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With Valoria, Veolia takes larger slice of Tunis waste disposal market

Valoria has won a contract for the collection of household and other waste in Soukra, a municipality run by Ennahda member Fairouz Ben Jemaa.

Subscribers only Business 29.07.2020

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Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

Franco-Tunisian publicist Lotfi Bel Hadj. © BFM Business

Subscribers only Politics, Business 27.07.2020

Defence industry: no made-in-Bizerte armored vehicles for Turkey's Nurol Makina

Unlike other Turkish defence firms, whose presence has been growing in Tunisia, Nurol Makina has decided to abandon its project to assemble armoured personnel carriers in the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 24.07.2020

Prime Minister Fakhfakh's sacking halts $1 billion in IMF and EU aid

The Prime Minister Elyès Fakhfakh was removed from office on July 15. © MaxPPP

Subscribers only Politics 20.07.2020

General Dynamics, Saab and Aero fight it out for uncertain military aircraft contract

Tunisia's Air Force is considering three models to replace its aged Northrop F-5 but has very little cash to work with.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 15.07.2020

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Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Tunisian counterpart Kaïs Saïed on June 22 in Paris. © ©Thomas Padilla/MAXPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.07.2020

Top civil servant Abdellatif Hamam takes the reins of Ennakl Automobiles dealerships

After heading the national tourism office, a public phosphates company, and the secretariat of Youssef Chahed's government, Abdellatif Hamam is now in charge of retail distributor Ennakl Automobiles.

Subscribers only Business 07.07.2020

Former director General of the Tunisian National Tourist Office, Abdellatif Hamam.

Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Allegations that Elyès Fakhfakh was guilty of concealing a conflict of interest in the award of major waste tip management contracts have come at just the right time for the Ennahda party...as well as for the Ben Ayed brothers, who have close links with the Islamist party and whose Al Badr group is also in waste management.

Subscribers only Business 06.07.2020

Prime Minister of Tunisia Elyes Fakhfakh.

Turkey's Bozdemir to build US-funded police academy

The US Department of State has kicked off the construction in Enfidha of a vast training facility for law enforcement officers, a project that has been gathering dust since 2012.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 01.07.2020

Stéphane Richard and Xavier Niel left hungry for more after dinner with Kaïs Saied and Macron

Stéphane Richard and Xavier Niel, the heads of the two leading French telecommunications operators, made absolutely no progress in their Tunisian affairs by attending a dinner in Kaïs Saied's honour hosted by President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace on 22 June.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2020

Stéphane Richard, CEO of Orange and Xavier Niel, CEO of Iliad Free.

TFBank tries to reassure France's banking watchdog but still needs fresh capital

The Paris-based, state-owned Tunisian bank is overhauling its management structure and its anti-fraud procedures in an attempt to meet the concerns of France's prudential control authority but still needs to find €19m to comply with legal capital adequacy ratios.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 24.06.2020

Nabil Ammar and Nadia Akacha prepare ground for Kais Saied's Paris visit

President Kais Saied's maiden official visit to France from 22 to 23 June will afford Nabil Ammar an opportunity to do the diplomatic rounds in Paris, where he is tipped to take up residence as Tunisia's next ambassador.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.06.2020

Plenty for Kais Saied and Macron to digest over dinner at Elysée

With Libya, the OIF and reparations for the colonial era on the table, there will be no shortage of sensitive issues for the French and Tunisian presidents to discuss over dinner in Paris on 22 June.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.06.2020

Southern gas project: ETAP unblocks LPG bottling plant in Tataouine

The state oil firm has awarded the construction of an LPG bottle-filling centre in Tataouine to Turkish firm Cryocan. The facility is part of the South Tunisian Gas Project, designed to boost the region's ailing economy.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 15.06.2020

Mongi Marzouk under pressure to cut transmission costs of electricity from renewables

The energy minister has been wrangling with his opposite numbers at industry and investments over transmission levies on energy generated by private sector solar and wind power plants.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.06.2020

Tunisian Minister of Energy Mongi Marzouk.

Ex-energy minister Khaled Kaddour recruited by Bouchamaoui clan... in Cairo

Khaled Kaddour, who served as energy minister from 2017 to 2018, is making a quiet comeback but this time in the private sector within the family-run empire HBG Holding.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 04.06.2020

Tunisia's former Energy Minister Khaled Kaddour.

