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Tag: Tunisia
Tunisia-presidential elections: Law professor, detained media mogul head to second round; PM concedes defeat
Polls by several media and polling firms predict, after the first round of the presidential election held Sunday in Tunisia, a face-off between Kais Saied, ... Read More
Tunisia: Wife of late Essebsi passes away on election day
Tunisia’s former first lady died Sunday as Tunisians were casting their vote to elect the successor to her husband, Beiji Caid Essebsi who passed away ... Read More
Tunisia’s second free presidential election tests young democracy
Tunisia holds its second free presidential elections since the Arab Spring revolt that ousted a long-serving president, putting the country on a rocky road to ... Read More
Tunisia: Four-member terror cell linked to last week stabbing attack busted
The Tunisian interior ministry said it has nabbed four men forming a terror cell suspected for being linked to last week stabbing of security officer, ... Read More
Tunisia: Justice rejects TV request to interview detained presidential candidate
A court of appeal in Tunis has rejected the demand by a local television to interview media mogul and presidential candidate Nabil Karoui who is ... Read More
Tunisia: Candidates’ face off in first ever televised debates
For the first time in Tunisia’s history and in the Arab world at large, candidates for the snap September 15 presidential elections took part Saturday ... Read More
Tunisia: EU to send 100 observers to monitor legislative, presidential elections
The European Union will send 100 observers for September snap presidential elections and October parliamentary polls at the demand of the Tunisian government and the ... Read More
Tunisia: Justice rejects demand for release of presidential candidate; Spouse launches campaign trail
The wife of the Tunisian candidate in custody for money laundering has launched the campaign of her husband whose demand for release has been rejected. ... Read More
Tunisia: Security chief, three terrorists, including two Algerians, killed in exchange of fire
Three terrorists, including two Algerians, were killed Monday in Hidra, governorate of Kasserine, in a proactive operation involving National Guard and national army units, the ... Read More
Tunisia: 26 Candidates Running for President start campaigning
The twenty-six candidates retained for Tunisia’s presidential election of September 15 start campaigning this Monday, while overseas campaigning began on Saturday. The campaign will run ... Read More