Tag: Tunisia

Tunisia: Prime Minister-designate opts for independents-dominated cabinet

December 24, 2019

Tunisia’s Prime Minister-designate said he will form a cabinet of national technocrats and competences, independent from all political parties, after he failed to reach a ... Read More

Tunisia: ISIS-enthusiast terror cell busted in Hammamet

December 19, 2019

Tunisia security forces nabbed in the city of Hammamet, Nabeul province, members of a terror cell, pledging allegiance to the Islamic state group (ISIS). Security ... Read More

Tunisian President vetoes issuance of diplomatic passports to MPs

December 10, 2019

Tunisian President has blocked the parliament plans to secure a diplomatic passport for members of the House of Representative. House of Representatives member Nesrine Laamari ... Read More

Tunisia: Police arrest 11 people amid protests against poverty

December 4, 2019

Tunisian interior ministry Tuesday announced the arrest of 11 people who attacked security establishments in central Sidi Bouzid region, marked by several days of violent ... Read More

EBRD Supports Tunisian SMEs with €5 Mln Loan

December 3, 2019

The EBRD is strengthening the competitiveness of small firms in Tunisia by increasing the availability of funds, with a €5 million loan to Compagnie Internationale ... Read More

Tunisia: National carrier to shred 400 jobs

November 28, 2019

Tunisia’s national carrier, Tunisair, will, in February, cut up to 400 jobs as part of the restructuring plan already in execution, Tunis Webdo reports. The ... Read More

Japan’s Sumitomo Group to open electronic cable production plant in Tunisia

November 21, 2019

Japan’s industrial giant Sumitomo Group will launch next year in Tunisia a plant where it will produce cable harnesses for automobile companies in Europe. The ... Read More

Four Tunisian women arrested for drug trafficking in Morocco

November 19, 2019

Moroccan police arrested Monday four Tunisian women for drug trafficking at the Marrakech-Menara airport. The suspects, aged between 19 and 45 were accompanied with a ... Read More

Tunisia: Habib Jemli tasked with forming a new government

November 18, 2019

Tunisia’s recently elected President Kais Saied has tasked agricultural engineer Habib Jemli, 60, with forming a government after the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party nominated him for ... Read More

A gas production plant soon operating in Tunisia

November 18, 2019

Production at the Tunisian Nawara natural gas field in the Sahara of Tataouine, initially scheduled for October, will start at the end of December 2019, ... Read More