Arabic News Weekly Edition for Tunisia, 5/27/2002
Weekly Edition, Tunisia - Week of May 27, 2002
- EIB euro 20 million loan to the Tunisian cement sector
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union's long-term financing institution, is lending EUR 20 million to Ciments Artificiels Tunisiens (CAT), for the modernisation and expansion of its existing cement plant at Ben Arous, in the Greater Tunis area. Tunisia-European Union, Economics, 6/1/2002 - Tunisia, Khartoum want regular meetings to strengthen relations
The Tunisian foreign minister al-Habib Bin Yahya and his Sudanese counterpart Mustafa Othman Ismael on Wednesday signed a Tunisian- Sudanese memorandum of understanding aiming at strengthening consultations between officials in the two states. Tunisia-Sudan, Politics, 5/31/2002 - Telephone conversations between al-Qaddafi, Bin Ali Libya-Tunisia, Politics, 5/30/2002
- Al-Shara confers with Tunisian ambassador on concluding term of office Syria-Tunisia, Politics, 5/30/2002
- Bin Ali to consolidate rule of law, freedom, human rights, tolerance and solidarity
He added that this phase will "consolidate the rule of law and strengthen the protection of freedom and human rights and principles of tolerance and solidarity." Tunisia, Politics, 5/29/2002 - Human rights, role of parliament elements in Tunisia's referendum
The constitutional reforms project aims at strengthening human rights and founding the council of advisors besides the parliament and boosting the role played by parliament members in questioning the performance of the government. Tunisia, Politics, 5/27/2002 - Tunisians vote for constitutional reforms; extension of presidential terms limit
The ballot centers on Sunday evening closed their doors after the Tunisians cast their votes on the referendum on making constitutional reforms in the country. The constitutional reform will open the door before President Zein al-Abidin Bin Ali to nominate himself for a fourth term of office in 2004. Tunisia, Politics, 5/27/2002