Day: December 20, 2025

Tunisian Olive Oil “Triomphe Thuccabor” Claims Top Honor at Prestigious Italian Competition

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The extra virgin olive oil “Triomphe Thuccabor” has secured the Extragold award at the BIOL ITALIA 2025 competition in Italy. The event, a key benchmark for quality in the sector, featured leading producers from across Europe. The award was presented at a prestigious competition organized by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, featuring leading producers from dozens of nations, including Spain and Italy. The contest specifically evaluates oils made from olives harvested early in the season, before mid-November, prized for their superior health benefits, nutritional value, and distinctive flavor. The Ben…

Maltese Tech Firm to Build 520 Million Euro Solar Plant in Southern Tunisia

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 Malta’s HandsOn Systems Ltd. has announced plans to construct a 350-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant in the Gafsa region of southern Tunisia. The total investment for the project is estimated at approximately 520 million euros. The advanced technology group, known for its GPS tracking, fleet management, and IoT platforms, confirmed the investment following a meeting on Thursday, December 18, 2025, between its delegation and Tunisia’s Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA-Tunisia). The delegation was led by the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Geoffrey Farrugia. While a precise timeline has not been finalized,…

Sharjah’s Cultural Vision Takes Center Stage at Tunis Poetry Festival

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 The tenth edition of the Kairouan Festival of Arabic Poetry opened under the Mediterranean stars at the historic Ennejma Ezzahra Palace on Friday, marking a decade of a pioneering cultural initiative born in the United Arab Emirates. The ceremony, attended by a gathering of diplomats, ministers, and literary figures, served as a powerful testament to the cross-border influence of Sharjah’s cultural projects. The festival is a flagship event of the “Houses of Poetry” network, an initiative launched by Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler…

EBRD Launches Landmark Green Finance Initiative in Tunisia with €10 Million Loan to UBCI

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is channeling a €10 million loan to Tunisia’s Union Bancaire pour le Commerce et l’Industrie (UBCI) to kickstart a new phase of green lending for local businesses, marking one of the first operations under its Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) in the country. The financing is designed to fuel Tunisia’s transition to a low-carbon economy by providing UBCI, a leading private bank with 102 branches nationwide, with capital to on-lend to private companies. A key focus will be supporting micro, small, and…