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The dinar did not follow the devaluation of the French franc in 1958, thus the exchange rate peg was abandoned. Instead a peg to the United States dollar of 1 dinar = 2.38 dollars was established which was maintained until 1964, when the dinar devalued to 1 dinar = 1.90 dollars. This second rate was held until the dollar was devalued in 1971.
Tunisia's natural resources are modest when compared to those of its neighbors: Algeria and Libya. This modesty in natural resources forced the country to import oil, which contributed to the rise in the cost of gasoline: on 26 April 2006, the liter crossed the bar of one dinar to sell for 1.50 Tunisian dinars.
Television in Tunisia reaches 94% of households. The dominant platform in the market is free satellite, though terrestrial platform reaches around 15% of the households. [1] The country has seventeen free-to-air channels, two of which are owned and operated by the state-owned Télévision Tunisienne (formerly ERTT), El Watania 1 and El Watania ...
The monetary unit remained the dinar, at about 1.33 per dollar U.S.A. in 2000 (the dinar was then maintaining a fairly constant rate). Inflation was estimated at 4.5% in 2006. Tunisia's Gross Domestic Product (G.D.P.) was composed of approximately 12.5% agriculture, 33.1% industry, and 54.4% services. The economy grew at 5% per year during the ...
Tunisia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] on an irregular basis since 1995. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. [3]
Football. In December 18th 2021, Tunisia lost the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup to Algeria, the result of the match ended 2-0 for Algeria. [10] [11]Summer Olympics. Eighteen-year-old swimmer Hafnaoui defied expectations on July 25, stunning the global audience as he surpassed the 400m freestyle frontrunners, Jack McLoughlin of Australia and Kieran Smith of the US.
The bank introduced 5000 franc notes in 1942, whilst the "Direction des Finance" issued 50 centime, 1 and 2 franc notes in 1943. The last 5 franc notes were issued in 1944. In 1946, the name of the bank changed to the Banque de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie .
In 1966, the first Tunisian feature film (95 minutes) Al-Fajr (The Dawn) [6] about the fight against French colonizers, was directed and produced by Omar Khlifi and shot on a 35 mm film. [7] Tunisia also hosts the Carthage Film Festival established in 1966. The festival gives priority to films from Arab-speaking and African countries and is the ...