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Stéphane Richard and Xavier Niel left hungry for more after dinner with Kaïs Saied and Macron

Stéphane Richard, CEO of Orange and Xavier Niel, CEO of Iliad Free. © HAMILTON/REA

Stéphane Richard and Xavier Niel, the heads of the two leading French telecommunications operators, made absolutely no progress in their Tunisian affairs by attending a dinner in Kaïs Saied's honour hosted by President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace on 22 June. [...]

Published on 29/06/2020 at 06:00 GMT

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Stéphane Richard and Xavier Niel left hungry for more after dinner with Kaïs Saied and Macron

Tunisia
Mabrouk brothers, financial backers to the state with BIAT

Tunisia
After leaving government, Mongi Marzouk returns to Orange HQ in Paris

Tunisia
Badreddine Ouali advances on Station T despite ministerial obstruction

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Macron supporter Benzina founds IT consulting company Myalla

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Xavier Niel's Station T has a site but no launch contract

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Former ministers switch to the private sector

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Essebsi weighs in to lift asset seizures

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Orange’s ultimatum won’t resolve the issue