Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur sworn in as interim president; country to hold presidential vote on September 15. The Tunisian government has declared seven days of mourning following the death of Beji Caid Essebsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, as [ More … ]
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Egypt on Monday, continuing his first trip abroad since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul drew global condemnation. Saudi Arabia’s Crown [ More … ]
Tunisian interim Minister of Finance Fadhel Abdelkafi announced his resignation as he prepares for a court case next month over alleged illegal financial transactions. Tunisia’s prime minister accepted the resignation on Friday of interim finance [ More … ]
The acting head of Tunisia’s electoral commission Anouar Ben Hassen has refused demands made by opposition parties to postpone the municipal elections, which will be held in December. This was revealed during a meeting in [ More … ]
A Tunisian parliamentary delegation embarked on a nine-day visit to the Syrian capital of Damascus on 4 August, for meeting with Syrian senior officials, according to Tunisia news website. A delegation of Tunisian MPs Friday [ More … ]
Tunisia’s Ministry of Finance has ordered 35 custom officers to appear before a disciplinary council for “professional misconduct,” Anadolu reported on Friday. At a press briefing held in Tunis, the head of Tunisia’s Customs Union, [ More … ]
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is conducting a mission to Tunisia from Wednesday July 26 to August 3, 2017 to assess the economic progress and discuss with the Tunisian authorities the progress [ More … ]
The Tunisian dinar fell to its lowest rate in years trading at 2.83 against the euro and 2.412 against the US dollar. Authorities explained the decline saying that Tunisia did not receive the last instalment [ More … ]
About 3.5 million tourists have visited Tunisia up to July, said Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Selma Elloumi Rekik. Tunisia managed to recover traditional markets, such as France. The lifting by the UK of the [ More … ]
Eight financing and partnership agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoU), focusing on economic, cultural, religious and health sectors, were signed Thursday between the Tunisian and Saudi Governments on the sidelines of the 9th Tunisian-Saudi Joint [ More … ]
Tunisia’s parliament on Wednesday passed a bill designed to “end all violence against women,” strengthening protection and help for victims in a move welcomed by rights groups. “It’s a very moving moment and we are [ More … ]
The Tunisian parliament has rejected a petition to restore diplomatic relations with the Syrian regime. Sixty-eight lawmakers voted in favour of the petition, 27 abstained and six rejected the petition, which needed 109 votes to [ More … ]
BY: Ian Bremmer* In Tunisia, change came gradually and then suddenly. When a police officer confiscated the goods of an unlicensed vegetable seller in December 2010, the merchant drenched himself in gasoline and set himself [ More … ]
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 … ]
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