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Born in Bizerta on January 2, 1909, Tawhida Ben Cheikh, the first Tunisian and Arab female physician, celebrated on Friday her hundredth birthday.
In spite of the world economic crisis, the Tunis stock exchange has progressed by 10,7% in 2008 , the third best performance in the world, according to the French news agency AFP.
During his meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr Mohamed Ghannouchi, on Monday, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali focused on the government program for 2009.
The newspaper Le Temps reports in Monday's issue that the UK- based low-cost airline, Easy Jet has submitted a request to Tunisia 's civil aviation authorities (OACA) to operate a service from certain European cities such as Geneva, Paris and Frankfurt to respectively Tunis, Monastir and Djerba.
A Tunisian cargo plane carrying emergency relief items for the population of Gaza, has landed on Saturday morning at the El Arich airport, North Sinai, in Egypt.
Reporters Without Borders condemns the government's continuing harassment of independent journalists, including three reporters roughed by police while covering a peaceful demonstration organised by the Tunisian Progressive Democratic Party in Tunis on 30 December in protest against Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip.
A Tunisian engineer, Mr Kamel Ayadi, was chosen to head the fourth International Consultative Council tasked with the organisation of the World Engineers Convention (WEC) due be held in Geneva in 2011.
A health tourism complex will soon be built in the El Khabayat region near Gabes, a coastal town located some 400 kilometres south of the capital .
The Green Party for Progress has recently published the first issue of its weekly newspaper, "Le Tunisien". The 16-page bilingual (Arabic and French) publication, reports on the party's recent congress, as well as the expectations of the Tunisian political scene and the strengthening of the opposition press landscape.
If there is anything that Amavubi Stars need to learn from their junior counterparts 'Junior Wasps', then it is to score goals.
Following the grave Israeli aggressions in the Gaza strip and the dramatic and inhuman situation witnessed by Palestinians in this territory, an imposing Solidarity March with the Palestinian people, was organized on Thursday morning in Tunis at the initiative of political parties, national organisations, components of civil society, as well as young people and students.
From December 25 to 28, 2008 the city of Douz, also known as the gateway to Tunisia's Sahara desert, hosted its traditional Saharan festival. Created in 1910, the event is now running in its 41 st edition.. With more than a 100,000 international and local visitors, flocking to the town to attend the festival's various events, this usually quiet picturesque town is seized with a buzz, which however ...
A new book retracing Tunisia's 3000 year history, provides an illustrated bilingual history of the country. The book, written by Mr Noureddine Mejdoub, a former Tunisian ambassador, is written in French and includes an English version. The book is published in Tunis by the publisher "Dar Ismailia".
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the intimidation of Tunisian journalists who tried to cover efforts Tuesday by the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) to demonstrate against Israeli attacks on Gaza. Two journalists were assaulted and three faced harassment in Tunis, according to several CPJ interviews.
In a New Year address to the Tunisian people on Wednesday, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali said that Tunisia "welcomes the New Year 2009 with confidence and optimism, despite the current global economic crisis and its potential effects."
Air links between Tozeur, located some 400 kilometres South of the capital, and the cities of Milan, Geneva and Madrid, will reopen in November 2009.
As a token of solidarity with the Palestinian people, in the face of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza strip which has caused hundred of casualties, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has decided on Tuesday the following measures:
The various components of Tunisian civil society, political parties, national organisations, associations, and professional structures, have expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people, following the Israeli air attacks which have caused the death of hundred of casualties and injured.
Tunisia is confirming its reputation as one of the best spots for investing in property. In an online article released on Tuesday, the international property portal Homesgofast.com has predicted that Tunisia is part of the three top places to invest within Africa and the Middle East for 2009.
Tunis, December 30, 2008- Following its 17 th congress, held in Gammarth, North of Tunis on Sunday, the Tunisian Writer's Union elected its Executive Board and at its head, Mrs Jamila Mejri, who becomes the first woman to occupy this function.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released the following communiqué: "Tunisia expresses its deep concern following the Israeli air raids in the Gaza strip which have caused scores of victims among the brotherly Palestinian people.
President Ben Ali received on Thursday Mr Hadj Gley, Minister of Communication Technologies who briefed him on the implementation of programs and measures with a view to modernizing and promoting the services of communication technologies notably in terms of enhancing the infrastructure pertaining to communications, the internet, broad band , developing electronic services and modernizing postal ...
Following an annual forum organized by the daily Le Renouveau, swimmer Oussama Mellouli was unanimously elected by the 133 Tunisian sports journalists present as the best Tunisian sportsman in 2008.
A motive of satisfaction and the reward of much hard work and perseverance, Kairouan was officially acknowledged as "garden city".
If for some of us museums are places where "the present is burdened too much with the past" to quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne, for the majority they are places of inspiration and culture.
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