STEG proceeds with Skhira power station project despite its financial difficulties

Plans to build a gas-fired power station in Skhira are speeding up with tender calls due to be issued shortly for the contracts to build power lines to link it to the national grid.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.06.2020

Herbert Smith and Quinn Emanuel back for final leg in explosive BFT case

Thirty-one years after the expropriation of Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT), the bank's former owner ABCI Investments should soon have closure on its arbitration against the Tunisian government, which is facing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

Subscribers only Business 02.06.2020

Poulina Group and Carthage Grains keen to unblock Radès terminal project

The two major soybean and maize importers would like to build a grain terminal at Radès to ease congestion there, but port authorities at the country's logistical and economic hub might throw a spanner in the works.

Subscribers only Business 01.06.2020

Freight: Name Logistics keen for larger share of Libyan market

The British air and sea freight specialist Name Logistics Group wants to increase its business in Libya despite the chaotic security situation of the airports in the west of the country.

Subscribers only Business 29.05.2020

UTICA and UGTT united against Ennahda and Maersk at Port of Radès

The employers' association and union have created a common front against the Islamist transport minister Anouar Maârouf, who they suspect is willing to place container quays in the hands of the world shipping leader Maersk.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.05.2020

Mongi Marzouk wants to scupper CPG's PPP desalination project in Gabès

The energy and mines minister, who is against public-private partnerships, wants to cancel plans to build the plant which is supposed to supply water to the phosphate processing complex in Gabès. He risks incurring the wrath of the international financial institutions, however.

Subscribers only Business 26.05.2020

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Tunisia

With Valoria, Veolia takes larger slice of Tunis waste disposal market

In Focus
Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

Defence industry: no made-in-Bizerte armored vehicles for Turkey's Nurol Makina

Prime Minister Fakhfakh's sacking halts $1 billion in IMF and EU aid

General Dynamics, Saab and Aero fight it out for uncertain military aircraft contract

In Focus
Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

Top civil servant Abdellatif Hamam takes the reins of Ennakl Automobiles dealerships

Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Turkey's Bozdemir to build US-funded police academy

Stéphane Richard and Xavier Niel left hungry for more after dinner with Kaïs Saied and Macron

TFBank tries to reassure France's banking watchdog but still needs fresh capital

Nabil Ammar and Nadia Akacha prepare ground for Kais Saied's Paris visit

Plenty for Kais Saied and Macron to digest over dinner at Elysée

Southern gas project: ETAP unblocks LPG bottling plant in Tataouine

Mongi Marzouk under pressure to cut transmission costs of electricity from renewables

Ex-energy minister Khaled Kaddour recruited by Bouchamaoui clan... in Cairo

STEG proceeds with Skhira power station project despite its financial difficulties

Herbert Smith and Quinn Emanuel back for final leg in explosive BFT case

Poulina Group and Carthage Grains keen to unblock Radès terminal project

Freight: Name Logistics keen for larger share of Libyan market

UTICA and UGTT united against Ennahda and Maersk at Port of Radès

Mongi Marzouk wants to scupper CPG's PPP desalination project in Gabès

Boosted by turnover in Libya, Ghannouchi seeks to regain upper hand

Atlantis and Artrans open sea freight routes between Libya and Tunisia

Mongi Marzouk fights back at private renewable energy enterprise

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Tunisia

With Valoria, Veolia takes larger slice of Tunis waste disposal market

In Focus Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

Defence industry: no made-in-Bizerte armored vehicles for Turkey's Nurol Makina

Prime Minister Fakhfakh's sacking halts $1 billion in IMF and EU aid

General Dynamics, Saab and Aero fight it out for uncertain military aircraft contract

In Focus Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

Top civil servant Abdellatif Hamam takes the reins of Ennakl Automobiles dealerships

Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Turkey's Bozdemir to build US-funded police academy

Stéphane Richard and Xavier Niel left hungry for more after dinner with Kaïs Saied and Macron

TFBank tries to reassure France's banking watchdog but still needs fresh capital

Nabil Ammar and Nadia Akacha prepare ground for Kais Saied's Paris visit

Plenty for Kais Saied and Macron to digest over dinner at Elysée

Southern gas project: ETAP unblocks LPG bottling plant in Tataouine

Mongi Marzouk under pressure to cut transmission costs of electricity from renewables

Ex-energy minister Khaled Kaddour recruited by Bouchamaoui clan... in Cairo

STEG proceeds with Skhira power station project despite its financial difficulties

Herbert Smith and Quinn Emanuel back for final leg in explosive BFT case

Poulina Group and Carthage Grains keen to unblock Radès terminal project

Freight: Name Logistics keen for larger share of Libyan market

UTICA and UGTT united against Ennahda and Maersk at Port of Radès

Mongi Marzouk wants to scupper CPG's PPP desalination project in Gabès

Boosted by turnover in Libya, Ghannouchi seeks to regain upper hand

Atlantis and Artrans open sea freight routes between Libya and Tunisia

Mongi Marzouk fights back at private renewable energy enterprise

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Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

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Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit