Day: April 12, 2017

Development aid spending up by 9 percent in 2016, says OECD

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Development aid from 29 of the world’s wealthiest countries hit $142.6 billion in 2016, a 9 percent increase from 2015. According to statistics published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, almost 2 percent of this rise remained in donor countries, including EU states, to deal with the cost of hosting refugees, which has surged by 27.5% since 2015 to reach $15.4 billion. The data also shows that aid to the least developed countries fell by 3.9% from 2015, with aid to Africa down by 0.5 percent.Amy Dudd, director…

Deal solved illegal arrivals

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Moez Sinaoui tells ANSA Forum only 1,204 Tunisians last year Rome, April 12 – Tunisia’s Ambassador to Rome Moez Sinaoui told an ANSA Forum on Wednesday that an agreement between Italy and Tunisia on migration has effectively solved the problem of illegal arrivals from that North African nation. “Thanks to the agreement with Italy to manage the flows, illegal immigration from Tunisia is no longer a problem,” Sinaoui said. “The agreement has been respected by both sides – the control of the coasts on our side, the supply of motorboats…

Tunisian journalist Mabrouka Khedir interviewed by Morgan Freeman

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Tunisian brilliant and talented journalist Mabrouka Khedir was honored to be the guest of  International  actor Morgan Freeman in his new programme STORY OF US on National Geographic. In London, in front of parliament, she remembered the harsh events that took place in the Maghreb. Mabrouka had the courage and the opportunity to cover for Deutsche Welle (Dw) TV  the Tunisian and Libyan revolutions, the overthrow of two regimes that ruled for decades. She experienced the outbreak and disrupt of the two revolutions, the atrocity and the severity of the swift events on the ground,…

Tunisia’s public debt, budget deficit hit alarming levels

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Tunisia’s budget deficit has widened to 5,452 million Tunisian dinars, or 6% of GDP (against 3.9%, provided for by the 2016 Finance Law), said the memo on the economy for March 2017 published Tuesday by the Central Bank of Tunisia. The widening of the budget deficit and the lack of mobilisation of certain external resources under the FL 2016 have led the Treasury to step up its use of domestic financing. As a result, public debt outstanding continued to rise to 61.9% of GDP at the end of 2016, compared…

Four Seasons to open new luxury hotel in Tunisia

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Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and the Mabrouk Group, Tunisia’s preeminent investment group, will be introducing a new luxury experience to Tunisia with the opening of Four Seasons Hotel Tunis in late 2017. Perched along the hillside of the exclusive Gammarth neighbourhood, Four Seasons Hotel Tunis will offer unrivalled views of the coast, combining Arabic-inspired architecture and Mediterranean influences to create a hotel experience unlike anything else in the city. Set along 500 metres (1,600 feet) of pristine beachfront, the 200-room Four Seasons Hotel Tunis is conveniently located near Tunis’…