January 02
Tunisia: Tunisian Dinar Appreciates Against Us Dollar
The Tunisian Dinar appreciated against the US dollar, trading at TND 3.059 on December 28 compared with TND 3.111 on the same date last year, monetary and financial indicators… Read more »
Tunisia: Year 2024 Will Prove Difficult in Terms of Repaying Internal and External Debts (Expert)
The year 2024 will prove difficult as regards the repayment of internal and external debts, according to Ridha Chkoundali, an academic and economic expert, who believes that the… Read more »
Tunisia: Tunindex Closes Tuesday's Session Down 0.7 Percent
The benchmark index Tunindex closed Tuesday's session down 0.7% to 8,691 points, in a meagre volume of TND 1.7 million, reads Tunisie valeurs' daily report. Read more »
Tunisia: Tozeur - Most Tourism Figures Improve in 2023
Most of the tourism figures in the governorate of Tozeur saw an improvement in 2023, compared to the previous year, local tourism delegate in Tozeur, Adel Sbita, said in a… Read more »
January 01
Tunisia: Prominent Human Rights Activist and Democrat Khemaies Chemmari Dies Aged 81
Democratic activist and human rights defender Khemais Chammari, one of the most prominent leftists, has died at the age of 81. Read more »
Tunisia: Posthumous Tribute to Dr Tawhida Ben Cheikh (January 2, 1909 - December 6, 2010)
The Agence de Mise en Valeur du Patrimoine et de Promotion Culturelle (AMVPPC) has paid a posthumous tribute to Tunisia's oldest doctor and the first woman doctor in the Arab… Read more »
Tunisia: Coast Guard Thwarts 13 Irregular Migration Operations and Rescues 188 Migrants
Coast Guard units recently thwarted 13 irregular migration operations across the maritime border and rescued 188 migrants, according to a statement released by the General… Read more »
December 27, 2023
Tunisia: Aziz Dougaz Reaches Final of Arab Masters Tennis Championship
Tunisian Aziz Dougaz, World's 234th, has qualified for the final of the third edition of the Arab Masters Tennis Championship, after defeating Lebanon's Hady Habib, world's 301st,… Read more »
Tunisia: Tunisian Teachers Win Prizes for Best Digital Education Projects
Education Minister Mohamed Ali Boughdiri, Wednesday, award prizes to teachers with the best education projects, as part of the digital twinning programme, developed between the… Read more »
Tunisia: Turnout in Local Elections 11.84 Percent, Second Round to Be Held in 781 Constituencies (Bouasker)
The turnout in the December 24 local elections reached 11.84 percent, said the President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), Farouk Bouasker, at a press… Read more »
Tunisia: PM and Interior Minister Discuss Security Measures to Be Taken Ahead of New Year
Increasing security measures ahead of the New Year was the focus of a working session held between Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani and Interior Minister Kamal Feki, on Wednesday, at… Read more »
Tunisia: President Saied and Foreign Minister Reiterate Independence of National Decision-Making
The basics of Tunisia's foreign policy as well as the independence of the national decision-making were broadly discussed in a meeting held, Wednesday, at the Palace of Carthage… Read more »
Tunisia: Tunisia and Saudi Arabia Sign 7 MOUs in Various Sectors
Seven memoranda of understanding in various fields and sectors were signed on Wednesday afternoon in Tunis between acting Minister of Economy and Planning, Sihem Nemsia Boughdiri,… Read more »
Tunisia: Kebili - New Hotel Unit Inaugurated in Douz
A new five-star hotel unit, built as part of a joint Tunisian-Singaporean investment at an estimated cost of 55 million dinars, was inaugurated, on Wednesday, in Douz in the Kebili… Read more »
Tunisia: 2022 National Report On Situation of Children in Tunisia Presented (Family Ministry)
Minister of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly Amel Belhaj Moussa, Wednesday, presented the 2022 National Report on the Situation of Children in Tunisia on the theme of… Read more »
December 26, 2023
Tunisia: Primary School Teachers Protest in Kasbah to Demand Payment of July 2023 Salaries
A few hundred primary school teachers held a protest rally in front of the Ministry of Education headquarters on Tuesday to denounce the Minister of Education's decision to… Read more »
Tunisia: 62,000 Fraudulent Free Healthcare Cards Withdrawn (Minister)
Social Affairs Minister Malek Ezzahi said on Tuesday in Hammamet that his department had withdrawn 62,000 free healthcare cards (white cards) unduly granted, as part of the fight… Read more »
Tunisia: Tunisia's Initiative for Creation of an Arab Body Responsible for Media in Service of SDGs Adopted
The Executive Bureau of the Council of Arab Ministers adopted on Sunday, as a recommendation, Tunisia's initiative for the creation of the High Arab Media Authority for Sustainable… Read more »
Tunisia: Local Elections in Jendouba - Preliminary Results in Constituency of Jendouba-North
In the Jendouba-North delegation, where 35 candidates (31 men and 4 women) stood, the candidates who obtained the highest number of votes in their constituencies are as follows: Read more »
Tunisia: Local Elections - Isie Board Approves Preliminary Results of First Round
The Board of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), on Tuesday, approved the preliminary results of the first round of local council elections. Read more »
Tunisia: Local Elections - Preliminary Results in Sousse
Preliminary results of December 24 local elections in the governorate of Sousse following manual and automated vote counting by the regional election authority. Read more »
Tunisia: Arp Approves Organic Law On Agreement to Send Chinese Medical Teams to Tunisia
The Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP) adopted at a plenary session attended by Health Minister Ali Mrabet Tuesday organic law No. 54 for the year 2023, approving the MoU… Read more »
Tunisia: 'Menzel Bourguiba Steel Factory Elfouladh Will Not Be Sold,' President Saied Insists During Impromptu Visit
President Kais Saied said Tuesday during a visit to the ElFouladh steel factory in Menzel Bourguiba, Bizerte governorate, that "the Tunisian state will not sell the steel factory… Read more »
Tunisia: Stocks End Tuesday's Session in the Green
The stock market recovered slightly by 0.1% on Tuesday to close at 8,609.3 points, according to broker Tunisie Valeurs. As in the previous session, trading volumes remained… Read more »
Tunisia: Hachani Receives 2022 Annual Report of General Committee for Control of Public Expenditure
Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani received on Tuesday at the Government Palace in Kasbah the President of the General Committee for the Control of Public Expenditure, Kaouther Neji, who… Read more »