Tunis, November 29, 2008- Recently inaugurated by the President of the Republic on the occasion of the 50 th anniversary of the Tunisian Central Bank, Tunisia’s first Money Museum, which is located in a premise adjoining the Central Bank, sprawls over some 600 square meters. The Museum which occupies two floors and comprises an exhibition room and a sales corner, cost 3, 5 million dinars to set up.
Guided visits in virtual mode are also available to visitors in English, French and Arabic....
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Tunis, November 29, 2008- In his opening
address to the international Symposium on “the role of central banks in building regional regroupings and in managing financial crisis”, read on his behalf by the Governor of the Tunisian Central Bank, Mr Tawfik Baccar, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali called on Saturday for “the working out of a code of ethics in the form of an international convention under the auspices of the United Nations“ to which all regulatory parties shall be committed. ...
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Tunis, November 28, 2008 - Following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which have caused the death of 130 people, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sent on Friday a message of condolences to the Indian President, Mrs Pratibha Patil.
In his message, President Ben Ali reaffirms Tunisia’s firm condemnation of these odious crimes, its rejection of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, as well as its solidarity with the friendly Indian people in ...
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Tunis, November 28, 2008- Two partnership conventions were signed on Thursday in Hammamet at the “ICT 4 all Forum- Tunis + 3 ” between the Tunisian government and the US firm “Intel Corporation” on the one hand, and between the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organisation (OATIC) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), on the other.
The convention between the Tunisian government and Intel Corporation which was signed by the Minister of Communication technologies , Mr Hadj Gley and Mr Gordon Graylish , ...
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Tunis, November 28, 2008- Tunisia’s economy and its enterprises, are well integrated in the Euro-Med free exchange zone, and are looking forward to boost this process within the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean, said Mr Afif Chelbi, Minister of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium Enterprises during the 23 rd session of the “Days of the Enterprise” in Sousse.
Tunisian exports were multiplied fourfold between 1995 and 2008, increasing from 2, 3 billion Euros to more than 10 billion Euros, he ...
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Tunis, November 28, 2008- President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali received on Thursday Mr Mondher Zenaidi, Minister of Public Health who briefed him on the activities of the health sector. The meeting also focused on the ways of improving the sector’s efficiency.
In this context, the Head of State received a report on the implementation of the strategy he had decided in view of strengthening Tunisia’s position as an export pole of health services, by taking cognizance of the state of advancement of the ...
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Tunis, November 28, 2008- Among its many other activities, the Tunisian National Library(see photo) recently hosted an interesting conference on slavery and its subsequent abolition during the French revolution.
The conference was given by Pr Marcel Dorigny, the chairman of the Association of European Colonisation (1750-1850). The conference which strongly condemned revisionist readings of history, also thrashed out the various political reactions to slavery in France including its enthusiastic abolition in 1794 and its quick reinstatement by Napoleon in 1802, following the revolt of ...
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