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24th Arab Radio and Television Festival unveils its line-up

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The Palestinian cause at center stage of this 2024 edition. The broad outlines of the 24th edition of the Arab Radio and Television Festival, scheduled for June 26-29, 2024 in Tunis, were unveiled on Thursday at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Arab Radio and Television Union (ASBU) in Tunis. The latest technological innovations in audiovisual production, the radio and TV program market, and seminars on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and war information are on the menu of this 24th edition, which is dedicated to support for Palestine.…

Third edition of the Korea-Tunisia-Africa Business Forum: Stressing Tunisia’s unique position as Centre for trilateral cooperation

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The third session of the Korea-Tunisia-Africa Business Forum was held on Thursday in Tunis with representatives of 12 Korean companies and several Tunisian and African companies. The forum is one of the parallel activities of the International Forum for Financing Investment and Trade in Africa (FITA 2024). Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Tunisia, Sun Nahm-kook, pointed out that Tunisia’s strategic location between Europe and Africa offers great opportunities for trilateral cooperation and helps Korean companies access these two continents’ markets. He said that Korean companies were selected unlike…

Indian film producer Sebin Sebastian: Tunisia is an ideal location for film shoots

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The Indian film producer Sebin Sebastian said that Tunisia is full of beautiful landscapes that make it an ideal location for film shoots. Sebastian is part of the delegation of the Indian Organisation of Economy and Trade (IOET) at the seventh edition of the International Forum for Financing Investment and Trade in Africa (FITA 2024), held in Tunis on June 11 and 12 at the initiative of the Tunisian-African Business Council. Sebastian said in a statement to TunisianMonitoronline on the sidelines of the parallel workshop “Tunisia and India: Sustainable Alliances”,…

Border crossing between Libya and Tunisia partially reopened after months of closure

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The Rasjedir border crossing, a vital land link between Libya and Tunisia, will partially reopen on Thursday after months of closure, the Libyan Interior Ministry said. The decision to reopen came after talks between the two countries’ interior ministers in Libya’s capital Tripoli. The complete reopening of the crossing is scheduled for June 20, the same source reported. Located 170 km west of Tripoli, the Rasjedir crossing was closed on March 19 following an attack by a “criminal group”. It is a key crossing point for travellers between the two…

21st TIF 2024 opens in Tunis

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The 21st Tunisia Investment Forum (TIF) started on Wednesday afternoon in Gammarth (a northern suburb of Tunis), with over 800 Tunisian and foreign investors representing some thirty countries participating, TAP reports. The two-day forum on “Tunisia, where sustainability rhymes with opportunity”, is organised by the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA Tunisia) in partnership with the European Union (EU). This edition will highlight the innovation and sustainable investment potential of the Tunisian economy. It will focus on four high-added-value sectors: automotive components, pharmaceuticals, renewable energies, start-ups and the diaspora. The 2024…

640 million people in COMESA,market with significant opportunities for Tunisians

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Tunisia will soon join COMESA’s real-time e-payment platform The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) offers great opportunities for cooperation and investment potential for Tunisian businessmen, said Teddy Yagambaram Soobramanien Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the COMESA Business Council (CBC), during a parallel workshop at the seventh edition of the international conference ‘Financing Investment and Trade in Africa / Fita 2024’. ‘COMESA is one of the largest regional economic blocs in Africa, which makes it a key gateway to trade development in the continent,’ Subramanian said during a…

Fourth edition of INNOVA FOR TUNISIA LAB launched in Tunis

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The fourth edition of the ‘LAB INNOVA FOR TUNISIA 2024’ management training project was inaugurated on Monday in Tunis. The event, organised by the ITA/ICE – Italian Agency for Foreign Trade, in collaboration with its training office in Rome, was attended by the Italian Ambassador to Tunis, Alessandro Prunas, and Minister of Communication Technologies, Nizar Ben Néji. At the opening ceremony, Ambassador Prunas underlined the importance of technology and ICTs as areas of development for Italian-Tunisian collaboration, recalling the recent signing of a memorandum to strengthen exchanges and expertise between…

From January to May, Tunisia prevents 30,281 undocumented migrants from crossing Mediterranean

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Tunisia thwarted attempts by around 30,281 undocumented migrants to reach Italy via the Mediterranean in the first five months of 2024, the Tunisian National Guard said on Tuesday. ‘During the same period, Tunisian Maritime Guard units thwarted 1,041 attempts to smuggle migrants to the Italian coast,’ the National Guard said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. It added that Sea Guard units also recovered 462 bodies of illegal migrants, including seven Tunisian nationals. Located in the central Mediterranean, Tunisia is one of the most popular transit points for…

24th Session of the Arab Radio and TV Festival

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Opening ceremony revenues to benefit victims of Palestinian genocide The 24th edition of the Arab Radio and Television Festival will dedicate the revenues from the opening ceremony to the victims of the genocide in occupied Palestine, as it was decided during a working session to look into the logistical and technical preparations. The 24th edition of the Arab Radio and Television Festival will be held from June 26 to 29 under the slogan ‘Supporting Palestine’. Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister in charge of the Cultural Affairs Ministry, Moncef Boukthir,…

Peace Tree Planted at Game Art Park

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The scorching sun of June 8 on Saturday did not prevent people from rallying around the blessed tree of peace (olive tree) and planting it in the integrated entertainment complex ‘Game Art Park’, in the suburb of Gammart, to the sound of the Tunisian and Palestinian national anthems by the wonderful voice of Alia Al-Salami. The event was attended by Minister of Environment Leila Cheikhaoui Mahdaoui, Ambassador of Palestine to Tunisia Hayel Al Fahoum, Ambassadors of Cuba, Senegal, Ukraine and Argentina, a representative of the British Embassy, and several political,…