The powerful UGTT confederation called on three million public sector workers to strike. They halted work at 159 state agencies and public firms to seek salary cuts and reforms. The walkout comes as Tunisia prepares to initiate formal talks with the IMF on a fresh bailout proposal. TUNIS: Flights were cancelled, public transportation came to … Read more
Ennahdha party warns against removing references to Islam from new constitution. New constitution is centrepiece of reform plans by President Kais Saied. Draft due to be put to the people on July 25th. The Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party in Tunisia issued a warning on Monday against removing references to Islam from a new constitution that will … Read more
Tunisia and the UK have signed a MoU on British technical and financial help for Tunisia’s renewable energy growth. The MoU was signed in Tunis, Tunisia’s capital. The United Kingdom now wants to be the largest foreign investor in Tunisia’s energy sector. Tunisia and the United Kingdom have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on … Read more
Tunisian police clash with protesters against President Kais Saied. Around 100 people demonstrate against the July referendum, a year after his power grab opponents describe as a coup. Tunisian police scuffled with protesters against President Kais Saied on Saturday as around 100 people demonstrated against a planned July referendum, a year after his power grab … Read more
Tunisian police clash with anti-President Kais Saied protestors. Protests against referendum in July, a year after his power grab, critics call a coup. Many Tunisians however support his moves against system. On Saturday, Tunisia police clashed with anti-President Kais Saied protestors as roughly 100 people marched against a scheduled referendum in July, a year after … Read more
Tunisian President Kais Saied dismisses 57 judges for corruption and concealing terrorism cases. Names of judges who “disrupted investigations into a total of 6,268 terrorism files” will be made public. Saied dissolved the country’s Superior Council of the Judiciary earlier this month. Tunisian President Kais Saied signed a presidential decree late Wednesday dismissing 57 judges … Read more
UGTT union of Tunisia has called for a countrywide strike in June in public services and state-owned enterprises after the government failed to raise pay, an escalation that might jeopardize the government’s efforts to negotiate an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. Tunisia is experiencing its greatest financial crisis and is seeking a $4 billion loan … Read more
A Tunisia court has barred the speaker of the country’s now-disbanded parliament from leaving the country, according to a court spokesman. According to a court official, the interdiction against Rached Ghannouchi is part of an investigation into possible obstruction of justice in connection with the killing of two left-wing politicians in 2013. According to Fatima … Read more
TUNIS – Seventy-five people are missing after a crowded boat of migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia on Wednesday, according to the International Organization for Migration and a security official, as the number of individuals undertaking the perilous journey to Europe grows. The IOM reported that 24 people were rescued from the boat, which … Read more
Ons Jabeur of Tunisia was the first Arab or African woman to win a top-flight tennis title fifteen years ago, and her adolescent sparring partner could see she was destined for fame, even though he fractured his arm in the process. Omar Laabidi recalls being beaten regularly by a 12-year-old Jabeur, who this month won … Read more
Hundreds of Jewish worshippers came to Tunisia’s oldest synagogue on Wednesday, renewing an annual pilgrimage that had been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic for the past two years. Pilgrims passed through airport-style scanners and passed a heavy, armed police guard to enter the whitewashed Ghriba synagogue on the southern Tunisian resort island … Read more
Marketa Vondrousova, the French Open 2019 finalist, said on Monday that she had wrist surgery and she will miss this year’s Grand Slam tournament. “The last few weeks were not easy, I have been experiencing recurring pain in my wrist,” the current world number 35 said on Instagram, posing with a bandaged left forearm. “After … Read more
The Tunisian navy said Saturday it rescued 81 migrants, one of them a woman, who had set out for Europe from Libya on a barely seaworthy vessel. The boat, which had been damaged, was boarded around six kilometers (four miles) off Tunisia’s northeastern coast, the navy said. It carried 38 Egyptians, 32 Bangladeshis, 10 Sudanese, … Read more
Reuters, TUNIS, May 12 – Tunisia’s interior ministry disputed former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali’s arrest on Thursday, contradicting a report from his previous party and a post on his official Facebook page. Jebali was detained, according to the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, which requested his release and accused the authorities of cracking down on dissent. … Read more
