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Tunisia’s media regulator, HAICA, Wednesday shut down two media outlets for operating without license, Business News reports. The HAICA, the media says, has seized equipment belonging to the private television Nessma TV and radio Radio Coran in line with the code of conduct article 116 of media in the North African country. The new seizure […]
A Tunis court ordered the seizure on Tuesday of the server at Ennahdha party headquarters as part of investigations into the movement’s recruitment of lobbying groups. The court said it will conduct technical tests on the server as part of the investigation process, Business News reports, citing a statement from the judiciary. The leading party […]
While most countries opt for vaccine pass and campaigns to encourage people to get vaccinated, Tunisia’s president took a drastic decision by ordering the withholding of wages of public sector employees who have not taken Covid-19 vaccine yet. These employees will also be banned from resuming their jobs until they get inoculated, Tunisian presidency said […]
Abir Moussi, head of the Free Destourian Party has denounced results of 2019 elections arguing that they were rigged to benefit incumbent President Kais Saied. Speaking to local radio station Jawhara FM, Moussi finger-pointed Ennahdha party for rigging last presidential elections that took place following the death of President Caid Essebsi, Webdo Tunis reports. President, […]
The US senate has subjected military aid to Tunisia to the return of democratic values after President Kais Saied has suspended the parliament and seized the executive power since July 25. The Senate Appropriations Committee explained, in a bill, that granting credit to Tunisia would be subject to several conditions. According to the proposed law, […]
Tunisian private airline Syphax Airlines will fly to the North African country 50,000 Russian holidaymakers next year following an agreement with Russian tour operator TUI-Russia. Per the agreement, Syphax Airlines will use Moscow International airport and its services. Russian authorities have allowed tour operators to resume flying Russian tourists to Tunisia and several other countries […]
Tunisian coast guards Sunday thwarted five illegal migration attempts across the Mediterranean, Webdo Tunis reports. A naval security unit posted at Monastir, central coast of Tunisia and 162 kilometers south of Tunis, seized seven engines, 3 boats, and a quantity of fuel. They also arrested the occupants among whom seven Tunisians from the coastal city […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has ordered the seizure of the diplomatic passport of former President Moncef Marzouki, whom he accused of treason against the State. The move comes after Marzouki said he was happy to have contributed to the postponement to next year of the 18th Summit of the International Organization of Francophonie that was […]
A unit of the Tunisian National Guards has dismantled an alleged 10-men cell producing explosives in the Tatouine governorate, the Interior Ministry said. A statement of the ministry notes detainees were planning to use the explosives in terror attacks. The ministry stressed without providing much detail that some members of the cell have managed to […]
The Francophonie summit, scheduled to take place in Djerba, Tunisia, in November, has been postponed to the Fall of 2022. The decision, made at a meeting of the Permanent Council of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) on Tuesday, October 12, has yet to be ratified by the ministers, but there seems to […]