Year: 2024

Olive oil exports exceed 5 billion dinars in Tunisia

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With the sale of 195,368 tonnes, including 28,600 tonnes of packaged olive oil worth 827 million dinars, Tunisia’s olive oil export earnings for the 2023/2024 season reached 5,162 million dinars. The average selling price of Tunisian olive oil on world markets reached 26,422 dinars per tonne and 28,904 dinars for packaged olive oil, according to the National Olive Oil Board (ONH). This compares to Tunisia’s exports of 194.559 tons of olive oil for the 2022/23 season, at a value of 3.422m Dinars, at an average price of 17.590Dinars per ton,…

Tunisia Q3 GDP Growth Highest in 2 Years

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Tunisia’s economy grew by 1.8% year-on-year in Q3 2024, up from a 1% expansion in the preceding three-month period, marking the highest growth since Q3 2022, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) reported. Growth accelerated for agriculture, forestry & fishing (10.6% vs 8.3% in Q2) and rebounded for textile, clothing and leather industry (0.2% vs -7.1%), mining & quarrying (0.5% vs -2.5%), mechanical & electrical industries (2.8% vs -0.12%) and trade & repair services (1% vs -0.2%), the same source added. On a quarterly basis, the GDP expanded by 0.8% in Q3 2024, after…

Minister of Culture Arrives in Sharm El-Sheikh to Inaugurate 9th SITFY

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Minister of Culture, Dr. Ahmed Fouad Hanno has just arrived in Sharm El-Sheikh, South Sinai Governorate, to inaugurate the ninth edition at Sharm El-Sheikh Cultural Palace. The festival management, represented in director Mazen El-Gharabawy, received the Minister. During a previous meeting, Dr. Hanno confirmed the Ministry’s support of the festival, which is dedicated to youth, achieves their artistic ambitions, and fosters cultural communication between generations of experts, pioneers, and youth. SITFY is scheduled to take place between (15-20) November. The ninth edition is held under the chairmanship of director Mazen…

CIFF Moments: Danis Tanović’s Piano Performance

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Danis Tanović, the esteemed President of the International Competition Jury at the Cairo International Film Festival, captivated attendees with a remarkable piano performance. Festival President Hussein Fahmy was among those who enjoyed this special moment. Born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tanović is a celebrated filmmaker known for his 2001 film No Man’s Land, which earned an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. Over his career, he has received numerous prestigious accolades, including the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival for…

45th CIFF : Cairo Film Industry Days (CID) running from November 15 to 20 launched

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The opening ceremony was attended by festival president and acclaimed actor Hussein Fahmy, festival director and critic Essam Zakaria, and CID director and critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim. During a tour of the Cairo Film Festival market, Fahmy emphasized its role as a key gathering point for filmmakers and production companies from across the Arab region and beyond. This market hosts a wide array of Egyptian production companies and notable film bodies, including Egyptian Film Authority, which plays a crucial role in supporting local film production during its final stages.…

25th edition of Carthage Theatre Days: 128 performances over 8 days

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12 plays in official competition, return of school theatre The 25th edition of the Carthage Theatre Days will be held this year from November 23 to 30, 2024, under the slogan “Theatre, Resistance and Art is Life”, as it coincides with exceptional regional circumstances due to the Israeli occupation aggression against Gaza as well as against Lebanon. The Carthage Theatre Days are also considered a “founding festival for Arab-African theatre,” as Mounir Erki, artistic director and head of the organising committee, stated at a press conference held by the festival’s…

Cairo Film Festival Opens 45th Edition with support for Palestinian cause and Lebanon

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The opening ceremony of the 45th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) was held Wednesday evening in the presence of a large group of art stars to celebrate the magic of cinema and support the Palestinian cause and Lebanon.The opening ceremony began with a Palestinian performance in solidarity with the Palestinian cause. The theatre was covered with a Palestinian scarf, and then the atmosphere was ignited by the performance of the song “Palestinian.” President of the FestiHussein Fahmy then delivered a speech in which he said: ‘We celebrate…

New WB report: Tunisia’s economic growth and fiscal outlook

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Tunisia’s economy grew by 0.6% in the first half of 2024, following a limited increase in performance in 2023, according to the latest edition of the World Bank’s Economic Monitor. An improvement in the external balance and a reduction in inflation are among the positive signals. At the same time, some key sectors, including oil and gas, apparel, and construction, continue to struggle, although agriculture is showing signs of recovery. The report, entitled “Equity and Efficiency of the Tunisian Tax System”, predicts growth of 1.2% in 2024. The current economic…

EU external borders: irregular border crossings drop 43% in first 10 months of 2024 (Frontex)

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According to preliminary data collected by Frontex*, the number of irregular border crossings into the European Union fell by 43% in the first 10 months of 2024 to 191 900, driven by significant drops on the Central Mediterranean (-62%) and Western Balkan migratory routes (-80%), reliefweb reported0 Frontex supports national authorities in their border management efforts with 3 000 officers and staff deployed across the EU’s external borders. Key highlights for the first 10 months of 2024: The Central Mediterranean route continued its significant downward trend this year. Between January…

Nightmare of school violence

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The Tunisian media recently reported that, after the bad news of the stabbing of a teacher in a classroom in the city of Bardo and other terrible stories that happened during the last decade, three students were arrested on suspicion of setting fire to the director’s office of their school in the city of Monastir. Such bad news occur from time to time and make us sad and worried because violence seems to be increasing. Despite the lack of data on this phenomenon, the picture of this complex problem is…