The European Union (EU) is willing to provide all necessary support to Tunisia in its negotiations with international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Borell was speaking at his meeting Thursday with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Othman […]

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The Indictment Chamber specialising in financial corruption cases at the Tunis Court of Appeal, Thursday, ordered the release of rapper Swagg Man, on a 200,000-dinar bail. However, the rapper will be banned from travelling, said spokesperson for this jurisdiction Habib Torkhani. Swagg Man’s trail was adjourned until July 8, 2021. Swagg Man, who was arrested on July 4, 2019, faces […]

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The “Carthage” ship, on Wednesday, docked at the commercial port of Zarzis, from Marseille (France), in the first trip of 11 scheduled for this port during this summer for Tunisians abroad from the ports of Marseille and Genoa. This liner which was blocked for more than 12 hours from Marseille, carried in its first trip 1205 travelers and 526 cars […]

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will develop green spaces in Zrig, South Gabes, with funds worth 280 thousand dinars, starting July. The project is implemented in collaboration with the municipality of Gabes. It provides for developing playgrounds for children and recreating areas for families. Permanent representative of the UNDP in Tunisia Steve Utterwulghe, earlier in the week, visited the […]

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The third edition of the virtual exhibition of services dedicated to Tunisians living abroad will be held from July 12 to 16, Olfa Baldi, Deputy Director at the Board of Tunisians Abroad (OTE) said, Wednesday. The exhibition, held by OTE, will be visited by over 15,000 Internet users, the same source said,. It added that around twenty public institutions which […]

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Deputy Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) in charge of the private sector Ali Boughdiri, on Wednesday, deplored the indifference of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) to the UGTT’s call for the launch of wage negotiations. “Such a position threatens social stability,” he said after a meeting held by the private sector grouping […]

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Representatives of civil society tabled Wednesday proposals in connection to the project of support to the decentralisation process, as part of a national consultation. The delay in issuing relevant implementation decrees was also discussed. The package of proposals put forward during a workshop in Tunis includes a smaller number of municipal councillors, an updated list of freshly created municipalities and […]

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The National Defence Ministry denied in a statement Wednesday any participation of the national Navy in the naval exercise of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) “Sea Breeze 21”, scheduled for June 28-July 10 in the Black Sea. The Ministry was reacting to media reports indicating the national navy would participate alongside the Israeli army in a NATO naval exercise […]

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Noomen El Euch was elected, by consensus, to head the democratic bloc in the House of People’s Representatives (ARP), until the end of the current parliamentary term. He replaces Mohamed Ben Ammar, who, on Tuesday, announced his decision to step down as president of the group for “personal reasons”. Ben Ammar told TAP he has been abroad for a month […]

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