Arabic News Weekly Edition for Tunisia, 4/24/2000
Weekly Edition, Tunisia - Week of April 24, 2000
- Mali, Tunisia sign accord on prevention of double taxation
Tunisia and Mali signed on Friday an agreement on preventing double taxation to promote investments and encourage the private sector to engage in partnership projects. Tunisia, Economics, 4/29/2000 - One million German tourists visited Tunis
Tunisian official statistics said that one million German tourist visited Tunis during the last year, as they accounted for 22% of the total foreign tourists who visited Tunis estimated at 4.8 million tourists and nearly a quarter of the European tourism volume coming to Tunis, which reached nearly 4 million persons. Tunisia-Germany, Economics, 4/29/2000 - Six cooperation agreements between the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia United Arab Emirates-Tunisia, Politics, 4/28/2000
- Decrease in population growth in Tunisia Tunisia, Culture, 4/28/2000
- Accor develops its works in Tunis
The international Accor group for hotels signed a management contract for several hotels and resorts in Tunis that includes 1,400 hotel rooms and related services. Tunisia-France, Business, 4/28/2000 - Ben Ali agrees to invite foreign observers for coming elections Tunisia, Politics, 4/27/2000
- Tunisian journalist freezes hunger strike Tunisia, Politics, 4/27/2000
- Health of Tunisian journalist deteriorates
Tunisian sources revealed yesterday deterioration in the health condition of Tunisian journalist Tawfik Ben Brik for his continuation of a hunger strike to protest being banned from writing. Tunisia, Politics, 4/26/2000 - Kuwaiti, Tunisian FMs meet on bilateral cooperation Kuwait-Tunisia, Politics, 4/26/2000
- Tunisian journalist undertakes hunger strike to protest being banned from writing
Tawfik Ben Berik, a Tunisian journalist, undertook yesterday continuing his hunger strike to protest the confiscation of his passport, the ban keeping him from writing or moving freely, as well as harassment of his family members. Tunisia, Politics, 4/25/2000 - Tunisian municipal elections scheduled for end of May Tunisia, Politics, 4/25/2000
- Bin Ali criticized campaigns against the French information against Tunis
The Tunisian president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali criticized the French media campaigns against Tunis due to the funeral of the late Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba and detaining Tunisian journalist Tawfik Bin Berik. Tunisia-France, Politics, 4/25/2000 - UAE president gets a message from Tunisian president
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan on Sunday received a message from Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali pertaining to relations between the two countries and current Arab issues. United Arab Emirates-Tunisia, Politics, 4/24/2000