Category: Tunisia

North African & European Entities Join efforts to Boost Mediterranean Film Industry

May 30, 2017

The film commissions of Andalucia and Tangiers, Italy’s Rome Lazio Film Commission, Spain’s Film Commission, France’s Ile-de-France and the Carthage Film Festival have agreed to ... Read More

Tunisia Deploys Army to Disperse Protesters

May 20, 2017

Tunisian army fired shots in the air to warn off and break up protesters calling for jobs who attempted to disrupt a gas pumping station ... Read More

Tunisia: thousands march against corruption amnesty bill

May 15, 2017

Tunisians this weekend marched through the streets of capital city Tunis to protest against a bill that would grant amnesty to businessmen, accused of corruption ... Read More

North African Leaders Express Optimism Following Macron’s Victory

May 8, 2017

As is the case with France and mainstream Europe, North Africa on France’s Mediterranean neighbourhood breath a sigh of relief after Centrist Emanuel Macron decisively ... Read More

Algiers summons Tunisian ambassador over minister’s reference to Algeria as communist state

May 8, 2017

The Algerian Foreign Ministry Sunday summoned Tunisia’s ambassador to protest recent comments by a Tunisian minister referring to Algeria as “a communist state”. Abdelmajid Ferchichi ... Read More

Tunisia ‘Best African Tourist Destination in 2017’- Shanghai World Travel Fair

May 7, 2017

The battered tourism sector in Tunisia has received a much needed boost from China’s Shanghai World Travel Fair which celebrated the north African country as ... Read More

Tunisia: Mohsen Marzouk Calls for New Government to Save Democratic Gain

May 3, 2017

The leader of MPT (Machrou3 Pour la Tunisie) Mohsen Marzouk Tuesday called for the emergence of a new cabinet as he argued on his facebook ... Read More

Tunisia: One terrorist killed in gun battle with jihadists in Sidi Bouzid

May 1, 2017

Tunisian National Guard forces Sunday trashed one terrorist in the southern city of Sidi Bouzid in a gunfire exchange with a group of jihadists holing ... Read More

IMF: Tunisia Feeble Growth Threatens Macroeconomic Stability

April 18, 2017

The Tunisian economy continues to suffer from major difficulties, including high external and fiscal deficits, increasing debt, while growth is too low to reduce unemployment, ... Read More

NATO to Set UP Intelligence Hub in Tunisia

April 16, 2017

NATO is planning to set up an intelligence hub in Tunisia, which has been battered by terrorist attacks in the fallout of the chaos that ... Read More