Olive oil exports have reached 186 thousand tonnes (including 8.1 thousand tonnes packaged) from November 2014 to the end of April 2015 with a value of 1,139 million Tunisian dinars (MTD) against exports of 26 thousand tonnes (159 MTD) in the same period last year. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, the olive oil […]
The Strategic Digital Council approved during its first meeting held, Friday, under chairmanship of Prime Minister Habib Essid, the start to execute the strategy of the national digital economy and its governance. Essid called for presenting a number of projects in a 15-day deadline to start achieving them and evaluate the furtherance of their execution during the council’s next meeting […]
President Beacuteji Caid Essebsi asserted that his visit in the United States of America was a success and achieved its objectives. In an exclusive statement to TAP and “Watanyia 1” channel, at the end of his official visit in the United States on May 20-21, the President of the Republic commended the privileged place enjoyed by Tunisia on the international […]
Prime Minister Habib Essid, Saturday, insistently urged governors to embark on fieldwork and keep cleanliness and environment protection as “permanent issues on their agenda.” Essid called on governors at the periodic Conference of Governors “to leave their offices in morning shifts and embark on fieldwork” to try to find solutions to problems that could not be solved at the central […]
TUNIS, May 24 — The General Secretariat of Council of Arab Interior Ministers strongly condemned the terrorist blast that targeted a mosque in Al-Qatif, Saudi Arabia, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent worshippers while performing Friday prayer. Arab interior ministers strongly condemned such brutal act that reveals the real nature of terrorism in disregarding innocent lives, shedding Muslims’ blood, […]
The bodies of 5 illegal immigrants were recovered, Saturday morning off the town of Teboulba, in governorate of Monastir, according to a first toll provided by the Interior Ministry. The Coast guard and civil defence units rescued 48 illegal immigrants who were on board of two boats. The shipwreck is due to bad weather conditions, Spokesman for the Interior Ministry […]
House of People’s Representatives (HPR) Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur estimated that Tunisia’s political success should translate into economic and social success through a participatory development model and a consensus around an economic and social reform plan. Reform implementation should be unanimously approved by the majority of actor: economic, social, political and civil society leaders, he pointed out. Chairing, Friday, the 2015 […]
Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche asserted, Friday, the existence of an international co-operation with Tunisia in the case of kidnapped Tunisian journalists Nadhir Ktari and Sofiene Chourabi in Libya. He added in a statement to TAP, that the State is working within discretion, to know the fate of the two journalists. “We will spare no effort to solve this case,” he […]
Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche is paying, on May 26-27, an official visit in Madrid at the invitation of his Spanish counterpart Joseacute-Manuel Garcia-Margallo y Marfil. The official visit will provide the occasion to examine means aimed to boost co-operation and partnership between Tunisia and Spain. It will also allow to exchange views on the regional and international issues of mutual […]
U.S. Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter pledged during his meeting with President Beji Caid Essebsi, Thursday in the Pentagon, to double the U.S. military assistance to Tunisia. In a statement to TAP at the end of the meeting, Senior Aisor to the President of the Republic in charge of Diplomatic Affairs Khemais Jhinaoui said that “the details of this military […]
Tunisia gly condemned “the terrorist attack” perpetrated, Friday, against a mosque in Koudeih, province of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia kingdom which killed several people. Tunisia condemns “this ignoble terrorist attack” whose perpetrators aim “to undermine stability of the kingdom and its security,” a statement of the Foreign Ministry reads, voicing Tunisia’s solidarity and compassion with the Saudi people, its […]
A co-operation agreement was signed, Friday in Tunis, between the Foreign Ministry and the Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR) on building capacities in the field of human rights and diplomacy. The agreement was signed between Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche and AIHR Board of Directors President Abdelbasset Ben Hassen. The minister said that “the ministry will not tolerate any violation […]
