The International Monetary Fund will shortly disburse $400 million to support Tunisia in its fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. The announcement was made by Finance Minister Nizar Yaich on a private radio station. This sum of money will be disbursed in the coming two to three weeks, he added. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said […]
As international tourism grew by 4.4 pc in 2015 to reach a record of 1.2 billion arrivals, the number of foreign tourists dropped by 8 pc in parts of North Africa due to terrorism threats, according to latest figures released by the World Tourism Organization (WTO). Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, where a Russian […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi won a confidence vote from the parliament for the recent cabinet shake-up that saw the entry of 11 new ministers. Lawmakers approved Mechichi’s new picks for the ministries of interior, justice, health, employment, industry, energy, agriculture, environment, sports, culture and land affairs. Mechichi conducted the reshuffle on Jan. 16 on […]
