An agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA) was signed, Friday in Tunis, by Messrs. Mohamed Lamine Chakhari, Minister of Industry and Trade and Antonio Tajani, Vice-President European Commission (EC). ...
The 2012 State budget is estimated, according to the supplementary Finance Law's scenario, at 27,710 million dinars, i.e. up 7.7% compared to the initial finance law and 18.3% compared with the 2011 results.
This scenario, a copy of which was received by TAP news agency Thursday, was developed on the basis of a hypothesis counting on the realization ...
"An economic conspiracy was well orchestrated by the Government of Hamadi Jbali to marginalize the Gafsa Phosphate Company (CPG) regarding the operation of the Djerid project, said Abdelhamid Tabbabi, researcher and writer. ...
Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Taleb Rifai said he predicts a rebound in Tunisia’s tourism this year to 2010 levels.
“Tourism won’t defy all the realities on the ground, specifically political realities, but we believe 2012 will see the resumption of tourism ...
Both public and private sectors are now aware that corruption is the greatest obstacle to economic and social development. This phenomenon distorts markets, affects the quality of life and is a breeding ground for organized crime. ...
Tunisia and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Monday, signed two funding agreements.
The first funding agreement, worth 50 million Tunisian dinars (MTD) with an annual interest-rate of 2.5% and repayable over 20 years, pertain to an agricultural development project in ten delegations, six in the governorate of El-Kef and four in Kasserine's
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Tunisia's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-' and Long-term local currency IDR at 'BBB,' the global rating agency reported Monday.
The Outlooks on the IDRs remain Negative. The agency has also affirmed Tunisia's Country Ceiling at 'BBB' and Short-term foreign ...
The rain has voted "Jbali & Ennahdha," who could perhaps rely on a good farm year, if all goes well, to save what can be the first of this term. It is common knowledge that a good agricultural season (especially wheat and olive, the one for import and ...
Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) Mustapha Kamel Nabli said the signs
for improvement of the national economy noted in January 2012 are "tangible" and result from objective data, particularly the rise in exports of manufacturing industries, imports of equipment goods and raw materials and semi-products as well as the growth of tourism
earnings. ...
A Tunisian businessmen mission, representing 15 companies active in the food-
processing industries, textile-clothing and Para-pharmaceuticals, paid a visit to Moscow, Russia, on February 12-19
The first international olive oil fair and by-products, an initiative of the "MEDMAG Event" company, opened on Monday in Sousse.
The fair seeks to showcase the quality of Tunisian olive oil and further promote it in the international markets. ...
It is no longer a secret that inflation ended the first month of this year (January 2012) up 5.1%, even if in this rate, more than 2% of the inflation is inherited from 2011.
This price increase is, in every way, so visible that we do not even need these figures to perceive its immediate impact on the purchasing ...
