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Tunisian President Kais Saied issued Saturday a decree to compensate families of “martyrs” and police and army members killed or wounded, when defending the country during the 2011 revolution. The compensation, according to the decree, will be awarded to the families of “martyrs” and police and army killed or wounded defending the country from what […]
Moncef Marzouki, ex-Tunisian President, has urged lawmakers of the dissolved parliament to resume their activities and rise up against President Kais Saied, Tunisie Numerique reports. “It is your national duty, in honor of our martyrs on this solemn anniversary, to resume your activity and isolate the putsch as soon as possible and not to accept […]
Tunisia summoned the Turkish ambassador to Tunis over comments by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticizing the dissolution of the Tunisian parliament. Erdogan said sacking the parliament was contrary to “the will of the Tunisian people” and a “smear to democracy.” The Tunisian presidency rejected this as “an unacceptable meddling in Tunisia’s domestic affairs.” The Ministry […]
Washington will slash this year into two its military aid to Tunisia in reaction to the authoritarian path that the North African country has taken, reports say. The announcement was made by a spokesperson from the State Department in an email to Al Monitor. Tunisia, a strategic partner of the U.S., will receive […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied Wednesday dissolved the suspended parliament in reaction to a plenary session held on online and which voted for a draft law cancelling all presidential decisions taken since July 25. 121 lawmakers of the suspended parliament held an online session defying Saied. 116 of those present at the plenary voted in favor […]
The Biden administration has voiced concern over Tunisia’s democratic trajectory and stressed the importance of an inclusive political and economic reform process that gives civil society a strong voice. In a press release issued by the U.S. State Department following the visit Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Human Rights Uzra Zeya paid to Tunisia on […]
Morocco is hosting this March 29-30 the 34th meeting of the Steering Committee of the member countries of the 5+5 Defense Initiative that will assess the situation on the projects initiated within the framework of the Initiative, update the Action Plan for the year 2022, and draw up the draft Action Plan for the year […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied Saturday advised suspended MPs planning to hold a parliament session end of this month, to use a space ship, warning that any decision made during the planned meeting will be void of sense. Some 27 lawmakers of Tunisia’s suspended legislature, including the second deputy speaker Tarek Fetiti, have called for a […]
Tunisia’s central bank, BCT, Thursday said it overcame a cyberattack that hijacked its system and website on Wednesday. The attack according to the bank caused some perturbations to its services and its website which was out of service until Thursday morning. It however quickly came under control thanks to coordination between services of the institution […]
The National Union of Tunisian Journalists announced a one-day general strike in public media institutions on April 2, reported TAP news Agency. The striking media include public service television broadcaster, the Tunisian Radio station, Tunis-Afrique-Press (TAP), and the New Printing, Press and Publishing Company SNIPE-La Presse. “The Prime Ministry has shirked its responsibilities as far […]