Hundreds of Tunisian students rally in solidarity with Palestine

TUNIS, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Tunisian students rallied in downtown Tunis on Tuesday to show solidarity with the Palestinian people, marking two years since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict in October 2023. Organized by the General Union...

Zliten hosts Libyan Tunisian business forum

Giorgia Meloni’s Winning Streak

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni marks three years in office this week. She finds herself in enviable political shape, with the country’s economy improved on several fronts and her popularity high. The days when Italy’s spending largesse and...

Tunisian Internet Company opens external competition for 11 positions

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The Tunisian Internet Company has announced the launch of external competitions based on applications for recruitment into 11 different positions within its departments. The openings include two administrators,...

World Bank raises Morocco’s 2025 growth forecast to 4.4% amid strong agriculture and tourism recovery

The World Bank has revised upward its 2025 growth forecast for the region covering the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAAP), including Morocco, projecting the Kingdom’s economy to expand by 4.4 percent, an increase of 0.8...

World Bank downgrades Pakistan’s growth projection to 2.6pc

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has revised the GDP growth rate projection downward for Pakistan by 0.5 per cent to 2.6 per cent for the current fiscal year 2025-26 against the earlier projection of 3.1 percent (June 2025), while saying that ongoing...

Business News: October 2025

September 16, 2025 — Teijin Frontier Co. (Osaka, Japan; www.teijin-frontier.com) will expand production capacity for high-tenacity recycled polyester filament yarn used in industrial applications, such as tire cords, reinforcements for rubber...

Istanbul to host 5th Turkish-Africa Economic Forum

The forum will be graced by the President of the Republic of Türkiye H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Chairperson of the African Union and President of the Republic of Angola H.E. João Goncalves Lourenço, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye...

Qatar Media Corporation wins two ASBU awards in Tunisia

QNA Tunis Qatar Media Corporation, represented by Qatar Television, won two prestigious Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) awards for the exchange of TV content and programmes. This came during the 23rd meeting of ASBU’s Standing TV programmes...

Dearborn Heights mayor confirmed as ambassador to Tunisia

By Paula Wethington Paula Wethington Web Producer Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the...

World Bank downgrades growth projection to 2.6pc

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has revised the GDP growth rate projection downward for Pakistan by 0.5 per cent to 2.6 per cent for the current fiscal year 2025-26 against the earlier projection of 3.1 percent (June 2025), while saying that ongoing...

Kaïs Saïed: “Economic figures are positive, but citizens must feel them in their daily lives”

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp During a meeting held on October 6, 2025, at the Carthage Palace, President Kaïs Saïed denounced what he described as “clandestine financial flows” operating under the cover of darkness, considering them a form...

Tunis Is Turning to Tehran—This Is What Washington Should Do

When President Kaïs Saïed received Iran’s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, at the Carthage Palace on 10 September 2025, the handshake was more than diplomatic theater. It marked the consolidation of a pattern that has quietly reshaped...

Senate confirms Dearborn Heights Mayor Bazzi as ambassador to Tunisia

Washington ― The U.S. Senate on Tuesday evening voted to confirm Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi to be the U.S. ambassador to the north African country of Tunisia. Bazzi was approved by a party-line vote of 51-47 as part of a bloc of 108...

World Bank Forecasts 2.6% Growth for Tunisia’s Economy in 2025

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The World Bank projects that Tunisia’s economy will grow by 2.6% in 2025, before slowing slightly to 2.4% during 2026-2027. The slowdown is linked to restrictive financing conditions, persistent market access...

Business News | Nobel Laureates Inspire Graduates at 3-day KIIT Convocation 2025

PRNewswire Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 30: The 21st Annual Convocation of KIIT-DU (https://kiit.ac.in/) concluded on Sunday, with the conferment of degrees to as many as 9,464 students, including 7,235 Bachelor's, 2,034 Master's, and...

Sharjah Award for Public Finance opens ‘Arab Financial Forum 3’

The forum serves as a leading platform for exchanging expertise and knowledge among Arab countries. It brings together ministers, senior officials, decision-makers, and financial experts from across the region to highlight pioneering experiences...

Jordan’s Economic Vision in Its Third Year: Has the Shift from Planning to Execution Begun?

Dr. Hamed Kasasbeh Jordan’s Economic Modernization Vision is now entering its third year — a stage that tests the country’s ability to move from plans to tangible results. Three years after its launch in 2022, the key question arises: has the...

EFCC Arraigns Bizman, Company Over Alleged N511m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned a businessman, Oguibe Nwachukwu, and his company, Wifamapp Royalty Global Limited, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja over an alleged N511,378,221. The...

Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas elected president of the Corporate Registers Forum (CRF)

Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas has been appointed President of the Corporate Registers Forum, the global association of corporate registries, with over 70 corporate registries across the globe sharing best practices to raise standards within the...