The European Investment Bank on Tuesday announced grants and loans worth 450 million euros ($480 million) for crisis-hit Tunisia to support small and medium-sized enterprises and infrastructure projects.
The EIB, the European Union's investment arm, said it was providing "new
financial support" to Tunisia, targeting "high-impact projects for the
population and the country's economic and social development".
The financing will be formalized during the Tunisia Investment Forum to be
held on Wednesday and Thursday in Tunis, the bank said in a statement.
According to an annual report published by Israel's Energy Ministry, Israel's natural gas exports to its
Tunisia hopes to increase phosphate output about five-fold to 14-million metric tons in 2030, according to Mining Weekly, quoting a
Egypt's annual urban consumer inflation is projected to fall sharply to 14.5% in February, down from 24.
The trial of 40 Tunisian activists and opposition figures, which began on Tuesday, has been postponed until April 11, according
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