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President Essebsi and FM Khemaies on the final preparations of “Tunisia 2020” and Tunisian-European Summit

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On Monday, President Béji Caid Essebsi received at Carthage Palace Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui. The final preparations for the International Investment Conference “Tunisia 2020”, to be held on November 29- 30 in Tunis and the Tunisia-European Union Summit, due for December 1 in Brussels, Belgium were at the centre of the meeting. According to the spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic, the talk focused on the actions taken to develop economic diplomacy and enhance its effectiveness in promoting investment and development. The meeting also highlighted the efforts made to promote economic mobilisation for Tunisia. He added that the meeting provided the opportunity to review the latest preparations for the Tunisia-EU Summit. The President of the Republic will meet with senior European officials and deliver a speech on the occasion. President Béji Caid Essebsi commended the Tunisian diplomacy which is constantly working to strengthen Tunisia’s international influence. This was reflected in Tunisia’s choice to host the 18th Summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) in 2020 which will coincide with the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the organisation, he said. The meeting also discussed preparations for the Euro-Arab ministerial meeting to be chaired by Tunisia on December 20 in Cairo, Egypt. This meeting will examine issues of common interest as well as efforts to address common economic, social and security challenges.

Project of cultural cooperation between Tunisia and France

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A delegation from the European Union gathering four experts in the cultural sector paid Thursday afternoon a visit to the governorate of Manouba where they visited the regional delegation of cultural affairs, the regional library and the culture centre Mohamed Abdelaziz Agrebi. According to the regional delegate of cultural affairs Sallouha Inoubli, this visit is part of vitalising a cooperation project between the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. Funded by the European Union, this project aims to contribute to strengthening the strategic role of culture in the Tunisian societal project and to make it one of the pillars of economic and social development, he said. On this occasion, members of the delegation met with representatives of the delegation and discussed ways of strengthening and developing co-operation, in particular as regards the improvement of skills in the cultural field and the rehabilitation of cultural centres with a view to best serve the needs of young people and meet their expectations.

Multidisciplinary research on counter-terrorism financed by the Ministry of Higher Education

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The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has agreed to finance four research projects in counter-terrorism with a budget of 2.5 million dinars. According to a statement by the Ministry of Higher Education released on Wednesday, these research projects will be launched by the end of 2016 and will span four years. They are divided between the human and social sciences component with a project commissioned by the centre of research and economic and social studies of Tunis, the engineering and technology component by the biotechnology centre of Sfax, a project by the centre of research in micro-electronics and nanotechnologies of Sousse and a project for the centre of studies and research in telecommunications of Tunis and the center of digital research of Sfax. These projects will be carried out with the assistance of six research centres and 29 research bodies (research laboratories and research units), in addition to 18 partners in the economic and social environment and the ministries of defense and information technologies and the digital economy.

Ambassador of Poland in Tunis assures Polish tourists will return to Tunisia

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Polish tourists will go back to Tunisia, ambassador of Poland in Tunis Lidia Milka-Wieczorkiewicz said Wednesday in Tunis. Several Polish tour operators have already started charter flights to Tunisia on the basis of two flights a week, the diplomat added at a meeting in Tunis with the civil society to assess Poland’s support for democracy in Tunisia in the period 2012-2016. According to the diplomat, Polish tour operators have envisaged an increase in their tourist activities to Tunisia during the high and the after-season 2017. “Two flights will be operated every Thursday to and from Polish cities Warsaw and Katowice,” said the ambassador. According to her, the Tunisian Minister of Tourism will soon travel to Warsaw to meet her Polish counterpart and the country’s tour operators and biggest travel agencies. During this meeting, she added, an overview will be given on the democratic transition process initiated in Tunisia and prospects for the development of Tunisian tourism. “The objective of this trip is to identify ways to bring tourism professionals together in both countries in order to increase tourism flows in both directions,” she added. The Polish tourist market has fallen sharply after the bloody attacks on the Bardo Museum and a hotel in Sousse in 2015.

