September 30th, 2015 | 0 commentsThe flow of foreign investments has increased 41% until end August 2015 to 1,622.6 million Tunisian dinars (MTD), boosted by FDI in the energy sector (710 MTD), according to the latest statistics published by the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA). Foreign investment recorded between January and August 2015 were divided into 1,279...
September 30th, 2015 | 0 commentsSpeaker of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) Mohamed Ennaceur met, on Monday in Bardo Palace, a delegation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly, led by Gilbert Le Bris. Mohamed Ennaceur briefed the delegation on the progress of work within the parliamentary institution as well as the current pr...
September 30th, 2015 | 0 commentsWhile much international attention is directed toward the flow of refugees from Syria and Iraq to Europe, which has prompted the partial suspension of the European Union’s Dublin Regulation by the German and Czech governments and even sent shockwaves through Canada’s ongoing federal election, hundreds of Libyans continue to make the peril...
September 29th, 2015 | 0 commentsQuintiles has been named the market leader in Phase IV services for the third year in a row, according to the 2015 CRO Quality Benchmarking – Phase IV Service Providers Report from Industry Standard Research (ISR). Quintiles was selected as the preferred provider among biopharmaceutical companies for Phase IV services based on a survey of...
September 29th, 2015 | 0 commentsTunisian Minister of Industry, Energy and Mines Zakaria Hamad said Sunday in Algiers that the renewal of supply contracts of Tunisia with Algerian natural gas and the enlargement of Tunisian storage capacity of liquefied gas will be the focus of talks between Algerian and Tunisian leaders to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the energy...
September 29th, 2015 | 0 commentsThe national harvest of dates and pomegranates for the 2015/2016 season is expected to increase by 10% and 6%, respectively, according to data presented Tuesday at a meeting in Tunis, on the preparations for the new season in all agricultural activities. Thus, the date harvest is expected to reach 246,000 tons against 223,000 tons in the...
August 20th, 2015 | 0 commentsAmbassador Al-Obeid Ahmed Muraweh, has delivered a copy of his credentials to theTunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan to the Republic of Tunisia. The Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Al-Tayeb Al-Bakosh, has welcomed ambassador Muraweh, wishing that the relations...
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...
May 27th, 2015 | 0 commentsThe Celebration of Africa Day coincides this year with the 52nd anniversary of the African Union (AU). Tunisia, one of the founding countries of the Pan-African organisation, affirms, once again, its attachment to its African belonging. Tunisia said it is confident in AU’s ability to fully assume its role internationally to defend the int...
May 26th, 2015 | 0 commentsMoroccan startup DabaDoc, which allows users to find doctors and book appointments online, has expanded to Algeria and Tunisia, with the platform now supporting over 2,000 doctors in the three countries. Launched early last year by Zineb Yacoubi and Driss Kaitouni, DabaDoc allows thousands of patients each month to connect with doctors th...
