Year: 2017

The “Super Mamie France 2017”, a French contest to honour outstanding grandmothers, is being held in Jerba, an island in the south east of Tunisia. The competition aims to honour and reward exceptional grandmothers who are extremely dynamic and distinguished by their investment in volunteerism and humanitarian actions, Tunis Afrique Press, the Tunisian news agency, reported.. More than 150 guests and relatives accompanying and encouraging the French “Super Mamies” are attending the ceremony to crown the winner of this contest, in its eighth edition. René Trabelsi, head of a travel…

General television channel Carthage + will soon be launched in Tunisia after a test broadcast period begun in August 2017, on the 11393 verticals (symbol rate 27500-polarisation VC) of the Nilesat satellite. This was formerly the frequency of the channel Attessiaa, Nextvame reported. The official launch of the channel, created by Tunisian businessman Lassaad Kheder, is imminent, it said. The media premises are fully completed, equipment available and staff ready to start activities. The launch of Carthage Plus is part of a project that includes the creation in Tunis of…

Cast and crew for the Warner Bros. movie Aquaman have finished filming scenes in Newfoundland and Labrador, more than a year before the superhero film is set to hit theatres. From Atlantis to the Atlantic? Aquaman director scouting Petty Harbour Canada’s easternmost province joined Australia, Italy and Tunisia as locations for scenes from the movie, which stars Jason Momoa in the title role of Aquaman/Arthur Curry, king of the undersea nation of Atlantis. Last November, director James Wan shared a photo on Instagram of Petty Harbour, implying the area was to be used for filming. He later…