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 … ]
The number of tourists that chose Tunisia as a destination has reached 1 million 235 tourists by end of March. according to Tunisian Tourism Minister Selma Elloumi Rekik. Tourist entries have increased by 33.5% compared to [ More … ]
Tunisia needs to ‘establish adequate policies’ to guarantee that children go to school until they are at least 16 years old, an official said on Monday. New policies are needed to keep children in school [ More … ]
The Russian government, on Monday, announced that citizens from 18 countries, including Tunisia, will benefit from Russian entry facilities from the city of Vladivostok, 9,000 km from Moscow, reported TASS agency. Tunisian businessmen and [ More … ]
Tunisia strongly condemned the cowardly terrorist attack in Stockholm, Sweden, that left many dead and injured, and Egypt’s terrorist attacks on two churches that killed and injured several people on Palm Sunday. In a statement issued by the Foreign [ More … ]
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