According to a judicial source, the number of would-be migrants died after their boats capsized late last month amid desperate attempts to flee Tunisia for Europe has grown to 24. Four boats capsized off the coast of the central Tunisian port city of Sfax on the night of April 22-23. While 97 people were rescued, … Read more
President of Tunisia, Kas Saed, has announced plans to amend the country’s constitution. Mr. Saed, who has dissolved government and parliament, said in a televised Eid speech that a committee will be formed to redraft the present structure and that its work would be completed within days. He did not say how the constitution will … Read more
Pakistani tennis player Haniya Minhas creates history by defeating Tunisia in her final group match. Haniya Minhas has won the final match by defeating Tunisia’s number one, Zeineb Jaiez, 6-0, 6-0, and has advanced to the Quarter Finals. Haniya Minhas becomes first Pakistani girl to win the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) Championship. Haniya will compete … Read more
As the political crisis in Tunisia rages on, President Kais Saied has made various actions that critics claim are aimed to cement his hold on power, and he appears increasingly unwilling to compromise. On Thursday, Saied opposed the formation of an opposition “National Salvation Front” that has called for a national discussion conference and the … Read more
According to Tunisian naval officials, a commercial tanker that sank off the Tunisian coast and was believed to be carrying 750 tons of diesel fuel really had no fuel at all. On suspicion of criminal behavior, the ship’s crew has been detained. Last week’s loss of the Xelo ship sparked concerns about a possible fuel … Read more
A gas tanker that sank in waters off Tunisia the remaining weekend became empty, the authorities said on Friday, ruling out the hazard of pollution. But authorities announced that they had arrested the deliver’s rescued group after divers located evidence the deliver’s GPS had been deliberately destroyed and its bridge computer systems ripped out. The … Read more
US Open champion Emma Raducanu had to come back in her second-round game on Thursday to set up a quarter-final match against world number one Iga Swiatek at the WTA Stuttgart tournament. Raducanu, who is ranked 118th globally, whitewashed German unlucky loser Tamara Korpatsch in the first set, but was broken twice in the second … Read more
Divers on Sunday inspected the hull of a tanker loaded with 750 tonnes of fuel that sank off southeastern Tunisia, without a leak detected thus far, officers stated. “With the improvement in weather conditions, a team of divers accompanied by the ship’s captain and engineer who know its layout are on-site to examine the hull,” … Read more
Divers have inspected the hull of a tanker loaded with 750 tones of gasoline that sank off southeastern region of Tunisia, with out a leak discovered up to now, officials stated. The crew of the Xelo had made a distressed on Friday evening and sought refuge in Tunisian waters from bad weather before taking place, … Read more
Tunisia: A commercial oil tanker carrying more than 750 tons of diesel ran aground overnight from Friday to Saturday in the Gulf of Gabès in southeastern Tunisia. According to the Environment Ministry, the ship sank late Saturday morning due to water seeping into the engine room. Only the bow of the boat was still visible. … Read more
Tunisia’s SNJT reporters’ union has denounced the detention of a journalist who had criticized the interior ministry on social media site, calling it a “backwards step” for freedom of expression. Chahrazed Akacha, editor-in-chief of a news website, turned into detained on suspicion of “harming different people’s peace via public telecommunication networks”, the union said overdue … Read more
Tunisian President Kais Saied told a delegation from the European Parliament in Tunis that he is committed to holding a popular vote, and “free and fair” elections to end the country’s political unrest. He also guaranteed the perseverance of unity, continuity and sovereignty of the Tunisian people. The delegation included, Michael Gahler, Javier Nart, and … Read more
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland won the WTA Charleston tournament in three sets over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur. In a two-hour-and-35-minute match, the 25-year-old prevailed 6-1 5-7 6-4. On her Twitter handle Benic wrote: “It’s a CLAY COURT title. So happy with my week here in Charleston.” It’s a CLAY COURT title!!! 😁😁😁 So happy with my week … Read more
Tunisian President Kais Saied, who is facing a political and economic crisis as well as charges that he seized power in a coup, promised compensation for the relatives of those slain or injured in the country’s 2011 democratic revolution on Sunday. After reigning by decree since the summer, Saied dissolved parliament last month and imposed … Read more
