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PPP legislation gets a mauling in Parliament

International donors have long been insisting Tunisia adopt a bill authorizing public private partnerships (PPPs, MC 1073) but Tunisia’s parliament [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2015

Migration, terrorism, Libya on Essid’s agenda

Tunisian prime minister Habib Essid won’t have much time for [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.05.2015

Sama Dubai intent on keeping its lakeside empire

Six years after putting its programs on hold (MC 871), Sama Dubai has sprung into action to retain control of [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2015

Fontaine Vive posting clears the decks

In choosing Phillippe de Fontaine Vive to replace France’s ambassador in Tunisia, Francois Gouyette, foreign minister Laurent Fabius hopes to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 21.05.2015

Ennahda's lobbyist works for Essebsi too

Ennahda’s semi-official but long-standing representative in Washington (MC 973), Radwan [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.05.2015

IACE hurdles borders

The Institut Arabe des Chefs d’Entreprise (IACE) won’t pay much [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2015

Ben Fadhel moves from IMBank to Yassine Brahim’s staff

Managing director of International Maghreb Merchant Bank (IMBank) since December, [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2015

Attijari still after Makni

Four years after a first salvo (MC 941), the Attijari [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2015

UBCI: no settlement in sight between BNP & Sellami family

After several weeks of respite the knives are out again at the Union Bancaire pour le Commerce et l’Industrie (UBCI). [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.05.2015

Ennahda casts shadow over ministry

Although Hatem El Euchi, a member of the UPL party headed by Slim Riahi was named minister for state property [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2015

Belhiba takes new turn with Libyan cash behind him

Boss of North Africa Holding (NAH, MC 1095) that distributes [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.05.2015

Court rules on Chaketma's phosphates

According to our sources, a summary decision has been handed down by a Tunisian court in a dispute pitting Celamin [...]

Free access Mining 12.05.2015

Besrour the sole voice in BFT arbitration case

An arbitration issue pitting Tunisia against ABCI Investments over ownership of BFT has become impossibly complicated. Habib Essid’s new government [...]