ODGP says th Council of Europe will support Tunisia in adapting laws to the Constitution

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Director of the Office of the Directorate General of Programmes (ODGP) at the Council of Europe Verena Taylor asserted the council’s willingness to support the Ministry of Relations with the Constitutional Authorities, Civil Society and Human Rights in adapting laws to the Constitution. At her meeting Tuesday in Tunis with Minister of Relations with the Constitutional Authorities, Civil Society and Human Rights Mehdi Ben Gharbia, she expressed the Council’s commitment to support conducting studies on the reality of parties and minorities in Tunisia. “The Venice Commission is also willing to give its opinion on draft laws on constitutional authorities under preparation,” she added.

The wife of AQIM’s head captured near the town of Mechili

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The wife of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Algerian-born head of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), is reported to have been tracked down and arrested near the desert town of Mechili, some 100 kilometres south of Beida. She and another Tunisian woman, together with their driver, were caught heading towards Jufra, south of Sirte, according to the Libyan news agency LANA. It quotes the spokesman of the Beida government’s anti-terrorism and subversion directorate, Sami Al-Matrih, saying that the women were ambushed following a tip-off. It is being suggested that they were on their way to meet Belmokhtar in southern Libya. There is no other confirmation of the report, however. A number of reports claim that Belmokhtar was the prime target of the air raid on Gurdah Al-Shatti six days ago in which a number of AQIM fighters were said to have been killed. Although the anti-terrorism directorate has said that the one of the two Tunisian women arrested is Belmokhtar’s wife, it has not named her.

National congress will be held in March 2017 by UNFT

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The National Union of Tunisian Women (UNFT) will hold its 15th congress in March 2017, told on Sunday the president of the organisation, Radhia Jerbi. The congress, which will coincide with the celebration of International Women’s Day, will elect a new executive bureau, a central committee, a national council and a president. UNFT had held an extraordinary congress on February 3, 2013, which resulted in a new executive bureau. Radhia Jerbi added that the women’s organisation has begun the renewal of its regional structures, noting that the sections of Sousse, Gafsa and Kebili have been renewed and that regional congresses have allowed young women activists to win the elections (one third of the elected members are under 40). She indicated that all regional conferences will be held no later than December 2016, noting that several regional chapters have not been renewed since 2006. National congress committees that will be responsible for the preparation of the Congress motions will be formed after the regional congresses.

Nidaa Tounes Movement appointed Moncef Sallemi as general coordinator of the party’s reform

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The national rescue body of the Nidaa Tounes Movement announced on Sunday the appointment of political bureau member Moncef Sallemi as general coordinator of the party’s reform and rescue process. Khemaïes K’sila, member of the political bureau of Nidaa Tounes said Moncef Sallemi will carry out negotiations and the process of unification of the party and lead to developing a final road map to allow the organisation of the first elective congress of the Movement. The national rescue institution of the Movement will organise a press conference on December 10 to announce the results of the consultations and the decisions of the body, he said at a national conference held in Tunis with the national and regional cadres of the party. Leader of the Movement, Khaled Chouket said the conference aims to arrive at a roadmap for the preparation of an elective democratic congress of the party and lead to the formation of a true leadership equal to the political weight of the movement and able to preserve the balance of the political landscape.

Medenine families with specific needs received assistance

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Support for the creation of income sources was given in kind to eleven families in need in Medenine on Saturday, at the initiative of the Kuwaiti Association “Direct Assistance” in Tunisia, in coordination with the Women’s Association Ayadi Rahima. The projects concern sheep farming, sewing, embroidery, trade and handicrafts. Some 45 beneficiaries (men and women) from several regions (Medenine, Kebili, Gafsa, Siliana, Béja) benefit from this assistance programme initiated by the Kuwaiti Association active in Tunisia since 2012. Last year the association undertook maintenance work for eleven schools and plans to provide a similar programme in eight other schools throughout the regions. In Sfax, the association launched a programme for the distribution of microcredits to 3,000 families, mainly women.

Terrorist arrested by National Guard

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A takfiri was arrested by National Guard units on Friday in Zaafrane (Kebili governorate). He was in possession of a manual of homemade bombs downloaded in his phone. The individual, wanted for belonging to a terrorist organization, was planning a terrorist attack on members of the National Guard and the Army, an Interior Ministry press release read.

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