Egypt asking Tunisia to welcome President Assad at Arab League Summit

Egypt is pushing Tunisia to invite embattled President Bashar al-Assad to the Arab League summit to take place in the North African country in March though Tunis denied last month that it extended an invitation to the Syrian leader, The New Arab reports. The London-based media’s Arabic edition Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui met with […]

Fathi Bashagha denies penning The Times piece critical of Russia

Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya’s Prime Ministers, has denied being the author of an article in British media The Times in which he offers to the United Kingdom (UK) his partnership to curb Russia’s influence in the oil-rich African country. In the article titled ‘Libya wants to stand with Britain against Russian aggression’ Bashagha was […]

Tunisia: Monthly minimum wage raised by 6.5 per cent

Tunisia has raised monthly minimum wage by 6.5 per cent to help workers weather economic stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the powerful workers’ union, UGTT, has announced. The decision according to the union will soon be made public by the Tunisian government which agreed to implement the hike. UGTT on Dec. 11 asked the […]