Day: February 27, 2017

UK experts deliver week of communications training to support Tunisian Government

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From 9-15 February UK Government communications experts delivered two training programmes to reinforce the role and importance of government communications, to share best-practice strategic communications tools and to support Government of Tunisia communicators to develop their expertise in crisis communications. British Ambassador to Tunisia, Louise De Sousa, hosted the five days of training attended by more than 30 officials from eight ministries across the Government of Tunisia. The training was part of an on-going bilateral project to support Tunisia’s strategic communications work and was delivered in partnership with the UK…

Improving the business environment in Tunisia

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In order to achieve legal and regulatory stability, the Tunisian government has created a solid legal framework consisting of a set of laws and policies that also aims to improve the business environment in Tunisia. Indeed, the Law on investment is part of the new generation of economic reforms under the policy of diversification of the economy adopted by the Tunisian government. It regulates the framework for foreign direct investment in order to adapt it to the place foreign capital has in the national economy. The Law provides an efficient…

Dairy Farmers to Benefit from Solar-powered Coolers

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Small dairy farms, which form the bulk of milk producers, are suffering from low production as a result of lack of cooling systems and animal feeds. Now, researchers at Germany’s University of Hohenheim have developed solar-powered milk cooling refrigerators for small dairy farmers. The university is carrying out trials of the new cooling system with optimised animal feeding at Sam Malanga Co-operative Society in Siaya County in western Kenya and the Sidi Bouzid region in central Tunisia, to adapt it to local conditions. The University of Hohenheim said the goal…

Heidelberg Police Charge 35-Year-Old German Driver With Murder

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The man who drove a car into pedestrians in Heidelberg, killing one of them, is to be kept in custody, accused of murder and attempted murder. Police have released more details on the case. The man who drove his rental car into a pedestrian zone in Heidelberg in southwestern Germany,will not be released from police custody anytime soon. On Sunday, an arrest warrant was issued against the 35-year-old German, charging him with one case of murder and three cases of attempted murder. A 73-year old man suffered fatal injuries when…

Tunisia Pins Hopes on Second IMF Loan Tranche

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The Tunisian government is pinning its expectations for the release of a second International Monetary Fund loan tranche on a delegation visit in late March or early April. “We hope the upcoming visit will be positive and the second tranche of the loan will be disbursed soon,” Ridha Saidi, the prime minister’s economic adviser, said in a telephone interview in Tunis. Tunisia secured a $2.88 billion loan last May, when $319 million were disbursed. The IMF didn’t release $321 million in December. During its last visit earlier this month, the Washington-based lender…