The Truth and Dignity Commission (French: IVD) has overcome all the obstacles it has encountered earlier, President of IVD, Sihem Ben Sedrine said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference on the stat of individual hearings of victims of violations, Ben Sedrine pointed out that the Commission had signed last Monday an agreement with the Office of the Presidency of […]
The European Union (EU) donated 70 million euros (1 euro = 2,17 TND) to Tunisia to fund development programmes and projects in less-favoured areas. The announcement was made Wednesday at a news conference jointly held by European Commission Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Prime Minister Habib Essid who is on a visit in Brussels, the second leg of a three-day tour […]
Tunisia will be in negotiations next June to join Horizon 2020, the European Union (EU)’s biggest research and innovation programme, Premier Habib Essid announced Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium. “Tunisia would be as such the first Arab country to have joined this framework programme,” Essid said at a joint press conference with Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini. It would […]
A study on the phosphate extraction project in Sra Ouertane mine, Governorate of Kef, will be conducted in the coming period, Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining Zakaria Hamad said on Wednesday. This study will focus on the economic, technical and regulatory aspects of the project as part of a participatory approach, he pointed out as he paid a working […]
Talks on the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with Tunisia will start in October, said Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini. “The European Union (EU) will start DCFTA negotiations with Tunisia in October,” she announced Wednesday in Brussels at a joint press conference with visiting PM Habib Essid. Talks will not take a long time, she pointed […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) expects economic growth in Tunisia to stand at 3% in 2015 and 4.1% in 2016. In its African Economic Outlook Report 2015 released as part of its Annual Meetings (May 25-29 in Ivory Coast), the AfDB predicts a real GDP per capita growth rate of 1.9% in 2015 and 3.1% in 2016. Source : Tunis […]
LONDON, May 27, 2015 / PRNewswire – Continuing its tradition of providing access to quality theological education, the University of Roehampton, London announced today the addition of an online Master of Arts in Theology and Leadership to its Department of Humanities. This programme was created to help meet the demand for leaders of faith-based organisations and other organisations […]
– Tax transparency to become the new norm, resulting in new demands on business, and 71% of businesses say they need more resources to meet those demands – Tax reputation risk is high on the C-suite agenda, with 83% of tax directors regularly briefing the CEO/CFO about the subject – Companies increasingly looking to have […]
Jean-Louis Destans, Deputy of the Eure Department at the French National Assembly and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee at this Assembly, Tuesday, reasserted France’s commitment to carry on supporting the democratic transition process in Tunisia. At a meeting between House of People’s Representatives (HPR) Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur and a delegation of the French National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Destans […]
The Parliamentary Security and Defence Committee is to conduct a hearing with the Defence Minister on the shooting that took place, Monday, in the military barracks of Bouchoucha, Tunis and the joint Tunisian-US military commission scheduled for May 26 and 27 in Washington. President of the Committee Lotfi Nabli told TAP members discussed, at their second meeting, the hearings schedule […]
Prime Minister Habib Essid visited, Tuesday, Tunisia’s pavilion in the universal Expo Milano 2015 in Italy held on May 1-October 31, 2015. “This event will certainly promote Tunisia destination and attract tourists and investors from various regions of the world, the Prime Minister told TAP, commending the efforts exerted by the Tunisian participants in this international event. On this occasion, […]
A co-operation agreement between Tunisia and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) was signed, Tuesday in Gammarth as part of the official launch of the PEJTUN project, “decent jobs for Tunisian youth.” The document was signed by Minister of Vocational Training and Employment Zied Laadhari and Director of ILO Office for Maghreb countries Mohamed Ali Deyahi, with attendance of representatives of […]
