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Tunisian Jewish businessman Rene Trabelsi has been appointed new tourism minister in a partial cabinet reshuffle that the Prime Minister Youssef Chahed hopes will add new momentum to the cabinet. Twelve other ministers were appointed but key portfolios such as finance, foreign affairs and the interior were kept unchanged. “This reshuffle is to make the […]
A 30-year old woman blew herself up on Monday near a police patrol in a busy avenue in Tunisia’s capital. Twenty people were injured in the suicide bombing, 15 law enforcement agents and 5 civilians including two children, according to a latest report released by the spokesman of the Directorate General of National Security, Walid […]
The Tunisian government will not impose new taxes on companies and citizens in the 2019 budget, a statement released by the government said. According to the draft budget for 2019 released earlier this week, the government is committed to not burden economic institutions and citizens with new taxes in 2019 due to the “contributions they […]
A Tunisian military aircraft crashed Wednesday into the Mediterranean during a military exercise involving 10 other countries bordering on the sea. The Defense Ministry of the North African country said the pilot was unharmed as he was able to eject safely before the aircraft, an F-5, plunged into the sea. The pilot was rescued by […]
Tunisia’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a law criminalizing racist speech, incitement to hatred and discrimination. The legislation was approved, after a lengthy debate, with 125 members of parliament voting for it, one against and five abstaining. The law was a response to the assault of an Ivorian on a Tunis street in July that triggered […]
Tunisia’s ruling Nidaa Tounes party suspended the Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, a decision that could impact the country’s frail economy. The decision could trigger an implosion in the Ruling party, as it comes after Chahed accused the President’s son, Hafedh Caid Essebsi, of undermining the Nidaa Tounes party. The party said Chahed will be heard […]
Frustration over lack of economic opportunities and social mobility has driven thousands of disenchanted Tunisians to undertake the perilous Mediterranean crossing in an attempt to reach Europe. Some 3,811 Tunisian migrants, now in an irregular situation, arrived by sea in Italy during the first eight months of 2018 compared to 1,721 recorded during the same […]
Chinese Car maker SAIC will turn Tunisia into one of its regional hubs outside China, under an agreement between the Chinese firm and Tunisia’s Meninx Holding. The signing of the agreement between the two firms took place on the sidelines of 3rd China-Africa Cooperation Forum, which was held September 3-4 in the Chinese capital, Beijing. […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed dismissed his energy minister Khalid Kaddour who is facing a corruption probe, the Premier’s office said. Kaddour was dismissed less than a year after his appointment in September 2017 in a move that will trigger other sackings. Kaddour will stand before justice in November over allegations of “administrative and financial […]
The Tunisian government expects the economy to grow by 2.9% in 2018 and by 3.5% in 2019. In an interview with Reuters News Agency, Minister of Reforms Taoufik Rajhi said the government planned to reduce the budget deficit to 3.9 percent next year from the 4.9 percent forecast for 2018. According to data from the […]