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Business Tunisian imports of energy increased by about 90% in four months. (Reuters)

Tunisia’s Balance of Trade Deficit Widens in Four Months

Tunisia’s balance of trade deficit widened by 50% to 6.6 billion dinars ($2.2 billion) in the first four months of this year compared to 4.4 billion dinars in…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Arab World Demonstrations in support of President Saied in the center of the capital (EPA)

US Official to Visit Tunisia to Support ‘Political and Economic Reforms’

US Acting Assistant State Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lambert is scheduled to travel to Tunis on Saturday. While in Tunisia, the Acting…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Business Over a Million Tourists Visited Tunisia Since Beginning of 2022

Over a Million Tourists Visited Tunisia Since Beginning of 2022

Over a million tourists have flooded to Tunisia since the beginning of the year and as off April 20, revealed the country's Tourism Ministry. This marks a…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Arab World Ennahda Accused of Stoking Tensions in Tunisia in Wake of Mysterious Fires

Ennahda Accused of Stoking Tensions in Tunisia in Wake of Mysterious Fires

Tunisian authorities launched an investigation into the mysterious and simultaneous fires that broke out in several governorates. The fires destroyed a…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Arab World Dbeibah Kicks off Visit to Tunisia amid Dispute over His Govt's Legitimacy

Dbeibah Kicks off Visit to Tunisia amid Dispute over His Govt's Legitimacy

Head of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah arrived in Tunisia on Tuesday for a one-week official visit amid a dispute back home…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Arab World Tunisia’s Navy Leads Operations to Avoid Environmental Disaster Off Gabes

Tunisia’s Navy Leads Operations to Avoid Environmental Disaster Off Gabes

A team of divers from the Tunisian navy completed inspecting the hull of a tanker loaded with 750 tons of fuel that sank off southeast Tunisia, the presidency…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Business World Bank Lowers Growth Forecast for Tunisia

World Bank Lowers Growth Forecast for Tunisia

The World Bank has just revised its growth forecasts downwards for Tunisia, dropping it from a previous forecast of 3.5 percent to 3 percent in 2022. The…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Arab World Tunisian President Vows to End ‘Exceptional Phase’

Tunisian President Vows to End ‘Exceptional Phase’

Tunisian President Kais Saied has pledged to end the country's "current exceptional phase." Saied was speaking during his meeting with the European…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)