February 20th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe world's largest annual food & beverages trade show “Gulfood 2019” kicked off on Sunday at the Dubai World Trade Centre (UAE) and will last till February 21, with the participation of over 5 thousand exhibitors from 120 countries. Tunisia is partaking in this event for the 12th consecutive year with a pavilion that stretches over a...
February 15th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe Tunisian National Railways Company (SNCFT) in co-operation with the 'Roiya' Association for Assistance to the Partially-sighted and the Blind, launched on Wednesday in a unique gesture a train schedule in Braille. This initiative will help the blind to view the dates of trains on all the company's long lines, facilitate their mobility...
February 15th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) announced on Wednesday, in a statement, the establishment of contact points for foreign workers in Tunisia, meant to provide them with legal assistance and guidance. The same source announced the creation of immigration areas in the regional sections of the UGTT in Tunis, Sfax, Sousse and Medenine,...
February 12th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe company “Al Karama Holding” intends to sell direct and indirect public participations held in the capital of companies acting in the fishing and aquaculture sector. These investments represent 100% of the capital of the company MED PECHE, 100% of the capital of the company SMT, 99.95% of the capital of the company BIO-FISH and 69% of...
February 12th, 2019 | 0 commentsTunisia's cash-strapped government has agreed to raise public sector salaries after a months-long dispute with the country's biggest labour union. A deal signed on Thursday between Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and the head of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT), Nourredine Taboubi, will see government workers receive increases o...
February 12th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe average business climate index in Tunisia does not exceed 3.2/10, according to the 2018 Report on Regional Attractiveness whose findings were revealed on Thursday by the Arab Institute of Business Managers (IACE). As regards regional attractiveness in the country’s different governorates, the Tunis region is in the lead with a score d...
February 6th, 2019 | 0 commentsQueen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan attended, on Sunday in Sidi Bou Said (Tunis), a meeting-debate on “support to innovation and entrepreneurship,” with the participation of young entrepreneurs, start-uppers and heads of business incubators. The Queen is accompanying her spouse King Abdullah II of Jordan during his official visit to Tunisia...
February 6th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe implementation of the Chinese project in southern Tunisia, for which a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed with the Chinese company 'CCECC' since September 2018, on the sidelines of the participation of the Prime Minister at the China-Africa summit, is irreversible, according to Minister of Public Works, Housing and Spat...
February 6th, 2019 | 0 commentsA call for tenders to upgrade the Mahdia fishing port has recently been launched. The project, with a total cost of 35 million dinars, will start in the first half of 2019. The objective is to obtain the hygiene certificate according to European standards, at the two fish stands at the wholesale markets in Mahdia, said Governor of the reg...
February 6th, 2019 | 0 commentsNearly 4,200 tourism service companies operate illegally in Tunisia, said President of the Tunisian Federation of Travel and Tourism Agencies (FTAV) Jaber Ben Attouche. Speaking at a press conference held on Monday in Tunis, on the occasion of the launch of the awareness campaign in the field of tourism and travel, the official stressed t...
