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Tag: Ben Ali
Tunisia: Government Spokesman Wants Return of Ousted Ben Ali
Government spokesman Tuesday wished for the return of former and ousted President Ben Ali, currently living in exile in Saudi Arabia, causing much outcry and ... Read More
Tunisia: one Third of Companies Paid Bribe in 2015
One third of companies established in Tunisia paid bribes to the public administration for various reasons, whether to accelerate procedures or reduce tax. A survey ... Read More
Tunisia reaps over €450 million from ousted president Ben Ali’s assets
Tunisia has reaped over €450 million from the sales of part of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s assets, announced Wednesday Tunisian Finance Minister ... Read More
Tunisia: night-time curfew lifted
The ministry of interior Thursday announced end of the nationwide curfew imposed in the wake of the social riots which rocked the country over the ... Read More
Tunisia: Protests reach Tunis, fears for general unrest loom
Social protests in Kasserine and other regions of the country have spilled into the capital city Tunis with demonstrations and looting in two popular neighborhoods ... Read More
Tunisia: Former President Marzouki launches new party, charges current government for Tunisia’s current poor state
Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki Sunday launched his new party and charged the Tunisian ruling party Nidaa Tounes for plunging the country into abyss and ... Read More
Tunisia: Head of security fired, replaced by Ben Ali’s
Tunisian Prime Minister Essid Tuesday dismissed Head of the security department, Abderrahmen Belhaj Ali, following the latest Tunis attack on the presidential guard, and replaced ... Read More
Tunisia Plans to Set up Security & Intelligence Agency
Tunisian authorities Thursday decided to endow the country with its own security and intelligence national agency to help in preventing and warding off terrorist threats ... Read More
Tunisia: Sacked Minister contradicts Prime Minister’s accounts
Outgoing Tunisian Minister of Justice rejected Tuesday the Prime Minister’s account of his sacking saying that he was fired because he refused to attend a ... Read More
Tunisia: suspension of the state of emergency considered
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid Sunday indicated that the government is considering the lifting of the state of emergency as the security situation has improved. ... Read More