Following its recent debut in Tunisia with the launch of two properties, Deutsche Hospitality is continuing to pursue its robust growth in North Africa with the opening of Steigenberger Hotel Palace Marhaba. Expected to open in November, the new address will offer 371 rooms and suites as well as six restaurants and bars along with a thalassotherapy centre. The company will operate the hotel under a management agreement with owners, Tunisiabased Marhaba Company. Commenting on the new addition, Puneet Chhatwal, CEO, Deutsche Hospitality, stated, “[…] After a few months in…
Day: June 16, 2017
Tunisia orders NGOs to publish foreign funding
Tunisia on Monday said non-government organisations must declare any funds they receive from abroad in line with a 2011 law on freedom of association, giving them a month to comply. Local and international NGOs “have a month starting from today” to declare the amount of foreign funding they receive in accordance with the law, a government statement said. It said the information must be passed on to the government. A government source, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said authorities issued the statement in line with Tunisia’s “war on…
Morocco, Tunisia to Benefit from G20 Compact with Africa Initiative
Morocco and Tunisia are listed in a group of five African countries that have first pledged reforms under the Compact with Africa Initiative, a Germany’s flagship G20-Africa Partnership project aiming to improve economic conditions across the continent. The three other countries having registered their interest with the G20 are Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda and Senegal. More countries will likely follow suit. The initiative was launched following a meeting between Merkel and African leaders at the G20-Africa Partnership, held as part of Germany’s presidency of the G20 powerful economies, which will organize…
Libya’s Foreign Bank wins lawsuit against Tunisia’s LMS over debt
A court in Tunisia has delivered its final verdict ruling in favour of the Libyan Foreign Bank over Tunisia’s LMS International Trading Company. The Tunisian Court of Appeal dropped claims of LMS that the Libyan Foreign Bank had failed to pay off millions of dollars in debt. The legal fight started when LMS filed a lawsuit against the Libyan Foreign Bank in the Tunisian Court of First Instance, alleging unpaid debt of over $ 108.700 million. A statement by the Libyan Foreign Bank indicated that the Tunisian court issued an…
Tunisia has enough to eat, but this will not last for too long, say ITES and WFP
The Tunisians complain, but seeing the bread that is wasted throughout the year, the food poured into the garbage during the month of Ramadan and the tons of food that the restaurants and the supermarkets throw out daily, we may say that the country was not hungry, far from it. Even if it is undeniable that the crisis is raging, especially in recent years and that all this food waste is the tree that hides the forest. The Strategic Review on Food and Nutrition Security in Tunisia, prepared by the…
Protesters agree to end blockade of Tunisia oil plant
Protesters agreed Friday to end a blockade of a Tunisian oil and gas plant that saw bloody clashes with police last month after the government met many of their demands. The mainly young unemployed protesters had held a three-month sit-in at the El-Kamour pumping station demanding jobs and investment in the impoverished southern Tataouine region. Amid growing fears the social unrest could spread, Employment Minister Imed Hammami signed a deal with representatives of the protesters brokered by Tunisia’s powerful trade union confederation. “This agreement satisfies everyone… and will be very…