Arabic News Weekly Edition for Tunisia, 6/5/2000
Weekly Edition, Tunisia - Week of June 5, 2000
- First Tunisian passenger airplane lands in Libya
The first Tunisian airplane arrived at Tripoli airport yesterday evening to resume direct air flights between the two states after a stop of nearly 8 years due to the sanctions that were imposed in April 1992 on Libya due to the Lockerbie case. Libya-Tunisia, Economics, 6/10/2000 - Two Tunisian delegations to visit Israel
Two delegations representing ranking officials from the Tunisian foreign ministry will arrive in Israel in a visit aiming at developing relations between the two sides. Tunisia-Israel, Politics, 6/10/2000 - High growth in Tunisian human development program
The middle class circle in Tunisia expanded to reach at the meantime some 80% of the society, thanks to the good distribution of the national wealth and improvement of people's living conditions. Tunisia, Culture, 6/9/2000 - Tunisian government end restrictions on opposition member Monsef al-Marzouki
The Tunisian authorities decided to lift the restrictions imposed on the travel movement of opposition member Monsef al-Marzouki. El-Marzouki is the current head of the national council for liberties and is the former head of the human right association. Tunisia, Politics, 6/8/2000 - Air flights resumed on Wednesday between Tunisia, Tripoli Libya-Tunisia, Politics, 6/8/2000
- Al-Shara confers with Tunisian counterpart Syria-Tunisia, Politics, 6/8/2000
- Tunisia, Libya call for Maghreban summit
Tunisian and Libyan heads of state, Zine El Abidine Benali and Mouammar Gadhafi, called for a Maghreban summit the soonest and renewed their attachment to the Arab Maghreb Union as a historical gain and an irreversible strategic choice for the construction of a unified Arab Maghreb without borders. Libya-Tunisia, Politics, 6/5/2000 - Tunis, Tripoli call for urgent Arab summit Libya-Tunisia, Politics, 6/5/2000
- Egyptian - Tunisian diplomatic discussions
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa received today Tunisian Foreign Minister al-Habeeb Bin Yehia and they discussed current regional and Arab issues topped by the developments in the peace process in the area especially following the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon. Egypt-Tunisia, Politics, 6/5/2000