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French court frees Ben Ali’s brother-in-law on bail; a blow to Tunisia’s extradition request

A court in France has granted bail to one of former President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali’s brothers-in-law despite demand by Tunisia to extradite the man wanted on many charges. The court in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, ordered Belhassen Trabelsi’s release after the latter “deposited €100,000 ($112,000) and agreed not to leave France nor meet with others […]

Ryanair to launch new Edinburg-Marrakech air route in summer

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair announced its biggest ever Edinburgh Summer schedule, with eight new destinations including Marrakech. Ryanair will operate 250 weekly flights for Summer 2022, which is 50 more than pre pandemic Summer 2019, the company pointed out in a release. “As Europe’s and Edinburgh’s largest airline, Ryanair is pleased to deliver our biggest […]

Head of Tunisian Government visits Morocco June 18-19

Head of the Tunisian government, Youssef Chahed, is paying on June 18-19 an official visit to Morocco where he will attend the 19th session of the Moroccan-Tunisian High Joint Committee. Leading a delegation comprising several Tunisian cabinet members, Chahed will hold talk with his Moroccan counterpart Saad Eddine El Othmani on a set of issues […]