“One Night In Tunisia” on September 29 at Olympia in Paris

Lovers of Tunisian and oriental music will attend on Sunday, September 29, 2019,  a charity concert “One Night In Tunisia” at the Olympia, in Paris. “One Night In Tunisia” is, according to the organizers of ONIt Zephir, a link between nostalgia for the past and hope for the future. The concert will allow Tunisia to shine in this hall that has hosted the greatest names on the world music scene. This is thanks to the casting of the best Tunisian artists, in the fields of music, dance, humour and who…

ISIE announces final list of candidates

The Independent High Authority for the Elections (ISIE) announced on Saturday the final list of 26 candidates for the early presidential election scheduled for next September 15, TAP reports. ISIE has published on its official page on the social network Facebook a copy of the ballot paper for the presidential election, their ranking, names and photos. At a press conference on Saturday, ISIE President Nabil Baffoun said that the ISIE council meeting after the expiry of the deadlines for withdrawal of applications examined the complete files of candidates and the…

Tunisia hopes for more Japanese investment (Jhinaoui)

Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui said he hopes to see more Japanese investment in Tunisia at an interview with NHK as part of his participation in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development that ended Friday after three days of discussions between Japan and African leaders. Jhinaoui said, “What makes Japan special because you focus on quality, innovation. If you see the three themes which are the agenda of TICAD7, people, innovation, resilience. So you are on the right path.”* He added Tunisia is hoping for Japan to become more active…

ECON4Tunisia initiative presents its economic rescue plan

“About thirty concrete and feasible short-term proposals” to save the Tunisian economy currently in crisis were presented on Thursday in Tunis by economists Hakim Ben Hammouda, Zouhour Karray and Houssem Eddine Chebbi. They include 32 proposals formulated in a blue book prepared by 70 Tunisian economists working in Tunisia and abroad and recognized worldwide for their skills as part of the ECON4 TUNISIA initiative (Economy for Tunisia), Hakim Ben Hammouda stressed at a meeting with the press. “The objective being to put economic issues back at the heart of the…

Tunisia to take part in 4th China-Arab States Expo in Ningxia (FIPA official)

Tunisia will take part in the fourth China-Arab States Expo in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, next September. 5-8. “This participation in this economic event will be supported by the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA),” Besma Laouini, FIPA-Tunisia consumer products promotion director said in an interview with Xinhua. She said that participation in this China-Arab States expo aims to identify investment opportunities in Tunisia and boost the Chinese companies and institutions’ investment in growing sectors in Tunisia, including the service and industry sectors. Laouini added that…

US donation worth $ 335 million to Tunisia under five-year programme

Tunisia received a donation from the United States worth $ 335 million (the equivalent of 1 billion dinars) to fund projects and programmes meant to boost economic and social development by means of couraging entrepreneurship and improving governance, the Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation said in a statement. The donation is part of a US co-operation and support programme for a five-year period (2019-2024). The donation agreement was signed by Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation Zied Ladhari and Country Director and Senior Development Advisor for US…

Up 11 % of Tunisian pharmaceutical industry

“The Tunisian pharmaceutical industry has registered an annual growth of 11 p% in the last two decades,” said interim Health Minister Sonia Ben Chiekhas she inaugurated Tuesday the second edition of the Realities Medical Forum held in Tunis on August. 27-28. “Pharmaceutical Industry as a Health Pillar,” is the theme of the forum which is organized in partnership with the Tunisian Association of Generic Drugs in coordination with the health ministry. Investments in this industry during the last three years, she added, have hit 300 million dinars (some 105 million…

Migrants Crisis in Mediterranean: IOM accused of forcing Bangladeshis to go home

The UN migration agency has been accused of forcing Bangladeshi migrants, including children, in Tunisia to return home following weeks at sea, the Daily Star reported. The Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux (FTDES) NGO, filed a complaint to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Tunisia this month in this regard. The group of 64 Bangladeshis said they felt pressed by the IOM to sign a voluntary return paper, or risk arrest, according to a report by British daily The Guardian published on August 26. The migrants…

Harvard Kennedy School Receives $1 Million Gift to Establish First Tunisian Graduate Fellowship Program

Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced the creation of a new graduate student fellowship program funded by a $1 million gift from Harvard College alumnus Hazem Ben-Gacem AB 1992. For the next three years, the fellowship will cover the costs for up to two accepted applicants from Tunisia per year enrolled in the HKS Master in Public Administration (MPA) degree program. The fellowship program honours Ben-Gacem’s father, Hamida Ben-Gacem MPA 1972, the first Tunisian graduate of Harvard Kennedy School, the HKS website reports. “We appreciate Hazem’s continuing generous support of…