(TAP) – The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition, on Tuesday, announced a cut in selling prices of some imported and locally refined finished petroleum products, starting midnight tonight.

This cut will involve the following products:

Unleaded petrol: reduction of 0.030 dinar to 1.945 dinar per litre

Sulphur-free"...

(TAP)- The energy independence rate has improved in the first five months of 2020 to 49%, from 45% in May 2019, according to the document on the Economic Situation published by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition on Tuesday.

The document also pointed to an improvement in the energy trade balance, since the energy deficit went down from 2.7 billion dinars"...

(TAP)- Staff in companies operating oil and gas fields in the desert of Tataouine started Saturday an open-ended general strike with halt in production.

The strike is staged in response to a call by the local labour union and the coordination unit of El Kamour sit-in to protest against the decisions announced at the ministerial meeting on the state of affairs in the"...

Tataouine, a Tunisian governorate in the southeast, on 3 July launched an open general strike, demanding that the government implements the El-Kamour Agreement, concluded in 2017.

The strike includes all government institutions in the region, with the exception of some educational institutions and hospitals, as well as a number of private institutions.

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(TAP) - The first solar energy station in Tunisia 'Chams Enfidha' with a capacity of 1 megawatt and located in the delegation of Enfidha, (governorate of Sousse) was inaugurated Tuesday.

It is one of the sixteen projects which recently obtained preliminary agreements for the production of electricity from renewable energies (RE), the Minister of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition, Mongi Marzouk, said on the occasion of the inauguration"...

Children from over 50 nursery and primary schools in Lagos State were recently hosted during the FAMFA Oil Literacy Day (FOLD) 2020.

The event was an educative corporate social responsibility initiative by FAMFA Oil Limited, to foster a reading culture among children in primary schools, empowering them to lead through the exercise of their creativity, now and in their future careers or industries.

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(TAP) - Tunisia could take advantage of the crashing oil prices as world demand dropped due to the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Economic expert Ezzeddine Saidane stressed Tuesday.

Speaking to TAP, he said the Tunisian relevant authorities can make term purchases and conclude contracts, adding this measure will benefit the country. The State budget was established on the basis of an assumption of an oil barrel price at 65 dollars, he added.

(TAP correspond Amira Jenzri) - Seventeen (17) journalists, 7 Tunisians and 10 Moroccans were invited by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), to a training, from March 1 to 6, 2020, in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency, in the region of Düsseldorf (West Germany).

This initiative, organised within the framework of the Tunisian-German"...

(TAP) - Fitch Ratings has on Friday affirmed Tunisia's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B+' with a Negative Outlook, according to a Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) press release.

Fitch pointed out that 'Tunisia's ratings are weighed down by wide current account deficits, high fiscal and external debt, a challenging political"...