Category: Tunisia

Tunisia’s Prime Minister-designate names first blind minister in cabinet team

August 25, 2020

Nominated Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi unveiled Monday his cabinet, which will include the country’s first blind minister. Walid Zidi, 34, will be in charge ... Read More

COVID-19: Tunisia launches vaccine research

August 20, 2020

Tunisia’s Institut Pasteur has launched researches to come up with an anti-COVID-19 vaccine, Webdo Tunis reports. Hechmi Louzir, Head of the Tunis-based non-profit health organization ... Read More

EU grants Tunisia 10m euros to curb illegal migration activities

August 18, 2020

The European Union Monday allocated Tunisia 10 million euros to help stem illegal migration activities from its coasts. The bloc’s commissioner for home affairs and ... Read More

Tunisia: President speaks out against equality in inheritance

August 17, 2020

The President of Tunisia last week made a speech that hit the nail on the head. After supporting women's social and economic rights, he spoke ... Read More

Italian Interior, Foreign Ministers expected in Tunisia to discuss migration issues

August 17, 2020

Italy’s Interior and Foreign Ministers are expected this Monday in Tunisia to raise the thorny issue of migration as waves of departures from the shores ... Read More

Qatar Airways enters Tunisia’s football industry with $8-million sponsorship deal with Club Africain

August 17, 2020

Qatar’s national carrier, Qatar Airways, has signed an $8-million sponsorship deal with Tunisia’s top tier football league team Club Africain – first such deal by ... Read More

Italy kick starts expulsion of Tunisian migrants

August 11, 2020

Italy began on Monday August 10 the expulsion of Tunisian citizens deemed illegal at the time waves of migrants from the North African country still ... Read More

A Free zone to end smuggling in Morocco’s north

August 10, 2020

Morocco is unrelenting in its fight against contraband. The North African country has taken a series of measures to crackdown on smuggling while offering alternatives ... Read More

Tunisia exempts Polish, Czech tourists from covid-19 PCR test to boost arrivals

August 7, 2020

Tunisia Thursday lifted the required covid-19 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for holidaymakers from Poland and the Czech Republic in a move to boost tourism ... Read More

Tunisia: State might no longer pay salaries, supply power – Parliament Speaker warns

August 6, 2020

The Tunisian state might no longer be able to pay salaries to civil servants and supply electricity of its citizens, Rached Ghannouchi speaker of the ... Read More