Tunisia: Ghannouchi - 'To Complete Constitutional Authorities and Undertake Major Projects and Reforms to Establish Democracy As Top Priority for Parliamentary Action'

The newly elected Speaker of the House of People's Representatives (HPR), Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi, said at the end of the opening session of the HPR, that he has become… Read more »

Tunisia: UGTT's Taboubi Calls for Speeding Up Formation Process of Next Government

Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Noureddine Tabboubi called for speeding up the formation process of the next government and for devising a… Read more »

Tunisia: Legislative Polls 2019 - Administrative Court Decides On 25 Appeals Against Preliminary Results

The plenary session of the Administrative Court (AC) delivered, on Monday, 25 judgments related to the appeals lodged against the preliminary results of the 2019 legislative polls,… Read more »

Tunisia: MMR Reaches 7.82 Percent On November 1 (BCT)

The Money Market Rates (MMR) edged up 0.56 points, to 7.82% on November 1, compared with the same date last year (7.26%), according to monetary and financial indicators published… Read more »

Tunisia: Approved Private Agricultural Investments Down 31.8 Percent (First Nine Months of 2019)

The approved private agricultural investments declined by 31.8% in numbers (2,647) and by 23.6% in value (358.7 million Tunisian dinars), during the first nine months of 2019. Read more »

Tunisia: Ugtt Condemns Demonisation Campaigns Against Union

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) denounced the "demonisation campaigns conducted by anti-union and anti-constitutional political parties supported by media professionals"… Read more »

Tunisia: Ennahdha to Consult With Different Stakeholders to Form Government

Ennahdha Party said Thursday that it will begin "consultations with the concerned parties, first and foremost the President of the Republic to find common ground on the formation… Read more »

Tunisia: President Kais Saied Takes Office

President-elect Kais Saied officially took office Wednesday at the Carthage Palace, during a hand-over ceremony. Read more »

Tunisia: Some 300 Thousand Retail Traders Expected to Join Electronic Payment System

"Some 300 thousand retail traders should join the electronic payment system, especially as electronic payment terms and procedures as well as laws are available," said director of… Read more »

Tunisia: Conference Room Named After Late Mongi Slim Inaugurated At UN Headquarters in Tunis

Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui and United Nations Director Resident Co-ordinator in Tunisia Diego Zorilla, on Wednesday, inaugurated a conference room named after the late… Read more »

Tunisia: Plastic Pollution in Mediterranean - Bemed Association Launches Call for Micro-Initiatives

The Beyond Plastic Med (BeMed) association announced on Monday its 4th call for micro-initiatives to fights against plastic pollution in the Mediterranean. Read more »

Tunisia: Energy Balance Deficit Reached 52 Percent in 2018 - Minister of Industry and SMEs

The energy balance deficit reached 52% in 2018, against 49% in 2017, said Minister of Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises Slim Feriani during a workshop on Tunisia's Energy… Read more »

Tunisia: Fifteen Human Rights Organisations Denounce Incitement to Violence Against Journalists

Fifteen human rights organisations affirmed on Monday their deep concern over what they describe as "incitement to violence" against many journalists, the day after the… Read more »

Tunisia: UTT Calls to Stop Attacks Against Workers in Media Sector

The Union of Tunisian Workers (UTT) called, on Monday in a press release, to stop attacks against journalists and all workers in the media sector. Read more »

Tunisia: EIB Grants Tunisia €20 Million to Fund Old Centres Regeneration Programme

Tunisia and the European Investment Bank (EIB) inked an agreement to finance the Old Centres Regeneration Programme (French: PRCA) worth €20 million. Read more »

Tunisia: French TARA Scientific Schooner Drops Anchor in Tunis

Five years after its first expedition in the Mediterranean and return to Bizerte, the French TARA scientific schooner dropped anchor at the Gammarth harbour, so as notably to… Read more »

Tunisia: Marouane El Abassi Elected Mena Central Bank Governor of 2019

Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) Marouane EL Abassi was elected on October 19, in Washington as the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) Central Bank Governor… Read more »

Tunisia: Kasserine - Killed Terrorist Involved in Several Attacks (Interior)

The terrorist shot dead on Sunday afternoon on Mount "Essif" (Kasserine) is an Algerian national called Mourad Ben Hammadi Chayeb, commonly known as "Ouf Abu Mouhajer," said the… Read more »

Tunisia: Tunisia Removed From Financial Blacklist

Tunisia was officially removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist, Premier Youssef Chahed tweeted . Read more »

Tunisia: Handball - African Cup of Champions Clubs: Es Sahel to Host 2020 Edition

The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) has entrusted ES Sahel with the organisation of the African Cup of Champions Clubs 2020 after the visit of a CAHB delegation, announced ES… Read more »

Tunisia: Record Olive Harvest Expected in Mahdia Governorate

A record olive harvest is expected in the Mahdia governorate, estimated at 250 thousand tons in the 2019-2020 season. Read more »

Tunisia: 'President-Elect Has No Press Officer or Official Spokesperson to Date' (Clarification)

Statements circulating on mainstream or social media attributed to the President-elect "commit no one but those who made it" a source close to Kais Saied's election campaign who… Read more »

Tunisia: #enazeda Goes Viral On Social Media to Decry Sexual Harassment

#EnaZeda, the awareness campaign intended to denounce sexual harassment in Tunisia, went viral on Facebook and Twitter. Read more »

Tunisia: 2019 Presidential Runoff - Electoral Meeting of Kais Said's End-of-Campaign At Avenue Bourguiba

The campaign team of the candidate in the runoff election, Kais Saied, organised Friday evening an election rally at Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital that lasted hours, to… Read more »

Tunisia: Democratic Patriots' Unified Party Urges Vote for Kais Saied in Runoff Election

The Democratic Patriots' Unified Party (Watad) has called for a vote for presidential run-off candidate Kais Saied to "uphold the Constitution, multiparty politics, rights and… Read more »