
A cabinet meeting chaired by President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali was held on Wednesday. The meeting looked at the draft economic budget for 2010, the draft State budget and the finance bill for 2010.
It reviewed outcomes expected in 2009 and development prospects for 2010 which show the ability acquired by the national economy facing ...

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- According to the latest electronic newsletter of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium Enterprises, investment intentions last July,have concerned 243 projects at an estimated 361 million dinars.

In the ...

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- In a communiqué released on Tuesday, the Center for the Promotion of Exports (CEPEX) announces that online marketplace analysis tools of the International Trade Center (ITC) will become free for exporters, thanks to the financial support from the Global Fund for Special Assignment of the ITC and the World Bank....

Secretary-General of the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) Mohamed Ghariani conferred, on Wednesday morning in Tunis, with Cuba's ambassador in Tunis Gabriel Tiel Capote.
The meeting offered the opportunity to look at progress of the long-standing relations binding the two friendly countries and to reassert will to further strengthen them.
The emphasis was laid on the need to ...

Components of the Tunisian expatriate civil society continue expressing support to President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali's candidacy for the 2009 presidential elections.
In messages sent to the Head of State, they praise the achievements and gains made in Tunisia and for the benefit of the Tunisian community in all areas, thanks to the appropriate choices ...

TUNISIAONLINENEWS – The proceedings of the 5+5 Conference on "Quality Digital Education for All" started on Tuesday in Biarritz, France.
Education ministers from Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) countries (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Mauritania) and five European countries (France, Spanish, Italy, Malta and Portugal) took part in this meeting chaired by Mr. Hatem Ben Salem, Minister ...

TUNISIAONLINENEWS- As part of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the PROSOL program related to the Kyoto protocol, the first agreement for carbon credits sale in the energy sector was penned on Monday in Tunis, between the Tunisian National Agency for Energy Management (ANME) and a major French joint-venture ORBEO ( a merger between Rhodia and ...

TUNISIAONLINENEWS-The first annual conference on "Citizenship and Republican values," organized by the Arabic language magazine “Loua”, under the high patronage of President Ben Ali, opened on Tuesday morning, at the Berges du Lac in Tunis.
Participants to the conference include Mr Bechir Tekkari, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Mr Sadok Chaabane, the President of ...

On Nigeria's National Day, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sent a message to congratulate Pesident Alhaji Umar Musa Yar'Adua, expressing will to carry on joint action to further strengthen the fraternal relations of cooperation between the two countries for the benefit of the two brotherly peoples' interests....

On the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sent a message to congratulate President Hu Jintao.
In the message, the Head of State expresses full satisfaction at the excellent long-standing friendly relations of fruitful cooperation between the two countries. He also reaffirms will to carry on joint action ...