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Tunisian moderate Islamist party Ennhadha is on the verge of appointing its leader Rached Ghannouchi as the future Prime Minister following this month legislative elections dominated by the movement, Tunis Webdo reports. The Choura Council of the party deems Ghannouchi fit and suitable for the job. The leader himself however has not expressed any desire […]
Tunisia was officially removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist, Premier Youssef Chahed tweeted. The FATF decided Friday as part of a plenary meeting (October 16-18 in Paris), to delist Tunisia and said the Tunisian government met its commitments to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, Chahed further said, according to Tunisian news […]
European and global aerospace giant, Airbus, is planning to launch an academy for pilots in Tunisia, the transport ministry of the North African country has said. The ministry of transport indicated in a statement that Airbus will soon launch the academy as part of partnership between the European multinational and the Tunisian Agency of Technical […]
Security forces arrested Tuesday the runaway attacker who stabbed to death a French tourist and wounded a serviceman near Bizerte, the interior ministry has said. The attacker, 28, armed with a knife assaulted the French tourist in the Zarzouna delegation (Bizerte governorate). The tourist who was not named reportedly received stabs in the chest and […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed welcomed the results of the Sunday runoff as a plebiscite against corruption, in reference to the defeat of media mogul Nabil Karoui formerly charged for money laundering and tax evasion. Around 72 per cent of the 7 million Tunisian voters Sunday picked independent candidate Kaïs Saïed as the country’s next […]
King Mohammed VI congratulated newly elected Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed wishing him success in his new mission. Saied, a former law professor, won the presidential elections on Sunday with a landslide victory. In his congratulations message, King Mohammed VI lauded the commitment of the Tunisian people to strengthen the rule of law and institutions saying […]
A 28-year old man armed with a knife fatally injured a French foreigner on Monday morning in the Zarzouna delegation (Bizerte governorate). He had previously wounded a uniformed serviceman in the face, reports the state-run news agency TAP. The foreigner was hit several times in the face, neck and chest and died of his wounds […]
The 61-year-old independent candidate Kaïs Saïed won the second round of the Tunisian presidential election, held Sunday, with a landslide victory as he garnered 76.90% of the vote, becoming thus Tunisia’s new President. His rival, businessman Nabil Karoui, received only 23.1% of votes. Kaïss Saïd benefited from the “crucial” support of the Islamist “Ennahda” party […]
Moderate Islamist party Ennahdha has won Sunday legislative elections according to exit polls. Polling firm, Sigma Conseil projects the party to garner 17.5 percent of Sunday’s vote, translating into 40 seats in the 217-member parliament. The polling agency places Heart of Tunisia party, a newly political movement of detained run-off candidate Nabil Karoui, second with […]
The party of presidential hopeful, currently in prison on money laundering charges, has pledged to sue people behind the revelation that the businessman signed a $1 million-deal with a Canada-based lobbying firm to promote his candidacy. In a statement, Heart of Tunisia debunked Dickens & Maddison’s alleged lobby contract with Nabil Karoui. “There […]