Arabic News Weekly Edition for Tunisia, 5/17/1999
Weekly Edition, Tunisia - Week of May 17, 1999
- Head of Lebanese parliament to visit Tunisia
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri will head to Tunisia on June 8 on an official visit, during which he will hold talks with high-ranking Tunisian officials. Lebanon-Tunisia, Politics, 5/22/1999 - Algerian, Tunisian, Moroccan leaders exchange messages
Tunisian President Zein El-Abedin Ben Ali received a written message from Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika answering the congratulation message sent by Ben Ali after Bouteflika's victory in Algeria's presidential elections. Algeria-Tunisia, Politics, 5/21/1999 - Tunisian - Kuwaiti project worth $6 million
The Kuwaiti Company El-Mal has decided to invest $6 million in the Tunisian company, Marina Hamamat El-Ganoub. Tunisia-Kuwait, Business, 5/21/1999 - Exempting Tunisian deposits and bonds of foreigners from taxes
The Tunisian government issued a new law that calls for exempting the revenues from deposits and bonds made by foreigners from taxes. Tunisia, Economics, 5/20/1999 - 1.2 million participants in Tunisian phone network by end of 2001
Tunisian economic sources in Cairo expected today an increase in the number of participants in the telephone network by the end of 2001, which is the date for completing the current five-year plan. Tunisia, Economics, 5/20/1999 - Morocco and Tunisia move to step up cooperation in social sectors Morocco-Tunisia, Culture, 5/20/1999
- Tunisian Popular Unity Party decides to enter presidential elections
The Tunisian Popular Unity Party decided during an exceptional session of its central council that was convened in Tunis yesterday to participate in the presidential elections that will take place on October 24 and nominate its secretary general, Mohammed Belhaj Amor, to enter these elections. Tunisia, Politics, 5/19/1999 - Tunis Hosts Euro-Mediterranean Meeting on International Trade Regional-Tunisia, Economics, 5/18/1999
- Moroccan secretary of state for social protection visits Tunisia Tunisia-Morocco, Politics, 5/17/1999