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Tunisia’s central bank has applauded the “positive development in the political process” after the successful parliamentary and presidential elections but signaled that the results are yet to have a strong impact on the economy for now as the beginning of the year was “characterized by negative economic indicators” amongst which are the industry and tourism […]
The unemployed are observing since the 11th February, several protesters marches in several governorates of Tunisia. In Gafsa, unemployed announced a gather every Thursday in this direction. Mahdia, they protested in their turn outside the headquarters of the Regional Directorate of Employment and outside the headquarters of the regional union work, demanding the regularization their […]
Residents of Tunisia’s two main border crossings with Libya staged a general strike Tuesday to protest against what they say is excessive force by police when clashes demonstrations over the weekend left one person dead. Unions in the two towns want the government to uplift an export tax imposed on goods in the area since […]
Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi has began on the 5th February a two-day state visit to Algeria at the invitation of the Algerian Head of State, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Accordding to a statement from the presidency of Algeria, released by Algerian official news agency APS, This two-day visit will provide an opportunity to the two […]
The Tunisian Parliament has met on the 4th februry for the vote of confidence to the new government and its newly appointed prime minister, Habib Essid, who has announced an inclusive coalition government whose members include representatives of the Islamist Ennahda (69 seats in paliament), party and the winner of legislative, Nidaa Tounès (86 seats). […]
The fourth quarter result of the operations of the Tunisian national airline, TunisAir was released. According to figures published by the Tunis Stock Exchange, Gross income of the Tunisian airline TunisAir has reached 1.077 billion dinars ($ 656 million) in 2014, against 1.068 billion dinars ($ 552 million) in 2013, an increase of 0.81%. The […]
Prime Minister designate Habib Essid seems convinced that the newly formed cabinet will get the vote of confidence from the parliament as he signaled that “we have no more time to lose, we are in a race against the clock.” The Ennahda Islamist party has finally joined the cabinet where it is holding a ministerial […]
The political events that unfolded in Tunisia this week show that the mandate of the next government will be full of challenges and tough decisions. The Prime Minister-designate Habib Essid was forced to postpone the presentation of his cabinet to the parliament for approval because of uncertainty on whether he will be able to get […]
The presentation of Prime Minister-designate Habib Essid’s cabinet to the parliament has been delayed less than 24hours before the scheduled time. The decision was made due to a possibility that his proposed government will fail to get the required 109 votes. The parties against Essid’s proposals are claiming that his cabinet does not represent a […]
Ennahda has announced that it will be voting against the cabinet that will be proposed during the week by Prime minister-designate Habib Essid. The announcement signals that tensions between the political parties still exist. Ennahda occupies most of the seats in the parliament after the Nidaa Touness party and could be a challenge for a […]