by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 8, 2024 | Diplomacy, Legal, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Additional Steps Toward Cybercrime Treaty Accession Summary: On 6 February 2024, the Parliament voted to approve Tunisia’s accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime of the Council of Europe. The vote paves the way for Tunisia to become a party to the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 7, 2024 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Parliament Makes Law Plan for Central Bank to Buy Treasury Bonds Summary: On 6 February 2024, the Tunisian Parliament voted to adopt a law that grants exceptional powers to the Central Bank to purchase treasury bonds, enshrining in law the long-signaled...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 6, 2024 | Diplomacy, Economic, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Wrestler Disappears in France, Pointing to Economic Hardships Summary: On 5 February 2024, an official from the Tunisian Wrestling Federation announced that an athlete sent to France for training had disappeared and not returned to Tunisia with the delegation...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 5, 2024 | Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Local Council Runoff Elections Yield Minimal Turnout Summary: On 4 February 2024, the second round of run-off local council elections were held across Tunisia, with voter participation marked at 12.44%. The turnout for the run-off local council elections...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 3, 2024 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Central Bank Set to Fund Loan Repayment Due Mid-February Summary: On 2 February 2024, the Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Tunisia issued a press release following a meeting that stressed the need for “vigilance” in allowing the Central Bank to...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 25, 2024 | Economic, Legal, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Corruption Issues in Sport Risk Reputational Damage Abroad Summary: In January 2024, multiple issues have surfaced highlighting the challenges of corruption in Tunisian sport, including in both tennis and soccer. In mid-January, Tunisian tennis player Anis...
