Tunisia
August 23, 2000
Italian customs seized Monday 5.76 tonnes of cigarettes of a well-known US brand in containers in the Genoa port area after being illegally imported from Tunisia.
August 22, 2000
Twelve thousand attend Saber Ruba’ee concert in Carthage Festival.
Tunisia's Telecommunication Minister Announces that the country will invest US$250m in telecommunications projects in the year 2000.
August 20, 2000
Tunisia’s agricultural sector has grown by 40 percent over the past 12 years. And, the sector’s self-sufficiency ratio reached the115 percent-mark last year.
August 19, 2000
Germany has credited Tunisia 73.6 million Deutsche marks for upgrading its private enterprises.
August 16, 2000
The Tunis indexes ended at all time highs in spite of flagging mood whereas acceleration in all sectors declined sharply apart from financials more poised to swing higher.
To June 2000, BIAT, Tunisian largest privately owned bank, posted total assets of TND two billion increasing by 28 percent and a net earnings rise of 22.5 percent at TND 13.129 million.
August 10, 2000
Tunis Stock Exchange was in full swing despite evident controversies on half-yearly releases.
August 9, 2000
SFBT achieved a good first half. Sales volume rose 18 percent up to TND 43.7 million allowing operating income to record a hike of 17 percent at TND 47.5 million.
August 8, 2000
The Central Bank of Tunisia announced economic figures for 1999 that showed an improvement on the previous year.
August 4, 2000
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and Tunisian president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali have discussed ways of strengthening economic ties.
August 2, 2000
(TUSTEX) – The market indexes continued to rise for the first three working days this week on the back of extended gains from SOTETEL and SFBT.
(TUSTEX) – BT (La Banque de Tunisie) published its interim results reflecting a robust growth in profit amid its aggressive lending policy.
July 31, 2000
A leading Tunisian rights activist said he has been fired from his job, hours after President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali strongly attacked critics of the
( MEBG ) - Although Tunisia is not a major oil player in the oil industry, ENI has been present in the country since 1961.