Day: October 30, 2016

Tunisia-EU first summit :Federica Mogherini visits Tunisia November 1st

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High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini will travel to Tunisia on Monday 1 November. The visit to Tunis comes just after the adoption of the Joint Communication for strengthening the European Union’s support to Tunisia’s democratic transition and to promoting the country socio-economic development. The HRVP will meet with Beji Caïd Essebsi, President of the Republic, Youssef Chahed, Prime Minister,  Khemaies Jhinaoui, Minister for Foreign Affairs, other members of government, as well as representatives of young leaders’ associations. She will then participate at the…

Bob Dylan Breaks Silence on His Nobel Prize: ‘It’s Hard to Believe’

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After 15 days of an apparent silent treatment, Bob Dylan has made his first public statements about winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. “It’s hard to believe, amazing, incredible. Whoever dreams about something like that?” Dylan told The Telegraph in his first interview since the Swedish Academy announced the honor on Oct. 13. Dylan was recognized for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” The award briefly got some airtime on his website before it was quickly removed, and the musician famously shuns media, but he…

“Crédit Agricole” expects growth rate in Tunisia to reach 2.2% in 2017

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(TAP) – “Crédit Agricole”, the French full-service banking group, Friday predicted Tunisia’s growth rate will rise to 2.2% in 2017 and 1.6% in 2016 up from 0.8% in 2015. Inflation is projected to stand at 4.4% during the current year and 4.2% in 2017 against 4.9% in 2015, Crédit Agricole said in its weekly newsletter on emerging countries. The current account deficit is expected to hover around -8.5% of the GDP in 2016 and -7.5% in 2017 in comparison with -9.4% in 2015.

New earthquake rocks Italy, buildings collapse but no deaths reported

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A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors over the past two months, with more homes and churches brought down but no deaths reported. The quake, which measured 6.6 according to the U.S. Geological Survey, was bigger than one on Aug. 24 that killed almost 300 people. Many people have fled the area since then, helping to avoid a new devastating death toll. With thousands already made homeless, a leading seismologist warned that the earthquakes could go on for…

Youssef Chahed: public administration “encumbered”, needs energy to be unleashed

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Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said, Saturday, the Tunisian public administration is “encumbered” and needs energies to be unleashed to discharge at best its mission to serve citizens and work against corruption, bribery and smuggling. Chairing the opening works of the Conference of Directors-General 2016 organised by the Ministry of Public Service and Governance, Chahed pointed to the State’s support to directors general in public service and the importance to unlock the talents and skills of the public administration to implement development policies, win back citizens’ confidence in the administration and…

Tunisia advances proposal of European investment support mechanism in Western Mediterranean

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(TAP)-Tunisia Friday tabled a proposal to create a mechanism to support European investment in Western Mediterranean countries, as part of the European External Investment Plan. The proposal, put forward at a 5+5 Dialogue Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Marseille, France, was welcomed by participating countries, the Foreign Ministry Saturday said in a press release. The meeting , co-chaired by France and Morocco, addressed several issues of concern to the Western Mediterranean region, namely means to keep peace and stability, the fight against terrorism, economic co-operation, regional integration, trade and investment. It…

Opening of Carthage Film Festival 2016: fifty years and many artists in the spotlight

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(TAP) – Not far from the Municipal Theatre of Tunis, which had housed most of the previous editions of the Carthage Film Festival (JCC) since its creation in 1966, the 27th edition of the JCC, which celebrates its 50th anniversary, was opened on Friday evening at the Convention Centre, downtown Tunis. The opening of the 27th festival, which runs until 05 November, was marked by a series of tributes and musical break with Algerian Kaddour Hdadi and Tunisian Zoheir Gouga who performed a song on Refugees (I am a refugee).…