TUNIS (TAP) - "A few hours before the start of the election in different regions of the country, claims are still made on the continuation of election propaganda, while the campaign should have been closed on Friday at midnight," Mrs. Monia el-Abed, member of the Independent Higher Authority for Elections (IHAE) in charge of Legal Affairs and Public Relations, told TAP on Saturday.

CARTHAGE (TAP) - Caretaker President Foued Mebazaa received, on Saturday in Carthage, the 2010 annual report of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT), during his meeting with BCT Governor Mustapha Kamel Nabli.

TUNIS (TAP) - The Chief of the observer delegation of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC), and Director General of the office the rganisation's secretary-general, Vefahan Ocak voiced hope that Tunisia's experience in democratic transition be an example to be followed in the Arab-Muslim world.

TUNIS (TAP) - Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui received, on Saturday in Tunis, a Russian delegation of the Foreign Affairs Commission at the Council of the Russian Federation led by Mr. Aslambek Aslakhanov, Deputy Chairman, who is visiting Tunisia as part of observation of the National Constituent Assembly elections.

TUNIS (TAP) - Mr. Michael Gahler, Head of the European Union Observation Mission to Tunisia, stated on Saturday in Tunis, that "the Tunisian expatriates' flow to polling stations was outstanding."