Arabic News Weekly Edition for Tunisia, 1/25/1999
Weekly Edition, Tunisia - Week of January 25, 1999
- Maghreban Union remains a strategic option for Tunisia, president says
President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia, renewed on Thursday that the Arab Maghreb Union remains a strategic and irreversible option for his country. Tunisia-Maghreb, Politics, 1/29/1999 - Tunis Hosts International Conference on Cervix Cancer
Tunis is hosting this January 28-31 an international conference on cervix cancer detection and treatment. Tunisia, Health, 1/29/1999 - Tunis hosts Mediterranean conference on trade and environment
A Mediterranean conference on trade and environment opened on Wednesday in Tunis with the participation of Mediterranean experts and representatives of international organizations, including the World Bank and the Harvard Institute for international development. Regional-Tunisia, Economics, 1/28/1999 - Tunisia: 43 approvals on petroleum drilling
The number of approvals on petroleum drilling has risen in the current year to 43 approvals. Tunisia, Economics, 1/27/1999 - Tunisia seeks to reduce its calf imports
The Tunisian government decided to reduce its calf imports to 3,000 heads in the current year in comparison to 5,000 annually during recent years. Tunisia, Economics, 1/26/1999 - Expected loans for Tunis with value of 1,140 million dinars on 1999
Tunisian economic sources expected that the value of the loans and grants Tunisia will obtain this year will amount to 1,140 million dinars, including 130 million in the form of unpaid grants. Tunisia, Economics, 1/26/1999