First Independent Mena Newspaper
President Caid Essebsi has said his party has asked him to seek a second term in office although he had said in April that he would not run for office owing to his age. Essebsi is founder of ruling Nidaa Tounes in power since 2014. In April, the 92-year old President had indicated that he […]
A Tunis court has handed several prison sentences to numerous Islamic State Group (ISIS) fighters for joining the terror group. A first verdict by the Court of First Instance pressed two years in jail against a local construction contractor for joining the terror group in 2013. After he spent two years with the organization in […]
Tunisia announced it is launching a “Digital Investor Support Platform” during the Tunisia Investment Forum (TIF) due June 20- 21 in Tunis. The announcement was made Tuesday by Tunisian Development, Investment and International Cooperation Minister Zied Laadhari. Who said the platform seeks to totally digitalize investment transactions. The Tunisian official was taking part in the […]
Tunisia has secured a $131.7 million loan from the French Development Agency (AFD) to improve the national electricity grid. The smart grid project was announced in 2017 by the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG), but was delayed due to lack of funding. The AFD funds will be allocated to the implementation of the first […]
Representatives of Morocco and Tunisia in the various committees of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will not be present during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) held in Egypt June 21 – July 19. This decision of the pan-African body comes few days after the scandal of the final of the Champions […]
Spanish private carrier Air Europa resumed flights to Tunisia early June, after a nine-year halt. The first flight departed from Madrid on June 3, Sales Manager Moez Oudi Monday told TAP. The booking rate for the new airlink reached so far 80%, he added. The company will run four flights a week (Monday, Tuesday, Friday […]
A group of 75 migrants who have been stranded on a boat in the Mediterranean sea for 12 days and who are in critical condition have refused food and medical assistance offered by the Tunisian Red Crescent. The migrants, mostly from Bangladesh, have refused aid from medical doctors and have demanded to be sailed […]
Tunisia is on the verge of buying 110 trains to replenish its aging railway sector, Transport Minister told media on Monday. The state has issued a tender for the trains, Hichem Ben Ahmed told local media La Presse. The trains will replace current ones which on average are 35 years old, Ben Ahamed also noted […]
The Tunisian army has thwarted an attempt by an armed group from Libya to sneak onto Tunisia. A security source from Ben Guerdane, southern Tunisia, near the Libyan border told local radio Mosaïque FM that the army repelled the attempt. The source did not identify the armed group but said the two sides traded gun […]
A Tunisia couple in trial for planning a biological attack in Germany face up to 15 years in prison, if found guilty. A court in Germany started on Friday the trial of the couple, Seifallah H. (husband) aged 30 and his wife Yasmine H., 43, a Germany woman who converted to Islam, AFP reports. The […]