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Forum on Investment Climate in Light of Modern Technological Transformations and Role of AI in Promoting Entrepreneurship

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The Arab Organization for Administrative Development of the League of Arab States, with the participation of several Arab countries, organized the Forum on the Investment Climate in the Light of Modern Technological Transformations and the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Promoting Entrepreneurship. Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain was engineer Jamal Ahmed Yacoub Kamal, who presented an important working paper on promoting investment in Arab countries using artificial intelligence technology. The working paper dealt with the definition of artificial intelligence and the history of its emergence as well as the…

Special packages for Tunisian tourists at affordable prices, calls Tourism Minister

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Minister of Tourism Mohamed Moez Belhassine has called for Tunisian tourists to be offered special packages at affordable prices to suit their purchasing power, says a statement from the Ministry of Tourism. At a working session held on Monday, following field visits and inspections of tourist facilities, Mr. Belhassine stressed the paramount importance of giving priority to domestic tourism. He stressed its role in revitalizing the economy and tourism activities, particularly in inland regions. Belhassine stressed the need to intensify control of tourist establishments and urged all professionals to commit…

Tunisia-Libya: Ras Jedir border crossing fully reopened

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 The full reopening of the border crossing between Tunisia and Libya in both directions for the movement of people and goodswas annoinced by Minister of the Interior, Khaled Nouri, and his Libyan counterpart, Imed Mustapha Trabelsi, announced on Monday at the Ras Jedir border crossing (Medenine Governorate). The Ras Jedir border crossing was closed on the Libyan side last March. It was only partially reopened on June 13, following the signing of an agreement between the two countries’ interior ministers on June 12. The agreement included a number of points…

Agreement to train 2,000 Tunisians for jobs in Italy

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A framework agreement was signed Tuesday in Tunis between the National Agency for Employment and Self-Employment (Aneti), the Tunisian Agency for Vocational Training (ATFP), the Italian Building and Public Works Association (Ance) and the Centro Elis Association, as part of the Thamm Plus Italia program. The announcement was made by the Italian Ambassador in Tunis, the European Union Mission in Tunis and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The agreement aims to provide certified technical and language training to 2,000 Tunisians, and to integrate them into ANCE network companies. “Through…

International symposium on innovation and interdisciplinarity at Beit Al Hikma

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The Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts Beit Al Hikma, in collaboration with the National Library of Tunisia, is organizing an international symposium on innovation and interdisciplinarity, scheduled for October 25-26 at its headquarters, in honor of the late Mounira Chapoutot Remadi, eminent professor of archaeology and Muslim civilization at the University of Tunis. The symposium, dedicated to the soul of the defunct, will focus on a theme to be presented by a group of professors and researchers from various specialties, to shed light on her long academic career…

Oman, Tunisia ink new air services agreement

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Credit goes to Muscat Daily The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Civil Aviation Authority, inked an air services agreement with the Republic of Tunisia in Tunis on Sunday, Muscat Daily reported. The agreement was signed by Eng Nayef bin Ali al Abri, Chairman of Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority, in the presence of Sarah Zaafarani Zanzri, Tunisia’s Minister of Transport, Dr Hilal bin Abdullah al Sanani, Oman’s Ambassador to Tunisia, and several officials from the two countries’ civil aviation authorities. This agreement updates the 1985 agreement between the governments of…

Tunisia: Enhancing geological heritage at Beit El Hikma

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The Department of Islamic Studies of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts Beit al-Hikma has organized a workshop on June 27 on the theme of “Legislative obligations relating to heritage”. The workshop, coordinated by Department Director Hmida Enneifer and Professor Mohamed Bouhlel, focused on the first scientific session on the place of heritage issues in national legislation and international conventions. The second session looked in particular at geological heritage in Tunisia: “Geo-parks in Tunisia between legislation and international conventions”, using the Dhahar’ geo-park in south-eastern Tunisia as a…

Tunisia-Africa Business Council and Netherlands-African Business Council: Historic partnership to boost economic cooperation

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The Tunisia-Africa Business Council (TABC), represented by its President Mr. Anis Jaziri, and the Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC), represented by Mr. Mattijs Renden, Head of Business Development, signed a historic partnership agreement at the Dutch Embassy in Tunis on Wednesday June 26, 2024. Mrs Josephine Frantzen, Dutch Ambassador to Tunisia, honored the official ceremony with her presence. This strategic partnership aims to strengthen the Netherlands-Tunisia-Africa triangulation, by opening up new prospects for cooperation between Tunisian economic operators and their Dutch counterparts. The primary aim is to stimulate bilateral trade and…

Tunisia’s travel and tourism sector is expected to generate 23 billion dinars for national economy by 2024

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Travel and tourism in Tunisia is expected to inject a record TND 23 billion into the national economy in 2024, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Study. With adequate government support, the WTTC predicts that the sector’s annual contribution to GDP could reach more than TND 32 billion by 2034. The latest WTTC data shows that in terms of economic contribution, number of jobs and domestic visitor spending, the travel and tourism sector is set to surpass all previous records in 2024. “A 16%…

37th El Jem International Symphony Music Festival

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The programme for the 37th edition of the El Jem International Festival of Symphonic Music, to be held from July 13 to August 17, 2024 at the Roman amphitheatre in El Jem, near Mahdia, includes nine evenings. Performing at this year’s festival will be symphony orchestras and two jazz groups from Austria, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland and Tunisia, whose theme is “Les Nocturnes d’El Jem”, a tribute to the works of Chopin. The complete festival program was released on Friday, June 21, on the occasion of World Music Day, at…