First Independent Mena Newspaper
The party of President Beji Caid is descending into deeper crisis as party members elected Saturday two rival leaders in parallel congresses ahead of October and November parliamentary and presidential elections. The first electoral congresses of Nidaa Tounes, which started last week under the motto of “unity” ended up into two congresses that elected […]
Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui who is on a working visit in New York seized the opportunity of meetings with Arab ambassador to the United Nations to lobby for his country’s candidacy to the Security Council. “Tunisia aspires to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2020-2021 term,” he noted, reaffirming […]
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 […]
The European Bank for reconstruction and development (EBRD) has agreed to provide a €24 million loan to Tunisie Leasing and Factoring, the country’s largest leasing company. The loan will allow the Tunisian company to continue growing its network across the country and reaching SMEs in regions less well-covered by competitors. Supporting access to finance for […]
Finding a lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the Sahara would benefit the whole region of the Maghreb, the UN Personal Envoy for the Sahara Horst Köhler said in a statement at the end of the second round of negotiations held at Le Château Le Rosey in Bursins, near Geneva, March 21-22 with the participation […]
The Italian energy giant ENI has started the construction in Tunisia of a 5 MW facility at the ADAM oil concession in which it has a 25% stake. The project aims to establish a state-of-the-art hybrid power generation system with battery storage devices, to enable efficient integration with existing turbines. The project, being developed with […]
Emir of the “Jund al-Khilafah” (Army of the Caliphate) Houssem Thelithi is among the three terrorists killed during the pre-emptive security operation carried out on Mount Salloum, governorate of Kasserine, on Tuesday evening, announced the Tunisian Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday. The two other killed terrorists are Mohamed Naceur Mbarki Mokni, better known under […]
Three terrorists, affiliated to the ‘Jund al-Khilafah’, were killed in an operation launched Tuesday night by Tunisian National Guard units in the closed military zone of Mount Salloum, governorate of Kasserine, near the Algerian border, according to a preliminary toll announced by a local security source. “The terrorist group holed up in Mount Salloum whom […]
Tunisian authorities have officially demanded France to extradite Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of deposed and exiled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Tunisian Justice ministry in a statement on Saturday said it asked the foreign ministry to demand Belhassen’s deportation from France, in line with bilateral agreements between the two countries. Belhassen on the run […]
The European Union Tuesday took away Tunisia from its backlist of non-cooperative jurisdictions also branded “tax haven countries” after the North Africa country implemented demanded reforms that have improved tax policies. But it was not clear if Tunisia was put on the Grey list like Morocco. The grey list comprises countries that are given time […]