Month: December 2019

Enfidha-Hammamet Airport celebrates 10th anniversary

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Enfidha-Hammamet Airport celebrated its 10th anniversary in a ceremony held at the airport and attended by Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts and interim Minister of Transport Rene Trabelsi, Sousse Governor Adel Chlioui, TAV Tunisie President Director-General Guclu Batkin, high officials of both ministries as well national and local authorities and airport’s employees and stakeholders, Routesonline reported. Operated by TAV Tunisie, a subsidiary of TAV Airports, a member of Groupe ADP, Enfidha Hammamet international airport offers a strategic and convenient entry point for Tunisia’s visitors, at the favour of its ideal…

Another Well-Deserved Distinction for Triopmhe Thuccabor in BIOLNOVELLO Award

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“I can say that we are among the best in the world now” Maher Ben Ismail. Triomphe Thuccabor brand won an “Extra Gold” medal on Saturday in Bari, Italy in the 11th edition of the BIOL NOVELLO International Award, the international competition for organic EVOO oils of the new season, after taking part in this competition with one of the organic extra virgin olive oils product of the Ben Ismail Domain. Triomphe Thuccabor of the Ben Ismail Farm in Toukabeur, Beja Governorate, represents Tunisia as the only Arab and African…

Tunisian Wassim Dhaouadi solves 100-year-old physics mystery

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Tunisian Wassim Dhaouadi, a student at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne ( EPFL) has solved a 100-year-old physics mystery. Wassim Dhaouadi is a student at the Laboratory of Mechanics of Flexible Interfaces. He solved a physical puzzle that baffled scientists for 100 years. As a result, solving a 100-year-old physics problem is a challenge that a young Tunisian genius, Wassim Dhaouadi, successfully met. This shows that Tunisian expertise is constantly spreading throughout the world. His research reveals the mechanisms at work when a gas bubble remains stuck…

Amdoun tragedy, road accident or failed control mechanisms?

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When we talk about the tourism sector, such a strategic sector to which we often attribute the title of savior of the national economy, the control of the essential actors who compose this sector such as travel agencies and hotels is almost non-existent. As a result, the damage to Tunisia has been serious and responsibilities will have to be very heavy. Indeed, a tourist bus fell into a ravine on Sunday, December 1, killing 29 people and injuring 16 others in northwestern Tunisia, according to a report, still provisional, from…

Eni signs MoU to investigate castor cultivation for sustainable biofuels in Tunisia

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Italian energy giant Eni has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Societè National de Distribution des Petroles (SNDP) in Tunisia, to collaboration on the cultivation of castor to be used to produce sustainable biofuels, Biofuels International reported. The MoU, which was signed at the Ministry of Industry in the presence of Minister of Industry, Selim Feriani, will establish a joint company to assess and extend experimental castor cultivation, which is currently being trialled by Eni in the Gafsa area of Tunisia, the same source said. The agreement was…

TUI to launch flights to Tunisia from Newcastle Airport

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The holiday company has announced its winter 2020 programme and there are new destinations on the list. Holidaymakers will be able to fly to resorts in Tunisia and Egypt directly from Newcastle next year, TUI said in a statement. TUI has announced its winter 2020 programme and from November 7 next year there will be weekly flights to Sharm El Sheikh, operating on Saturdays from Newcastle International Airport. The holiday company will also be introducing new routes to Tunisia, departing weekly on Mondays, and Hurghada, departing weekly on Fridays. Karen Switzer,…

CIFF Deputy Director Ahmed Shawky reveals outcomes of 41st session of the festival

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Honouring actress Menna Shalaby was too late 40 thousand viewers of the session’s films 550 foreign guests, 150 of whom came at their own expense to follow the festival activities Cairo International Film Festival does not fear competition Cairo International Film Festival refuses to pay for stars to pass on the red carpet Deputy Director of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) critic Ahmed Shawky, one of the architects of the success of the 41st festival, we find him close to all the guests of the session, speaking at all…

Tunisian inflation slows to 6.3% year/year in November

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Tunisia’s annual inflation rate fell to 6.3% in November from 6.5% in October, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) reported Wednesday. In September the inflation was at 6.7%. The fall is a result of the deceleration in the rate of food prices’ increase from 6.6% to 6.3%, as well as the decrease of the inflation in the transport group services to 2.9%, against 3.4% in October. In November 2019, food prices rose by 6.3% year-on-year, due to the 11.1% increase in meat prices, cheese and eggs 7.7% and fruit 6.4%,…

AAAID President meets with Tunisian Ambassador in Khartoum

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President of the Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID) Mohamed bin Obaid Al Mazrouei met recently with Tunisian ambassador Hashemi Ajili, accompanied by Maher Zaghouan,  Consular Affairs Officer of the Tunisian embassy in Khartoum. During the meeting, the ambassador praised the potential and prestige of the Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development and its projects that contribute to bridging the food gap. For his part, the AAAID President briefed the Ambassador with the programmes, activities, vision, mission, objectives and investments of the Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment…

EBRD supports SMEs with €5 million loan

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Compagnie Internationale de Leasing (CIL) inked a €5 million financing agreement on Tuesday in Tunis to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This is the third line of financing after a first line in 2014 amounting to €15 million and a second line in 2016 of 25 million dinars. The loan is repayable over five years and should help CIL to finance the acquisition of vehicles and equipment for local small businesses, said EBRD official in Tunisia Antoine Sallé de…