Monthly Archives: February 2009

Tunisia launches Bizerte power project – MEED (subscription)

Tunisia launches Bizerte power project
MEED (subscription), United Arab Emirates
State utility Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz (Steg) has issued a request for prequalification for an independent power project at Bizerte on the coast northwest of Tunis. The plant will have a capacity of 350-500MW and will be developed

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Tunisia: British Foreign Minister for North Africa and Middle East … – ISRIA (subscription)

Tunisia: British Foreign Minister for North Africa and Middle East
ISRIA (subscription), DC
British Foreign Office Minister for North Africa and the Middle East Bill Rammell said that the UK-Tunisia Bilateral Forum was launched on Wednesday morning in Tunis. During his meeting, on Wednesday, with the national and international press,

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Tunisia: PM receives British MP George Galloway – ISRIA (subscription)

Tunisia: PM receives British MP George Galloway
ISRIA (subscription), DC
Besides, the British MP pointed out that Tunisia has always supported the Palestinian people's just cause, recalling that the Palestinian leadership had been hosted during long years by Tunisia which had provided it with protection and support.

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Tunisia-Czech Republic Parliamentary co-operation reviewed – ISRIA (subscription)

Tunisia-Czech Republic Parliamentary co-operation reviewed
ISRIA (subscription), DC
Chamber of Deputies speaker Foued Mebazaa received, on Wednesday morning, chairman of the foreign relations commission in the Czech Parliament Jan Hamacek and the delegation accompanying him on his three- day visit to Tunisia. Mr. Mebazaa laid emphasis

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Polish-Born Muslim Convert Sentenced for Leading Role in Tunisian … – Jamestown Foundation

Polish-Born Muslim Convert Sentenced for Leading Role in Tunisian
Jamestown Foundation, DC
A French court has sentenced Christian Ganczarski, a Polish-born German national and convert to Islam, to 18 years in prison for his role in the 2002 bombing of a synagogue in Tunisia. Though Ganczarski has been under suspicion for years,

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Wizz Air to fly from Sofia to Basel, Kiev and Tunisia – Sofia Echo


Sofia Echo
Wizz Air to fly from Sofia to Basel, Kiev and Tunisia
Sofia Echo, Bulgaria
Wizz Air Bulgaria Airlines, the local unit of the Hungarian budget airline, was cleared to launch regular routes from Bulgaria to Switzerland, Ukraine and Tunisia. The carrier will fly from Sofia to Kiev, Tunisia and Basel three times a week by Airbus

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Tunisia: Maghreb states adopt common stand ahead of Copenhagen … – ISRIA (subscription)

Tunisia: Maghreb states adopt common stand ahead of Copenhagen
ISRIA (subscription), DC
The Arab Maghreb Union countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia) decided to adopt a common stand at the United Nations' conference on climate change scheduled for the end of this year in Copenhagen. Meeting recently in Tripoli as part

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Tunisia: President Ben Ali congratulates the Emir of Kuwait – ISRIA (subscription)

Tunisia: President Ben Ali congratulates the Emir of Kuwait
ISRIA (subscription), DC
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sent a message to congratulate Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, on his country’s national day, expressing satisfaction at the constant development of the excellent fraternal relations of

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UK Foreign Office Minister for North Africa and the Middle East is … – Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqué de presse)


Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqué de presse)
UK Foreign Office Minister for North Africa and the Middle East is
Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqué de presse), Switzerland
TUNIS, Tunisia, February 25, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UK Foreign Office Minister for North Africa and the Middle East Bill Rammell will meet with Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdelwahab Abdallah, with whom he will launch a new
Tunisia: British Foreign Minister for North Africa and Middle East ISRIA (subscription)
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Kuwaiti official impressed by Tunisian educational skills – TunisiaMag, News You Can Use

Kuwaiti official impressed by Tunisian educational skills
TunisiaMag, News You Can Use, Tunisia
During a meeting she held here Tuesday with Education and Training Minister Hatem Ben Salem, As-sallal also stressed her country's wish to make the most of the Tunisian skills and strengthen bilateral co-operation in the education and vocational

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