April 8th, 2019 | 0 commentsAn average of three thousand engineers leave Tunisia each year to seek jobs abroad with monthly earnings ranging between 2,500 and 3,000 euros for fresh graduates as salaries in Tunisia do not exceed 1,200 dinars, said Dean of the Order of Tunisian Engineers Oussama Kheriji (French: OIT). He Saturday told TAP on the sidelines of a council...
April 8th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe value of private agricultural investments approved at the end of February dropped to 9.6 million dinars (MD) from 77.1 MD during the same period of 2018 and is below the average levels, according to statistics from the Agricultural Investment Promotion Agency (French: APIA). Donations amounting to 4 MD will be allocated to these inves...
April 8th, 2019 | 0 commentsChairman of the Presidential Council (PC), Fayez Al-Sarraj held talks on the sidelines of the Arab summit in Tunisia with Tunisian Prime Minister, Yousef Al-Shahid. Al-Sarraj emphasized the need to work on reactivating the tourist and commercial maritime line between both countries, as well as the resumption of Tunisair flights to Libyan...
April 8th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe Banque de l ‘Habitat posted a net profit of 136.3 million dinars in 2018 compared to 115 million dinars in 2017, up 18%, according to the draft resolutions to be submitted for approval at the Ordinary General Meeting set for April 30. The Bank’s shareholders who were convened to the Ordinary General Meeting will deliberate on the appr...
March 20th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe Board of Directors of Banque de Tunisie (BT) met on March 15, 2019 to approve the financial statements of the bank for the year ended December 31, 2018. These statements show a net profit of 110 million dinars, against 136 million in 2017, i.e. a decrease of 19%. This decline is the result of a prudent provisioning policy that takes i...
March 20th, 2019 | 0 commentsTunisia and Italy, on Monday, signed a co-operation agreement a € 57-million programme to support the private sector and financial integration in the agricultural, social and solidarity sectors, The agreement involves two funding lines in the form of loan and a grant to launch a fund to support financial inclusion, the Ministry of Foreign...
March 20th, 2019 | 0 commentsTunisia’s external trade recorded in volume (constant price) an around 3.5% drop in exports and 3.1% decrease in imports in the first two months of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) released Monday. In terms of prices, they increased by 20.9% for imports and 19.1%...
March 4th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe Court of Auditors called on the House of People's Representatives (HPR) to implement the mechanisms for monitoring and overseeing the government's activity in order to implement its commitments (government) relating to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 'Agenda 2030'. The government is preparing to report on the implementation o...
March 4th, 2019 | 0 commentsPresident of the Jordan Chamber of Commerce, Nael Kabariti, and the Tunisian Ambassador to Jordan, Khalid Suhaili, discussed means of enhancing economic cooperation between Tunisia and Jordan. Kabariti said that the Jordanian private sector is interested in broadening the Jordanian-Tunisian ties with the ample opportunities for bilateral...
March 4th, 2019 | 0 commentsThe needs of banks in liquidity eased somewhat in January 2019, amounting to 15,837 MD, after reaching 16,049 MD in December 2018, according to the report of the BCT on 'Economic and Monetary Developments and Medium-term Prospects, February 2019' released on Friday. This slight easing is due in particular to an expansionary effect induced...