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Tunisia
Donors want to look at BFT’s books

Infuriated by delays in reforms they have been calling for (MC 1075), Tunisia’s donors have turned their undivided attention to [...]

Published on 28/11/2013 at 22:01 GMT

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Korchid tries to find a way out of BFT trap

Prime minister Youssef Chahed and his government are not conceding defeat in the battle over the expropriation of the BFT (Banque Franco-Tunisienne) by the Ben Ali regime in 1989. In July, the ICSID arbitration tribunal has ordered Tunisia to compensate [.

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Besrour the sole voice in BFT arbitration case

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Battle for ailing BFT rages behind the scenes

Clashes over the fate of Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT) are continuing as Tunisia waits for a new government to be formed. [...]

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An anonymous bad bank to resolve BFT quandary

ABCI, which has been calling on the ICSID arbitration panel to help it recover Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT) that was nationalized [...]

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New twist in endless BFT saga

There appears to be fresh momentum in the affair involving Banque Franco Tunisienne (BFT) and in which ABCI group has [...]

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Donors in no hurry to save public banks

Summoned to the Ramada hotel in Gammarth by the governor of the Banque Centrale de Tunisie (BCT), Chedly Ayari, officials from the World Bank, European Investment Bank, the African Development Bank and the like were asked to contribute to a [.

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Hammouda reopens STB-BH-BNA case

Tunisia’s new economy and finance minister Hakim Ben Hammouda has taken on the prickly issue of the "rescue" of Societe [...]

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Herbert Smith under fire in BFT case

According to our sources, the head of the government's litigation department, Mohamed Naceur Ridane, who took over from Afifa Bouzaidi [...]

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Tunisia’s political crisis hasn’t stopped the government from pushing ahead with some business. According to our sources, a cabinet meeting [...]

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The American development assistance agency USAID has retained Pragma Corporation [...]

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World Bank turns off tap

Finance minister Elyes Fakhfakh and sustainable development and international cooperation minister Lamine Doghri could be wasting their time when they [...]

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BFT: No amicable accord in sight

Efforts to reach an out-of-court settlement between Tunis and ABCI to resolve the Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT) affair won’t pay off [...]

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Why Bouchamaoui had to desist

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IMF, World Bank and EU push for reshuffle

Demonstrators who have been clamouring for the fall of Ali Laârayedh’s government since the assassination of legislator Mohamed Brahmi on July 25 have found improbable but powerful allies: Tunisia’s international donors. According to our sources, the World Bank and International [.

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Ghelber defuses disquiet over PPP

As Tunisia’s constituent Parliament is taking its time to vote on a bill concerning public-private partnerships (PPPs) that international donors [...]

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Erdogan does his bit for Laarayedh

Overshadowed by unrest in Taksim Square in Istanbul, prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Tunis between June 3-7 nonetheless [...]

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Donors wary of Saidi-Ladgham conflict

Two months after former prime minister Hamadi Jebali passed the torch to Ali Laarayedh the atmosphere is as troubled as ever at government headquarters. To the point that dissension between members of the administration has come to seriously rattle the [.

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Donors enlist Saidi to help pass PPP bill

International donors who have long been trying to get Tunisia to embrace public-private partnerships (PPPs) have finally carried the day. [...]

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Political breakthrough, economic snags

The Islamic Ennahda movement and its coalition partners CPR and FDTL have finally reached an agreement with the opposition Nidaa Tounes party on the future political regime and electoral calendar. But economic issues could undermine the ruling coalition even before [.

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Tunisia
Donors want to look at BFT’s books

Tunisia
ABCI has TFBank seized in Paris in BFT affair

Spotlight | Tunisia
Korchid tries to find a way out of BFT trap

Tunisia
ABCI carries out a first seizure of BFT assets

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Besrour the sole voice in BFT arbitration case

Tunisia
Government shift in BFT case

Tunisia
Battle for ailing BFT rages behind the scenes

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An anonymous bad bank to resolve BFT quandary

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Spotlight | Tunisia
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