Arabic News Weekly Edition for Tunisia, 9/20/1999
Weekly Edition, Tunisia - Week of September 20, 1999
- Tunis to host eighth conference for Arab businessmen
The Tunisian union for trade and industry is organizing between November 23 - 25 the eighth conference for Arab businessmen, which discusses the Arab free trade zone and its effect on the Arab private sector, as well as implementing partnership agreements with Europe, Africa and Japan and discussing items of the unification agreement for Arab investment and incentives in maritime transportation as well as electronic trade. Regional-Tunisia, Business, 9/25/1999 - EU grants Tunisia one hundred million dollars for reform programs
Tunisia and the European Union (EU) on Friday signed a financial agreement according to which Tunisia receives a grant of 80 million Euros (100 million dollars). Tunisia-European Union, Economics, 9/25/1999 - Arab radio, television festival starts 9th round in Tunis
The Arab Radio and Television Festival will start its ninth round here this Saturday. Regional-Tunisia, Culture, 9/25/1999 - Tunisian - Lebanese labor joint statement
The public labor union in Lebanon and the Tunisian public union for labor- emphasized the importance of enhancing joint Arab positions and boosting cooperation to reach greater Arab integration to serve Arab causes, especially liberation cases, growth and comprehensive development. Tunisia-Lebanon, Politics, 9/24/1999 - Tunisian human rights official released Tunisia, Politics, 9/23/1999
- Morocco, Tunisia sign several cooperation accords
Karoui said 90 % of products exchanged between the two states are now duty-free and that the target to boost by year 2000 trade exchanges to $ 200 million per year was within reach. Moroccan-Tunisian trade was worth $ 103 million in 1998 against 90 million in 1997. Morocco-Tunisia, Economics, 9/21/1999 - Morocco, Tunisia pledge to carry on maghreban union construction
Morocco and Tunisia have pledged to carry on the construction of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) that they described as an "inevitable strategic choice" for the two states. Morocco-Tunisia, Politics, 9/21/1999 - King Mohammed receives tunisian premier Morocco-Tunisia, Politics, 9/21/1999
- Morocco, Tunisia call for consolidation of Maghreban union
Morocco and Tunisia have called for the consolidation of the Arab Maghreb Union that they described as "a strategic choice." This came in Rabat between Moroccan prime minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi and Tunisian counterpart Hamed Karoui, who is visiting Morocco to cochair with Youssoufi the 7th session of the Moroccan-Tunisian high joint commission. Morocco-Tunisia, Politics, 9/20/1999 - Tunisian opposition member nominates himself for presidential elections
The secretary general of the Tunisian People's Unity Party, Muhammad Balhaj Omar, has officially nominated himself for Tunisia's first multilateral presidential elections, to be held on October 24. Tunisia, Politics, 9/20/1999