Tunisia is proceeding with a war on corruption, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said on Thursday, adding that it is neither “selective, nor personal with political rivals.” The government has been assuming its responsibility in the [ More … ]
Police arrested Friday a man suspected of stabbing a German mother and daughter as they visited the crafts market in the Tunisian town of Nabeul. A man described as “mentally disturbed” has stabbed and wounded [ More … ]
A Tunisian court on Wednesday ordered the assets and property of the head of the opposition Free Patriotic Union, Slim Riahi, be frozen on suspicion of money laundering. A spokesman for the Public Prosecutor’s Office [ More … ]
During the 19th session of the High Joint Commission of Morocco and Tunisia held in Rabat June 18 and 19, representatives of Morocco and Tunisia signed nine cooperation agreements in different fields. In the presence [ More … ]
Tunisia is backing Turkey’s role as a mediator in the efforts to ease the Gulf-Qatar crisis, Foreign Minister Khamis Al-Jahnawi announced yesterday. The Turkish government is also seeking ways to resolve the crisis in Libya, [ More … ]
Tunisia plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, site of Africa’s oldest synagogue and an annual Jewish pilgrimage, its culture minister said on Sunday. Speaking on the last day of [ More … ]
Proposed law gives amnesty to businessmen accused of corruption under ousted president Ben Ali. More than 2,000 Tunisians marched in the country’s capital protesting a proposed amnesty bill that would see businessmen accused of corruption [ More … ]
Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi on Wednesday ordered the army to protect phosphate, gas and oil production facilities after protests aimed at disrupting output broke out in the south of the country. It is the [ More … ]
Two members of a shady Islamist group with links to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group were killed in a Sunday raid in Sidi Bouzeid, 200 km south-west of Tunis. Tunisian security officials killed two [ More … ]
Tunisia said Saturday it had replaced two senior officials in a southeastern region, days after protesters there booed the prime minister off stage following weeks of demonstrations. Tunisia has faced a wave of protests and [ More … ]
Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui called on Brazil to participate in mega-projects Tunisia plans to achieve under the 2016-2020 investment plan. He had several meetings with senior officials in Brazil during the last day of his [ More … ]
Hungary opened a credit line of 255 million Euros for Tunisian companies to promote exports in both directions, announced Monday in Tunis, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto. “This credit will help [ More … ]
A recording of the head of Tunisia’s private TV station, Nessma, was leaked on April 17, detailing threats and intimidation against a civil society group fighting corruption in the country. In the audio footage, the [ More … ]
Thousands protested in northeastern Tunisia on Thursday to mark a general strike over unemployment and poverty, six years since a revolution ignited by similar grievances. Demonstrators gathered at the local branch of the powerful UGTT [ More … ]
Tunisia takes part in the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), April 21-23 in Washington. They will discuss with heads of the international financial institutions the economic [ More … ]
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