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HOMERe France and IECD join forces to facilitate the employability of young Lebanese

09/22/2022 | Services

LEBANON / FRANCE. The HOMERe France association and the European Institute for Cooperation and Development have signed a cooperation agreement to support the employability of Lebanese youth by offering internships in France to senior technicians who have graduated in Lebanon.

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Tunisia is preparing to conclude an agreement with the IMF

09/20/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. According to the governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia, the long-awaited agreement with the International Monetary Fund should be signed in a few weeks for an amount between 2 and 4 billion dollars.

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Tunisian President wants MPs independent of political parties

09/20/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. Under the new Tunisian constitution, a decree setting out the new electoral law provides for a two-round uninominal ballot for the next legislative elections in December 2022.

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Tunisia accumulates bad economic results

09/08/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. Inflation, trade balance, budget balance, foreign exchange reserve, all the indicators of Tunisia are going to red.

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France and Tunisia agree to normalize the issuance of visas

09/01/2022 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE / TUNISIA. In a joint statement, the Tunisian and French Ministries of the Interior announced "the normalization by France, with immediate effect, of the modalities for issuing visas in Tunisia.

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The Human Rights Committee finds Madrid guilty of violating the political rights of Catalan separatists

09/01/2022 | Society / Institutions

SPAIN. According to the UN Human Rights Committee, the Spanish state "violated' the political rights of former Catalan leaders by suspending them from political office after Catalonia's 2017 secession attempt.

Tunisia's new constitution comes into force

08/18/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. The Independent High Authority for Elections announces the final results of the July 25, 2022 referendum approving, by a large majority of 94.6%, the text of the new Tunisian constitution.

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UGTT and UTICA sign a "social contract" with the Tunisian government

08/16/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. The Tunisian government and the main trade unions of employees and traders sign an agreement to start negotiations on the economic reforms requested by the IMF in exchange for its support.

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Tunisians approve new constitution in referendum

07/26/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. The "yes" finally came out victorious of the polls, but, in spite of the stake, the Tunisian referendum on the new constitution recorded a participation rate of only 27,54%.

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Kaïs Saïed plays double or nothing with his referendum on the new Tunisian constitution

07/22/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. After one year of total control of the country by Kaïs Saïed, Tunisians will be able to express themselves in the ballot box by pronouncing themselves for or against the project of a new constitution.

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Tunisia and Algeria fail to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency

07/19/2022 | Society / Institutions

AFRICA. The Executive Council of Foreign Ministers of the African Union has decided to award the permanent seat of the African Medicines Agency to Rwanda. Algeria came second in the vote and Tunisia third.

Tunisian employers call for a free trade agreement between Tunisia and Algeria

07/19/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA / ALGERIA. The Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) militates for the signature of an agreement of free trade and free movement between Tunisia and Algeria.

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Land borders between Algeria and Tunisia to reopen

07/07/2022 | Society / Institutions

ALGERIA / TUNISIA. After more than two years of closure because of Covid-19, the land borders between Algeria and Tunisia will reopen from 15 July 2022.

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The Mediterranean in drought

07/05/2022 | Environment

MEDITERRANEAN. Drought is hitting the western Mediterranean this year, with greatly increased fire risks everywhere, and in the worst affected countries a drop in harvests and a threat to drinking water supplies.

The text of the new Tunisian constitution is in the hands of the President of the Republic

06/21/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. The President of the Tunisian Republic Kaïs Saïed received the text of the new constitution that he is preparing to have voted by referendum on July 25, 2022.

Tunisia on national strike called by the UGTT

06/16/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. The powerful General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) calls the 250,000 employees of the sector and the public service to a 24-hour strike.

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Egypt accounts for 25% of hotel development projects on the African continent

06/02/2022 | Society / Institutions

Egypt and Morocco occupy the top two spots in W Hospitality Group's survey of hotel development projects on the African continent. NORTH AFRICA. A survey conducted by W Hospitality Group (a hotel, tourism and leisure consultancy based in Lagos, Nigeria), in association with the Africa Hospitality...

Eight candidates confirmed to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency

06/02/2022 | Society / Institutions

AFRICA. Eight countries have been officially confirmed as candidates for the permanent headquarters of the African Medicines Agency. Half are Mediterranean

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The UGTT union engages in an arm wrestling match with Tunisian president Kaïs Saïed

05/25/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. Ten months after assuming full powers, the Tunisian president Kaïs Saïed is struggling to gather people around his project of a new constitution, while legislative elections are scheduled for December 2022 and a new form of voting must be defined.

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Tunisia's 2022 budget deficit forecast at 9.7% of GDP vs. 6.7% expected