Economics
Chamber of Deputies passes three economic bills
The Chamber of Deputies adopted, at a plenary session held on Tuesday in Bardo under speaker Foued Mebazaa's chairmanship, three economic draft laws.
Justice minister receives delegation of participants in 3rd Maghrebi solicitors' meeting
Justice and human rights minister Béchir Tekkari received, on Saturday in Tunis, a delegation of participants in the 3rd Maghrebi solicitors' meeting, held on January 25-26 in Tunis....
Preparations for Junior Chamber International's international congress examined
Preparations ahead of the organisation, in Tunisia, of the international congress of the Junior Chamber International were the focus of the working session chaired, on Thursday in Tunis, by youth, sports and physical education minister Samir Labidi, which gathered the executive bureau members of the Tunisian Junior Economic Chamber, headed by Mr. Nabil Salem Dakhli, president of the bureau. ...End of International Conference on “ICTs and deafness “
Education and training minister Sadok Korbi chaired on Friday in Bizerte, the closing works of the International Conference on “new information and communication technologies and deafness: from research to practice, reality and prospects “, held under the patronage of first lady Leila Ben Ali...Tunisian expatriates: for a return home under best conditions
The Board of Tunisian Expatriates (OTE) has put the finishing touches to the programme prepared in advance each year, to see to it that Tunisian expatriates return home under best conditions. ...Vietnamese interest in Tunisia's experience in matters of employment
Solidarity in the service of employment was the focus of the talks minister of employment and professional integration of youths Chadli Laroussi, had on Monday in Tunis, with a delegation of Vietnam's National Assembly social affairs committee on a visit in Tunisia on June 22-26....Summer 2008 : 207, 000 passengers and 66, 000 vehicles
One hundred and six crossings for Tunisian expatriates are planned in the 2008 summer season. ...Zakat alms set at one dinar 200 millimes
The amount of this year's (1429 of Hegira) Zakat alms has been set at one dinar and 200 millimes, Tunisia's Mufti announced in a communiqué released on Monday....Tunis Conciliation and Arbitration Centre awarded Italian-Tunisian Academy 2008 prize
The Tunis-based Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (CCAT) was awarded the 2008 prize of the most active Mediterranean centre in matters of arbitration by the Italian-Tunisian Academy. ...
Tunisian-Spanish Co-operation agreement in social field signed
A Tunisian-Spanish agreement pertaining to the building of a social rehabilitation and integration and psychic health centre in Moknine, stemming from the Tunisian Psychic Health Promotion Association, was signed on Monday in Tunis. ...To disseminate entrepreneurship culture
The first enterprise creation fair is due on October 17-18, 2008, at the El Kram exhibition Centre, under the high auspices of President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali....Tunis-Gabes air line inaugurated
The first Tunis-Gabes line of "Sevenair" air company was inaugurated on Friday by transport minister Abderrahim Zouari. ...First Arab architecture week opens
Works of the first Arab architecture week, held under the theme "Architecture, City and Society," started on Monday in Tunis, at the initiative of the Tunisian Architects' National Council and the Arab Architects' Organisation. ...
Healthy textile sector and dynamic manufacturing industries
With some 1,967 enterprises employing a total of 200,000 people and ensuring 42.7 pc of the manufacturing industries' exports, Tunisian textile sector is from now on to face up to the new challenges entailed by globalisation....Conducting a strategic study for the promotion of tourism by 2016
Tunisia received 6.7 million tourists, made total receipts of 3050 million dinars (+8%) and recorded 37.4 million bed-nights in 2007....Tunisia achieves food security and strives to attain self-sufficiency
Agriculture and hydraulic resources minister Habib Haddad underlined that Tunisia has achieved food security and is striving to attain self- sufficiency in several products, notably in consumer ones. ...Transfer of 60% of BTK capital
The contract of 60-pc transfer of the Tunisian-Kuwaiti Bank (BTK) capital for the benefit of "Financière OCEOR" company, a branch of the French group "Caisse d'Epargne," was signed on Thursday....Tunisian-South Korean co-operation for development of cork-oak forests
Tunisia's cork-oak forests cover 70,203 hectares, shared among the governorates of Jendouba (70%), Béja (20%) and Bizerte (10%)....Commitment to rehabilitate traditional Arab architecture
Works of the first Arab Architecture Week, held on January 7-10, 2008 in Tunis under the high patronage of president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, ended on Thursday....Tunisia to host 1st congress of Arab expatriate engineers
Minister of development and international co-operation Mohamed Nouri Jouini conferred, on Friday in Tunis, with visiting secretary general of the Arab Engineers' (AEU) Union Adel al Hadithi....Log in
- Prizes of Carthage Forum on Investment awarded
- Tribute to Tunisian astronomer Mohamed Laoucet Ayari
- Head of State receives credentials of new foreign ambassadors
- National Frequency Agency certified ISO 9001
- President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali honours two Tunisian world champions
- Boosting co-operation in matters of higher education and scientific research between Tunisia and IAF
- Tribute to Tunisian astronomer Mohamed Laoucet Ayari
- Breakthrough in study of Parkinson disease: Tunisia featuring on "Lancet Neurology" cover
- Sfax hosts international scientific symposium on biotechnology
- March of gratitude and consideration in Kasserine, following new presidential projects
- Head of State receives greetings messages on Eid El-Fitr Feast
- Tunisia's important part in promoting African-Arab co-operation
- The Mediterranean of Phoenicians, from Tyre to Carthage
- Programme of Arab organisation of communication and information technologies examined
- President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali honours two Tunisian world champions
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