Tunisia News
Economy
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599Tunisia-FM Noureddine Erray inaugurates Tunisia Business Council Worldwide
Minister of Foreign Affairs Noureddine Erray inaugurated the Tunisia Business Council Worldwide (TBCww), in the attendance of President of the Tunisia-Africa Business...
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912Tunisia-Tunisia buys soft wheat and barley in tender
Tunisia’s state grains agency purchased an estimated 159,000 tonnes of soft milling wheat and 50,000 tonnes of animal feed barley in an...
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598Tunisia-OXFAM :Tunisian tax system favours most unfair forms of taxation
The Tunisian tax system favours the unfairest forms of taxation, penalises the country’s middle and lower classes, in addition to depriving the...
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953Tunisia-Tunisia’s economy may narrow by 6 to 7% in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Tunisia’s economy may contract by up to 7% this year due to the consequences of coronavirus pandemic, the investment minister announced on...
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743Tunisia-World Bank grants $ 175 Million Loan To Tunisia
The World Bank has just approved $ 175 million in funds support to assist Tunisia in coping with the outcomes of the...
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667Tunisia-Arab Monetary Fund provides US$59 million loan to Tunisia
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) extended a new loan facility worth $59 million (Dh217m) to Tunisia to strengthen the country’s financial position...
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616Tunisia-INS: Over 60% of Tunisian families have been affected by COVID-19
Over 60% of Tunisian families assert that they have been affected in one way or another by COVID-19, largely by the rise...
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640Tunisia-Tunisia’s GDP shrank 1.7% in the first quarter of 2020
Tunisia’s GDP shrank by 1.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020, the State Statistics Institute announced on Friday, as the essential...
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911Tunisia-Fruit export generate 9.4-MD revenues until May 6
Despite a fall in Tunisia’s fruit exports, they produced revenues of 9.4 MD from January 2 till May 6, up 5.24% opposed...
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817Tunisia- Tourism revenues drops by 22% in April
Tourism revenues declined by 22% to 993 million dinars (MD) at the conclusion of April, in contradiction to 1.2 billion dinars in...
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693Tunisia- Inflation jumps to 6.3% in April 2020
The inflation rate bordered up to 6.3% in April in opposition to 6.2% in March and 5.8% in February 2020, the National...
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597Tunisia- State acquires €257 million and $130 million from 12 local banks
An agreement on a syndicated loan from 12 local banks, amounting to about 1180 million dinars (€257 million with an interest rate...
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702Tunisia-World Bank Makes US$35 Million Available to Support Tunisia Through COVID-19 Crisis
The World Bank today approved a new $20 million project to support Tunisia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on strengthening the...
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605Tunisia-Finance Ministry’s new E-filing system to start operating in next few hours
The new E-filing system of the Finance Ministry was tested, Sunday evening, by the Minister of Finance, Nizar Yaïche and a technical...
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537Tunisia-TBCC calls for facilitation to allow foreign companies to secure needed funding
Tunisian British Chamber of Commerce “TBCC” Director Mahdi Ben Abdullah called for the facilitation of procedures in order to allow foreign companies in...
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632Tunisia-Foreign currency reserves up to 131 days of imports
Tunisia’s foreign currency reserves rose to 22,3 billion dinars till April 15, covering 131 days of imports, according to provisional data issued...
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1.2KTunisia-Tunisia says tourism sector could lose $1.4 bln
Tunisia’s vital tourism sector could lose $1.4 billion and 400,000 jobs this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, an official document showed,...
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837Tunisia-Government to cut down working day from employee salaries
The Council of Ministers approved the reduction of a working day from the wages of employees in both the public and private...
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704Tunisia-IMF: Tunisia economy expected to contract by 4.3 pct in 2020
Tunisia economy is expected to contract by 4.3 pct in 2020 amid the coronavirus crisis, the deepest contraction since its independence in...
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637Tunisia-IMF approves $743 million loans to Tunisia to counter impacts of coronavirus
The International Monetary Fund approved on Friday a $743 million loan to Tunisia to counter the impacts of the coronavirus, a Tunisian...
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541Tunisia-OTE requests for annulment of developing countries’ debt service in 2020
The Tunisian Observatory of Economy asked for dropping the debt service of developing countries in 2020 to decrease the economic and health...
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499Tunisia-Budget deficit reaches 3.7 MDT by end of November
The budget deficit reached 3.7 billion dinars at the conclusion of November 2019, versus 3.8 billion dinars in 2018, according to the...
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622Tunisia-Nizar Yaiche: Recorded deficit surpasses 3 billion dinars
Finance Minister Nizar Yaiche announced that the value of today’s deficit surpasses 3 billion dinars, confirming that overcoming it entails rigorous procedures,...
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743OPEC+ debates biggest-ever oil cut as coronavirus destroys demand
OPEC and its allies are working on a deal for an unprecedented oil production cut equivalent to around 10% of global supply,...