The Development Report for 2009 and development plan for the year 2010 were presented during the meeting of the Higher Development Council. Results 2009: Growth: growth is due to stand around 3% at constant prices, against 4.6 in 2008 ...
The International environment was marked, in November 2009 by an ongoing appearance of indicators confirming economic recovery in most of the industrialized countries and improvement of its pace in the emerging countries, notably, the Asian ones, BCT Executive ...
Debates of the Chamber of Deputies on the draft State budget for 2010 started late on Monday. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi presented the Government Statement on the draft economic and State budgets for 2010. The 2010 State budget has been set at 18,333 million dinars, i.e., a rise of 5.4% compared with 2009 ...
Ways to maximise the Mediterranean countries' potential in solar energy, as part of the "Desertec" project and Tunisia's production capacities in this area, were the main topics discussed at a international conference on " Desert's Friendly Energy as a Challenge for Regional co-operation and the Union For the Mediterranean," held in Gammarth. ...
The 4th International Information and Communication Technologies Forum, “ICTs-4-All” Forum, is being held November 24-25, in Hammamet, as part of celebrating the 4th anniversary of holding in 2005 in Tunis of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). ...
Tunisia's energy sector is attracting growing interest from international firms looking for dependable returns, despite oil and gas output that is dwarfed by its neighbours Libya and Algeria, according to Reuters. Tunisia produced 2.9 billion cubic metres of natural gas in 2008 -- a drop in the ocean compared ...
On the occasion of the creation of spin-off projects by Tunisair, the Tunisias flag carrier, and Tunisian National Railways (SNCFT), two agreements were penned on Wednesday in Tunis between Mr. Abderrahim Zouari, Minister of Transport and Mr. Afif Chelbi, Minister of Industry, Energy and small and medium enterprises, Mr. Nabil Chettaoui ...
Reporting on Tunisia’s industrial prospects, Oxford Business Group said that, at a time when European companies are looking to reduce expenses, they are increasingly relying on North African countries such as Tunisia – with large, educated workforces and cheaper operating costs – to supply technical expertise at a lower price ...
While some major projects have been postponed or even lack clarity due to the impact of the financial crisis, others are currently under consideration in Tunisia. Some of these projects are already at an advanced stage of completion ...
The Constituent General Assembly of Zituna Bank was held on Wednesday, October 21 in Tunis. The agenda of this General Assembly included, in particular, the final approval of the statutes of the bank and the appointment of first directors and auditors. ...
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali achieved a landslide victory in the 2009 presidential election after winning 89. 62 pct of the votes cast nationwide and by Tunisian expatriates abroad. The results of the presidential and legislative elections were announced at a press conference held on Monday ...
TAV Tunisie, a subsidiary of TAV Airports Holding, is preparing to inaugurate Africa’s newest airport, Enfidha Zine El Abidine Ben Ali International, in early November. The airport, in which TAV Tunisie has invested €500 million, will have an initial capacity of 7 million passengers ...
