A walk-in COVID19 jab drive will be organised on October 26-31 at the Kram exhibition centre, on the sidelines of the 15th edition of the International Exhibition of Agriculture, Agricultural Machinery and Fishing “SIAMAP 2021.” Adviser to the Health Minister Ines Gmati stated to TAP, that a team of medics and paramedics will be on site to inoculate as many […]
The Tunisia-Africa Business Council (TABC) announced on Saturday the setting up of a “TABC Sahel” regional office which covers the Sousse, Monastir and Mahdia governorates. By setting up this new office, TABC seeks to “contribute to the development of the Sahel region, which hosts the activities of several high value-added sectors,” the council said in a press release. The TABC […]
All incoming passengers including those fully vaccinated will be required, from October 27, to present a negative PCR test of less than 72 hours to enter the Tunisian territory, said the Health Ministry. The Ministry indicated in a statement this procedure, which does not concern children under 12 years, comes after the development of the global epidemiological situation related to […]
Enda Tamweel has been awarded the MSI 20000 certification, on the quality of the financial situation of companies, becoming the first micro-finance institution in Tunisia and the Arab world to get this certification, according to a press release of this institution. The MSI 20000 for Market Standard Indicator – Index 20000, is the international standard dedicated to evaluate the quality […]
The budget deficit has slowed down by 38% in the first eight months of the year 2021, to 3 billion dinars, from 4.9 billion dinars, at the end of August 2020, according to the provisional results of the execution of the state budget released by the Ministry of Finance Saturday. This drop in the deficit was helped by the increase […]
The outstanding public debt reached nearly 101.2 billion dinars at the end of August 2021, against 90.2 billion dinars during the same period last year, up 12.2%, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance (Provisional results of the execution of the State Budget) Saturday. The outstanding domestic debt is 41 billion dinars, while that external debt’s is about […]
Tunisia is considered highly vulnerable to climate change and is expected to experience adverse impacts from increased temperatures, increased aridity, reduced precipitation, and rising sea levels. Socio-economic and environmental implications will particularly affect water resources, agriculture and livestock, ecosystems, coastal zones, health, and tourism sectors: these are the main findings of a World Bank (WB) report entitled Climate Risk Country […]
A presidential decree imposing the COVID-19 vaccine pass was published on Friday in the Official Gazette of the Tunisian Republic (JORT). The 11-article decree states in its first article that the vaccine pass is granted to all Tunisians or foreign residents aged 18 and over who have completed their jab scheme. It can also be given to fully vaccinated persons […]
Two thirds of inmates in Tunisia are held in pre-trial detention, said President of the Association of Tunisian Judges. This measure involving deprivation of liberty does not meet international standards and fails to protect rights and freedoms. Freedom should be the rule and deprivation of liberty should be the exception, he argued in a statement to TAP¨. Anas Hmaidi, who […]