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In spite of the world economic crisis, the Tunis stock exchange has progressed by 10,7% in 2008 , the third best performance in the world, according to the French news agency AFP.
The newspaper Le Temps reports in Monday's issue that the UK- based low-cost airline, Easy Jet has submitted a request to Tunisia 's civil aviation authorities (OACA) to operate a service from certain European cities such as Geneva, Paris and Frankfurt to respectively Tunis, Monastir and Djerba.
The Green Party for Progress has recently published the first issue of its weekly newspaper, "Le Tunisien". The 16-page bilingual (Arabic and French) publication, reports on the party's recent congress, as well as the expectations of the Tunisian political scene and the strengthening of the opposition press landscape.
The Special Assistant to Government Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State on project monitor, Mr. David Etuk has said the provision of electricity, water and several basic infrastructure in all the communities in the State tops the agenda of the government.
Air links between Tozeur, located some 400 kilometres South of the capital, and the cities of Milan, Geneva and Madrid, will reopen in November 2009.
Tunisia is confirming its reputation as one of the best spots for investing in property. In an online article released on Tuesday, the international property portal Homesgofast.com has predicted that Tunisia is part of the three top places to invest within Africa and the Middle East for 2009.
President Ben Ali received on Thursday Mr Hadj Gley, Minister of Communication Technologies who briefed him on the implementation of programs and measures with a view to modernizing and promoting the services of communication technologies notably in terms of enhancing the infrastructure pertaining to communications, the internet, broad band , developing electronic services and modernizing postal ...
A cabinet meeting held on Tuesday has decided a 100,000 square meter extension of the El Ghazala technological Park in new areas of the Ariana and Manouba governorates. The extension which consists in the building of a new technological park between El Ghazala and Nahli in the governorate of Ariana and another one in the governorate of la Manouba, will provide much needed support to the El Ghazala ...
On 21 December 2008, ANHRI said that the administrative judiciary court will review its recently filed claim on 20 January 2009. On 2 December, ANHRI filed a claim against the Egyptian president demanding the dismissal of the Egyptian minister of foreign affairs and the ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This action was brought in response to their failure, thus far, to take any action ...
President Ben Ali chaired on Tuesday a cabinet meeting which examined a support plan relative to enterprises whose activities were hampered by the latest world financial and economic crisis.
The Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce (TACC) has recently organized its third Awards ceremony in a highly convivial atmosphere, grouping together the cream of the Tunisian -American business world.
Tunis, December 23, 2008 - In spite of the latest global economic downturn, foreign direct investments (FDI's) have reached 2.402 billion dinars during the first 11 months of 2008, according to a report published by the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA).
Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of three bloggers - Reda Abderrahman Ali, Mohammed Adel and Abdelaziz Mogahed - in the past seven weeks because of what they posted online.
Far from the hustle and bustle of city life, a conference was recently held in the southern city of Douz also known as the 'gateway to the desert'. The conference which is now running into its 9 th edition gathered 160 international experts from Brazil, the US, Japan, the UK, China, India, Canada, Namibia, the Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya.
Angola will assume the presidency of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as from January 2009, although the formal pass of the post happened last Wednesday, in Oran, Algeria, ANGOP has learnt.
A seminar held on Wednesday at Bank of Genes in Tunis was also the occasion for the announcement of the creation of the Tunisian Association of Nanotechnology.
In line with its policy of liberalization of the telecommunications sector, the Ministry of communication technologies has officially launched an international call for tenders for bidders to obtain a second and third generation fixed and mobile telecommunications license.
The 4th annual edition of the seminar on free software is currently taking place in Tunis.
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali chaired a cabinet meeting, on Tuesday, which examined the sector of vocational training, as well as the promotion of employment.
The town of Nabeul in Tunisia's Cap Bon region, will host the 2009 edition of the International Science Fair organized by the International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology (MILSET).
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