Tunis, September 30, 2008- Fourteen desalination plants will be built as part of an ambitious national program aiming at improving the quality of water in Southern Tunisia.
Within the framework of the project, work has started on 3 desalination plants located in the governorate of Tozeur.
The three stations will be built in the delegations of Tozeur, Nefta and Herzoua, following an investment of 15,84 million dinars.
The Tozeur plant will have a capacity of some 6,000 cubic metres per day, the Nefza ...
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Tunis, September 30, 2008- On the occasion of Eid El Fitr, marking the end of the month of Ramadan, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali received congratulatory messages from the Heads of States of Arab and Islamic countries, wishing him further success, and further progress and prosperity to the Tunisian people.
The messages came from Libya’s Leader Mouamar Kadhafi, Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, Syria’s President Bachar El Assad, the President of the State of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh ...
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Tunis, September 30, 2008- A great number of fans and music lovers flocked at the Tunis Municipal Theatre to watch the Tunisian singer Amina Fakhet, whose show was scheduled on Sunday to close the 2008 edition of the Medina festival.
Displaying a superb control of her repertoire and excellent command of her voice, the singer opened the show with a song belonging to the religious repertoire Houa (He). For the two remaining hours she sang sentimental songs from both her older repertoire, as ...
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Tunis, September 30, 2008 – Amar (Ben Belgacem), a Tunisian painter living in France is currently exhibiting his works at the “Art- Libris” gallery in Tunis.
Until October 20, visitors will be able to discover Amar’s dazzling pictorial world, where colors reign supreme.
Dubbed “Color gardens”, the exhibit has already attracted a number of art lovers.
His paintings are also imbued with a sense of grace, innocence and humor which denotes a nostalgia for the painter’s Tunisian youth....
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Tunis, September 29, 2008 - President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali conferred on Monday with the Prime Minister Mr Mohammed Ghannouchi, who briefed him on the advancement of the implementation of program of the upgrading of popular districts surrounding major cities.
The program includes interventions in 26 districts where 166,000 people live, at a cost of 114 million dinars.
In this framework, the Head of State issued instructions with a view to speed up the completion of this program, in line with the set deadlines so as ...
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Tunis, September 29, 2008- On the occasion of the celebration of the national and international day of older persons, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali received on Monday, Mrs Houria Bent Mohammed Lassoued El Mazrouii , aged 115 and a native of the governorate of Siliana.
Mrs El Mazrouii, who benefits from the services of the mobile teams of the social security services of the Ben Arous Governorate, enjoys full physical autonomy.
During the encounter, President Ben Ali granted special attention to the ...
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Tunis, September 29, 2008- A recent press release of the executive board meeting of the Tunisian Central Bank, posts a “continued growth of the Tunisian economy in several industrial activities such as mechanical and electric industries and in the sector of services, notably tourism and air transport, while energy and large scale farming regressed somewhat”.
The report adds that “foreign trade grew at a steady pace as on September 20, 2008 showing 27, 7% for exports and 27, 3% for imports.
As for ...
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