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The Tunisian and Algerian carriers plan to schedule about twenty charter flights from Oran (north-west Algeria) to Monastir International Airport from 17 July to September 2020, with 10 flights each. This programme is part of the promotion of Tunisia and particularly the region of Sousse, which is very popular with the Oran people, representative of the Tunisian National Tourist Office in Oran, Saâd Khemiri, told TAP on Friday March 6. The Algerian market remains unavoidable in the tourist zone of Sousse-El Kantaoui where it occupies the second rank of the…

The inflation rate slipped into 5.8% in February 2020 as it was standing in January at 5.9% and 6.1% in December, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published these data on Thursday. The ongoing slowing down in the pace of increase of food prices (3.7% against 4.4% last month and 5.8% the month before), is the origin of this fall the INS said. In another connection, the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) revealed that the gross domestic product (GDP) in Tunisia fell to 1% in 2019, in comparison to 2,7%…

The National Institute of Standardization and Industrial Property of Tunisia (INNORPI) has published a practice paper concerning the examination of absolute grounds for refusal as regards figurative trademarks with purely descriptive words/expressions, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) said in its website. The INNORPI is at the forefront of non-European IP offices in finding common grounds with the criteria listed under the Common Communication on the Common Practice of Distinctiveness (CP3) — Figurative Marks containing descriptive/non-distinctive words. The publication of this practice paper is a result of the joint collaboration between…

A delegation of 18 Japanese companies active in the sectors of new technologies, renewable energies, health and agribusiness began, on Monday, a three-day visit to Tunisia to explore business opportunities, said President of the Tunisian-Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hedi Ben Abbes. “It is the first time in years that we receive such a number of Japanese companies that are not established in Tunisia and who come to learn about the opportunities offered by the Tunisian market, but also, the prospects of a triangular cooperation between Tunisia, Japan and…

The new regulatory framework includes the option to sell electricity to large energy consumers through bilateral PPAs. Tunisia has issued a decree that will allow private companies to produce renewable energy for self-consumption purposes, with excess power to be sold to Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas (STEG) under net metering rules, in addition to the right to sell electricity to large energy consumers, PV-magazine reports The authorities did not specify the maximum limit for the sale of surplus power. The new rules set out the conditions under which national…

In order to support the water sector in Tunisia, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was inked Friday by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). This MoU, signed by Director General for Planning and Water Balance Hamadi Hbayeb and regional cooperation in the water sector in the Maghreb (CREM)-GIZ Programme Coordinator Manfred Matz, aims to secure the good management of water resources based on the provisions of the Water Code. The project rests on four axes, which provide namely for enhancing…

The second edition of the SMART Industrie exhibition started on Wednesday in Tunis with the slogan “Industry 4.0 in Tunisia, a transition underway”. Organized by the Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation (APII) in collaboration with the Ministries of Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises, Communication Technologies and Digital Economy, this event aims to publicise the concept of intelligent industry (the fourth revolution or industry 4.0) and to encourage industrial companies and economic operators, in general, to take advantage of the opportunities that this new industrial revolution offers. Exhibitors…

Tunisia’s agricultural sector won the Special Prize of the Best Performance for 2020 in the 33rd African Union Summit held on February 9-10 in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. The prize is awarded to countries which have been able to implement the Malabo Declaration on the Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods in Africa. Agricultural output is key to the Tunisian economy, accounting for 12 to 16 % of the GDP. Launched in 2014 at the end of the 23rd ordinary session of the Arab-African Summit in Equatorial…