Day: August 8, 2018

Tunisia extends deadline for solar tender by two months

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Tunisia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has extended the deadline for project proposals for a 70MW solar tender by two months, from 15 August to 18 October 2018. The tender was initially announced at the end of May and concerns six projects of 10MW capacity and another 10 of 1MW, reports PV Magazine. It is the second round of calls for PV projects of this kind, termed a Regime Authorizations tender. Competing bidders are expected to offer the most attractively priced 20-year Power Purchase Agreement as the north African does not…

Tunisia: Roman amphitheater ‘Cillium’ reopens in Kasserine

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The Roman amphitheater ‘Cilium’ in Kasserine officially reopened with a concert of Lebanese committed Marcel Khalifa, after restoration. Culture Minister Mohamed Zine El Abidine said that “the inauguration of this new amphitheater is an historic moment for the city of Kasserine, which has become over the last few years synonymous of obscurantism and terrorism”. The project Cilium, which cost a total of 400,000 dinars, was made with the support of the regional council of the governorate of Kasserine, in cooperation with the culture ministry, the national heritage institute (Inp) and…

Migration: Italy Mulls Investing at Least €1 Bln in North Africa

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Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has unveiled lately an ambitious plan worth at least 1 billion Euros destined to support the economies of North African countries, help create job opportunities in this region and curb migration flows. In a statement to Sky TG24, Mr. Salvini said these investments would focus on agriculture, fishing and trade. “It is not enough to close [ports] and send [migrants] back home,” underlined the Italian interior minister, explaining is that the move is part of a wider plan to tackle a number of security issues…

Inflation rate down in July in Tunisia

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The inflation rate fell to 7.5 percent in July from 7.8 percent a month earlier, according to Tunisia National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Monday. The inflation rate rose from 6.9 % in January to 7.1 % in February, then reached 7.6 % in March, and 7.7 % in April and May. This drop is mainly due to the deceleration in the pace of price increases between June and July 2018 (+0.5%) and the same period in 2017 (0.9%) where tobacco prices recorded a sharp 13.1% rise before stabilising in…