Tunis, January 6, 2009- During his meeting on Tuesday with the new ALECSO Secretary General, Mr Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali highlighted the importance of boosting Arab action in the sectors of education, culture and the sciences.
The new Secretary General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), presented President Ben Ali with the organization’s projects relative to the management and implementation of its programs. He pointed out the respect enjoyed by Tunisia under ...
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Tunis, January 6, 2009- Plans to expand the partnership between Tunisia and the French equipment company Alstom were discussed during a meeting in Tunis on Tuesday between the Minister of transport, Mr Abderrahim Zouari and Alstom’s CEO, Mr Philippe Mellier.
The French company which won the bid for the electrification of the El Mourouj metro line in Tunis as well as that of the railway line between Tunis and its southern suburbs, is also the main equipment provider of railcars to the “Transtu” ...
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Tunis, January 6, 2009- An exhibit at the “Kanvas gallery” at la Soukra in Tunis featuring 40 canvasses by two generations of Tunisian painters, is currently on display until January 31.
The paintings by 11 Tunisian artists from the Tunis School of painting*, as well as by artists of the new wave illustrate the extraordinary journey of Tunisian pictorial art, whether figurative in the case of the former or abstract in the case of the latter.
The works which include oil paintings and ...
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Tunis, January 6, 2009- “Amidst the turbulent background of the global economic crisis, 2008 has turned out to be a surprisingly robust year for the Tunisian economy” writes the Oxford Business Group (OBG) in its “Year in Review feature”.
http://www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com/weekly01.asp?id=4245
The review analyses Tunisia’s “healthy growth numbers” in all sectors of financial and economic activity including the banking sector, ICT, tourism and infrastructure, which have all posted significant growth.
Referring to the mega projects underway, by major Emirati building promoters such as Sama ...
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