every Sunday at 14:30 (GMT) / 15:30 (CET)
• On LBC Australia
"Europa Jaratuna" is scheduled every Friday at 06:30 (GMT) / 15:30 (Sydney time)
The program will be re-run on Saturday at 04:00 (GMT) / 13:00 (Sydney time).
• On LBC USA
"Europa Jaratuna" is scheduled every Thursday at 22:30 (GMT) / 17:30 (EST) / 14:30 (PT).
The program will be re-run on Thursday at 10:00 (GMT) / 05:00 (EST) / 02:00 (PT).
Every Monday, you can read in this daily newspaper an article or an analysis about Euro-Mediterranean relations, or the European Neighborhood Policy. A total of 52 articles will be published over a year, starting from April 27, 2009.
Once every week, the reporters of Al-Hayat in 8 countries (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria) will feature in the daily newspaper some of the actions of the EU in these countries : development, support to SMEs, aid to vulnerable groups, support to administration… or to democracy.
Once every month, this French language chronicle of economics, published in Lebanon, will present to you an analysis or an economic or socio-economic report on one of the aspects of Euro-med relations. The first article was published in May 2009, and more will print over a period of one year.
Contest
Participate and win every 3 months a trip to a European capital city, or an amount of money. All you have to do is to post on our website an opinion, an evaluation, an idea, a commentary or any message related to the published texts or to the main theme of the website… and you can be one of the winners of the contest.
Your reactions
Palestinian women fiercely participate in the developing struggle for nationalism: women in Palestine have a word in politics, form committees and organizations for social work, scream against oppression, participate in the Intifada, and throw stones on aggressors while holding their babies in their arms… sleepless women in Palestine also can speak out in art and film-making… Women’s voices are making up history in this Arab country, and in the whole region… Many stories of the immense courage of individual women in Palestine are still to come as long as oppressio
On: “Masarat”: Palestinian women’s tales in four films
The resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict is a strategic priority for Europe, as it seeks to play a role of power broker in the region. For this, it condemns the planned settlement construction of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, and believes that the creation of an independent, viable and democratic Palestinian state is in Israel’s interest. But before getting overly involved in these resolutions, it is important to step back and assess the limitations of the EU in the region.
On: Reducing unemployment and poverty in Palestinian camps
I hope that more investors adopt the "going green" thing because years ago the cost of using solar systems and getting advantage of renewable systems costed more than those that depended on fossil sources. Because the equipments and arrangements were very expensive and the all in all cost showed that it was not worth it. now that its being taken more seriously I hope that its going to work out as new life style that more people will be convinced to adopt!... GOING GREEN!
On: Sun and wind are helping Jordan go Green




