Tunisia: olive oil production down 55%
Tunisia’s olive oil production is estimated at 100 thousand tons this season, down over 55%, compared to the national average of 180 Thousand tons). The reasons for this decline are...
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Italian interior minister due in Tripoli for illegal migration talks
Italy’s new interior minister, Marco Minniti, is expected in Tripoli next week for talks on terrorism and curtailing migrant smuggling operations in Libya. He is due to meet Faiez Serraj, head...
Tunisia-Phosphate: 6.6 million tons expected in 2016, 3.6 million produced
According to preliminary data from the operating control department of the Gafsa Phosphates Company (CPG), production reached 3 million 664 thousand tons of commercial phosphate in 2016, 45% lower than...
Merkel and the Defense of the Liberal Order
In her New Year’s address to the nation, German Chancellor Angela Merkel looked ahead to the coming months, which just might give Europeans the political will to pull together. Failing...
EC launches consultation on reform of association agreement with Tunisia
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to allow all interested parties to submit their views regarding the reform of the current association agreement with Tunisia, which will end...
Italy to step up deportations after migrant death protest
– Italy vowed Wednesday to increase deportations of migrants whose asylum requests have been rejected, after a riot in a reception centre sparked by the death of a young woman....
Egypt taking all routes to end Libyan crisis: Foreign Ministry...
The spokesman responded to statements from Tunisia’s president on the potential for a three-way summit between Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia to discuss political transition in Libya Egypt is committed to...
Green state premier wants Maghreb states declared safe havens
The state premier of Baden-Württemberg wants Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria declared safe havens. Asylum seekers from these countries already are rarely granted permission to remain in Germany. Winfried Kretschmann, the...
Berlin terror suspect traveled via Amsterdam, Brussels
The man suspected of carrying out the Berlin Christmas market attack traveled through the Netherlands and Belgium before entering France and then moving on to Italy, local media report Wednesday. Two days...
Tunisia ‘essential partner’, Italian Interior Minister says
Talks focus on fighting terrorism and illegal immigration The issue of security in the Mediterranean was at the centre of talks between Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti and his Tunisian...
