Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Tunisia union called for countrywide strike in June

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UGTT union of Tunisia has called for a countrywide strike in June in public services and state-owned enterprises after the government failed to raise pay, an escalation that might jeopardize the government’s efforts to negotiate an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. Tunisia is experiencing its greatest financial crisis and is seeking a $4 billion loan … Read more

IMF official urges  ‘deep reforms’ to  Tunisian economy

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TUNIS: Tunisia’s crisis-stricken economy needs “deep reforms” such as slashing its vast public wage bill, the International Monetary Fund’s outgoing country chief has said as the government seeks a new bailout. Jerome Vacher, speaking in an interview at the end of his three-year term as the global lender’s envoy to the North African country, said … Read more