Tag: Tunisia

Tunisia: Media tycoon sentenced to three years in prison for involvement in deadly road accident

August 22, 2023

A court in Tunisia has ordered the arrest of Abdelhamid Ben Abdallah, a businessman and owner of a private television after his condemnation to three ... Read More

Would Tunisia be the next Arab state to normalize ties with Israel?

August 21, 2023

Algerian officials are warning Tunisia would be the next state to normalize ties with Israel leaving pro-Iran Algeria encircled in the region. Algerian official and ... Read More

Tunisia’s Agriculture minister to provide $9m financing to farmers

August 17, 2023

Tunisia’s Agriculture ministry announced Wednesday August 16 several financing plans for small farmers to the tune of $9 million in view of supporting the sector. ... Read More

Tunisia unveils new measure to boost tourism

August 16, 2023

Tunisian Tourism Minister, Mohamed El Moez Belhassine, has presented a set of new measures to promote the North African country’s destination. In an interview with ... Read More

Tunisia: President fires cereals authority chief amid rising prices

August 15, 2023

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has fired Béchir Kthiri, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of cereals Authority amid rising prices that he imputed, few days ago, ... Read More

Five detained in Tunisia’s Kasserine governorate for organ trafficking

August 14, 2023

Five people including a Syrian-Turkish national have been arrested for organ trafficking in Tunisia’s impoverished Kasserine province, a judiciary source has told a local media. ... Read More

Tunisia to restructure debt-crippled national carrier

August 10, 2023

Tunisia’s Transport ministry, representative of the State in the national carrier TunisAir, announced Wednesday August 9 plans to restructure the country’s flagship carrier hit by ... Read More

Presidential polls in Tunisia expected in autumn 2024

August 9, 2023

Tunisians will head to polls in autumn next year to elect a new President or re-elect incumbent leader Kais Saied in power since 2019, the ... Read More

Tunisia ready to play role of EU policeman in return for cash

August 7, 2023

Cash-strapped Tunisia has willingly accepted to play the role of the policeman at the gate, in return for cash and for the silence of the ... Read More

Tunisia clocks 5 million tourists this year, hitting record

August 7, 2023

As many as 5 million tourists have so far visited Tunisia this year, Tourism Minister Mohamed Moez Belhassine announced Saturday August 5, with the figures ... Read More