First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Tunisian Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, FIPA-Tunisia, said foreign direct investments in the North African country during the first three months of this year, have dropped by 24 per cent compared with last year first quarter (Q1). The institution, in its Q1 2020 report, said Tunisia attracted $162 million (MD461.7 million). Energy, industry and agriculture […]
Tunisia has turned to Russia to buy medical equipment including respiratory ventilators and masks for public hospitals amid ongoing fight against novel covid-19 with overall infection toll now over 1,000. Russian state-run news agency Sputnik revealed the request as the North African country’s envoy to Moscow, Tarak ben Salem, confirmed that the equipment will help […]
Morocco and Tunisia stressed the need for a political solution to the Libyan crisis few days after renegade General Khalifa Haftar declared himself military ruler and withdrew from the UN-led Skhirate agreement. Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Noureddine Erray had talks in that respect with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita showing convergence of view on the need […]
News Stream May 01,2020
The World Bank will grant Tunisia $35 million destined to support the health ministry in its fight against the novel covid-19 and finance the purchase of medical equipment. The Washington-based institution in a statement said $20 million of the aid package is earmarked to bolster the capacity of the health system and support the North […]
News Stream April 30,2020
President Kais Saied Wednesday extended for one month the state of emergency in place since November 2015 after a suicide attack killed a dozen of forces from the presidential guard. The office of the President said the measure is starting as of April 30. The state of emergency, in place since late November 2015, has […]
News Stream April 28, 2020
The Tunisian government Tuesday denied claims by the country’s leading LGBT group that it has approved a same marriage, adding that the North African country still does not recognize homosexuality, Webdo Tunis reports. Minister of Local Affairs, Lotfi Zitoun speaking in front of the Tunisian parliament squashed the controversy that birthed in the North African […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has paid homage to a Tunisian security force who thwarted in early March terror attack on security checkpoint, in capital Tunis, near the US embassy. In a letter published on website of the US embassy in Tunis, on Monday, the FBI expressed its heartfelt condolences to the family of […]