First Independent Mena Newspaper
President Kais Saied Monday picked former finance minister Elyes Fakhfekh to form a cabinet after the parliament early this month rejected a first government led by Habib Jemli, an independent named by Ennahda, the leading party in the legislature. Fakhfekh is chosen for the Prime Minister job after Jemli failed to win the vote of […]
Tunisia’s Former Minister of Economy, Hakim Ben Hammouda, who has been nominated by seven parties for the position of Prime Minister on Saturday briefed President Kais Saied on his strategy if confirmed. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Ben Hammouda said that the biggest challenge facing the next stage is “rebuilding the social contract” […]
Tunisia has turned down the invitation to participate in the Berlin Conference held this Sunday, January 19, because the invitation was late and because Tunis has not been involved in the preparatory meetings for the conference. ,” the Foreign Affairs Department said in a statement Saturday while expressing its thanks and consideration for the invitation […]
King Mohammed VI had Thursday a phone conversation with the newly elected President of Tunisia Kaïs Saïed during which they agreed to exchange visits, says the Royal Office in a communiqué. The phone call, at the initiative of the Moroccan Monarch, provided an opportunity “to underline the strong historical relations binding the two brotherly […]
The consortium led by Moroccan energy company NAREVA and French ENGIE group won an international bid for the construction of 120 MWp solar power plant in Gafsa, Tunisia. The consortium will be responsible for developing, designing, financing, building, operating and maintaining the photovoltaic power plant over a period of 20 years from commissioning. The Gafsa […]
The political deadlock in Tunisia is likely to go on for some time after the parliament on Friday rejected, in a confidence vote, the government formed by Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli, an independent who had been proposed by Islamist Ennahda Party. The coalition government formed of independent lawmakers was rejected after over 12 hours of […]
Former presidential candidate, rights activist and leader of LGBT community in Tunisia has fled the country for France arguing that he had received threats to his life. Mounir Baatour, a candidate at last year presidential elections has told Thomson Reuters Foundation he had received threats and had to flee to France where he was granted […]
The Tunisian Interior Ministry Wednesday said it has seized arms and cash en route to troubled neighboring Libya from Turkey. Khaled Hayoun, spokesman for the ministry told local media Shems FM that security forces have seized arms and that investigations revealed that the shipment was coming from Turkey and meant for Libya. The weapons and […]
EBRD signs a €2 million loan with Advans Tunisie, equivalent to 6.5 million Tunisian dinars. The funds to boost Technical assistance will help strengthen credit and operational risk management. The EBRD is helping to increase the availability of funds for small firms in Tunisia through a local currency loan equivalent to €2 million to Advans […]
Tunisia’s nominal Prime Minster Thursday unveiled his long awaited cabinet with only two ministers of the former cabinet kept. Habib Jemli appointed by his party, the Islamist Ennahdha party, in October following parliamentarian elections has proposed a 28-member cabinet including four women. The team approved by President Kais Saied is almost made of new faces […]