First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Tunisian cabinet held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the five-year socio-economic plan that will serve as a guideline and framework of the post-revolution development plan. The government hopes that the implementation of the plan due to begin next year will pave the way for the country to be part of the world’s emerging […]
The Tunisian ministry of interior told Tunisian online media outlets Monday to be on the alert as it received tip-off that militants are plotting to attack them. The media in questions include Business News, Akher Khabar, Hakaek On line. The ministry indicated that Ifriqyia, an online media belonging to the terrorist group “Okba Ibn Nafee” […]
Terrorists Sunday traded shoots with Tunisian border guards stationed at Bouchebka, near the Algerian border, killing one guard and wounding three others. “A border guard was killed and three others were wounded in a shootout with a terrorist group in Bouchebka,” the state television Wataniya 1 confirmed. President of the guards’ Union Ridha Ennasri also […]
Tunisia’s Transport ministry announced earlier this week it is allowing resumption of commercial flights from disintegrated Libya after it suspended all flights on security grounds. Tunisian authorities suspended flights form Miitiga airport, near Tripoli and Misrata, in the east of Tripoli last August because of security reasons. The Tunisian ministry of transport indicated in a […]
Tunisia’s defense ministry indicated Tuesday two of its soldiers died after a landmine exploded near the Algerian border. “Two soldiers died, one last night and the second early this morning, after they were injured in a landmine explosion in Mount Mghila on Monday,” the ministry’s spokesman Belhassen Oueslati told the media. The ministry did not […]
Tunisian defense ministry said Sunday soldiers killed a woman and wounded a man mistakenly taken for an armed group, as they were driving past the soldiers. The incident happened in the western region of Kasserine on Saturday. Lt-Col. Belhassen Oueslati, spokesperson for the defense ministry, told reporters that the army had earlier received tips about […]
Tunisian lawmakers have criticized at a plenary session the 2015 supplementary finance bill saying that is does not match the aspirations of the Tunisian people. While the majority of Tunisian lawmakers threw their support behind the anti-terrorist bill last week, the MPs were very critical of the supplementary finance bill discussed at a parliamentary plenary […]
The Tunisian President’s decision to prolong the state of emergency for two months has stirred a debate among the members of parliament. While the government says it is a necessary step because another terrorist attack with an impact like that of the Sousse beach attack will paralyze the state, critics argue the government is exploiting […]
Tunisia is preparing a five year development program that is expected to begin next year and the Minister of Development, Investment and International Co-operation Yassine Brahim said the plan will include strategic orientations and national priorities. The plan seeks the revival of Tunisian economy and also focuses on the social challenges after the end of the […]
On the second day of the three-day Annual Conference of Heads of Diplomatic, Permanent and Consular Missions in Tunis, Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche said the decision to appoint a consul-general in Damascus was in the interest of the Tunisian state and its citizens despite the Arab League sidelining the Assad regime. Speaking to reporters on […]