December 14th, 2015 | 0 commentsThe Qatari Tunisian Food Company inaugurated its new plant at the Industrial area. Al Habib Essid, Prime Minister of Tunisia officially inaugurated the new facility in the presence of other key dignitaries from Qatar and the Republic of Tunisia. On the occasion, Nasser Mohamed Al Hajri, Chairman and Managing Director of Hassad Food, said,...
October 5th, 2015 | 0 commentsThe World Bank has approved a 500 million dollar loan for Tunisia to help finance economic reforms and face the consequences of two big militant attacks targeting its tourism industry. The North African state has mostly completed its democratic transition since the 2011 uprising that ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. But international lende...
October 5th, 2015 | 0 commentsTunisia’s prime minister said on Saturday that his country is joining the US-led military coalition fighting the Islamist State group in Syria and Iraq mainly to “exchange information.” IS claimed an attack that killed 38 foreign tourists at a seaside resort near Sousse in June, and authorities also blame the jihadist group for another th...
October 2nd, 2015 | 0 commentsBelgium and Tunisia should define the necessary programmes and mechanisms to boost their co-operation in the security and economic fields, Belgian Vice-Prime Minister and Interior and Security Minister Jan Jambon. At the end of a meeting between President Beji Caid Essebsi and a Belgian ministerial delegation, Jambon also asserted his cou...
July 16th, 2015 | 0 commentsThey say that their faith is no barrier to doing their job. "What else can we do? There is no other work," says one of the women. "We don't drink in our family," adds her friend. "But everyone should decide for themselves." The two women continue to tend the rows of budding vines under a bright blue sky. But this picturesque scene is sadl...
