First Independent Mena Newspaper
Tunisia’s powerful workers union, UGTT, Thursday said it will take part neither in the legislative nor in the presidential elections planned for next fall. Noureddine Taboubi, Secretary General of the powerful union, told a local radio that the union decided it will not field or back any party or independent candidacy for the legislative elections […]
Tunisia Wednesday said it succeeded in raising 700 million euros on the financial bond market with an interest rate of 6.37 per cent as it sought to borrow money to cover its 2019 fiscal budget deficit. The ministry of finance in a statement said the North African country will reimburse the bond over seven years. […]
Tunisian President Caid Essebsi Saturday extended in-place state of emergency for one additional month, an announcement that came few days after the North African witnessed three subside attacks. The office of the President said in a statement that the measure will come into force from Friday this week. Tunisia has been under state of emergency […]
Security forces Thursday brake up a five-man terror cell in Jendouba, Northwestern of the country as authorities try to crash recent terrorism insurgency. One of the suspect terrorist, Webdo Tunis reports was arrested in possession of a video praising terrorism and recent terror attacks in the capital Tunis. The video was discovered in a cell […]
Two men, holding Belarusian passports are held in Sfax on espionage charges after police discovered secret documents and equipment in their hotel room, Huffpost Tunisie reports. The two individuals were arrested Friday, after workers at a local hotel reported the two suspects to police, spokesman for the prosecution office, Mourad Turki, said. The men refused […]
A Tunisian citizen, placed on terror list by authorities, blew himself up Tuesday in capital Tunis when security forces surrounded him. The alleged terrorist according to the interior ministry detonated his explosive belt after being shot by security forces, in the Intilaka area of Tunis. Terrorist Aymen Smiri, killed on Tuesday evening, had been carefully […]
The leader of Tunisia’s LGBT community, Shams, has announced plans to run for November presidential elections, first time ever a gay enters a presidential race in the North African country and in the whole Arab world where being homosexual is outlawed. Mounir Baatour, a lawyer by profession last week told Belgian news agency Belga […]
Moody’s has issued a warning regarding Tunisia’s finances, citing the country’s weak fiscal strength and rising debt. The credit rating agency ranked Tunisia in the B2 negative category in view of the credit challenges including the structural deterioration in its fiscal strength, with the debt ratio having increased sharply to 77% of GDP at the […]
King Mohammed VI has strongly condemned the suicide bombings that targeted on Thursday security forces in central Tunis that killed one police officer and wounded eight. In a message sent to President Beji Caid Essebsi, the Sovereign condemned “this cowardly criminal act”, reaffirming “his full solidarity and continued support to sisterly Tunisia in the fight […]
President Caid Essebsi has said his party has asked him to seek a second term in office although he had said in April that he would not run for office owing to his age. Essebsi is founder of ruling Nidaa Tounes in power since 2014. In April, the 92-year old President had indicated that he […]