Month: August 2019

Fatwa Participates in the Arab Film Festival-Amman

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Tunisian feature film Fatwa by director Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud will take part in the 9th Arab Film Festival-Amman, taking place from August 25 to September 1, albawaba reported. Fatwa received 18 international awards, the latest of which was the Best Actress Award that Tunisian artist Ghalia Benali received at the Ecrans Noir (Black Screen) Film Festival in Cameroon. It was also granted four awards at the Tunisian Film Festival; Best Screenplay, Best Décor, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, Best Feature Film at the International Festival of Cinema and Audiovisual…

18 migrants rescued off Tunisia coast

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The Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that the navy of Tunisia has saved 18 illegal migrants of different African nationalities of the southeast coast. The statement is quoted as saying that “The rescue operation took place 50 kilometres southeast of the city of Zarzis in the province of Medenine,” It also added that “They confirmed that they had sailed from Libya towards the Italian coast”. The ministry of interior said on Saturday that it has stopped 2 illegal immigration attempts off Sfax coast, 94 illegal immigrants were…

Tunisian young swimmer Ayoub El Hafnaoui books ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

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Tunisian 16-year-old swimmer Ayoub El-Hifnawi succeeded in booking the ticket for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by achieving the “A” time under the supervision of Tunisian technical staff Jabran Touili and Sami Achour. This performance is a great challenge for  Tunisian young swimmer trained in Tunisia to carry out this dream. Tunisian swimmers also won the gold medal at the African Games in Morocco in the 400 meters which was the performance of swimmer Mehdi Ajili. Wassim Elloumi and Adnen Beji also won the bronze Medal which is a good…

Tunisia pledges to find political solution in Libya: FM

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Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui on Friday said that his country exerts efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Libya to end the bloodshed. “Tunisia is working on resolving the Libyan crisis politically,” Jhinaoui said in a statement to media. “Tunisia has a moral duty to deal with any initiative that would end tensions in Libya,” he added. Jhinaoui on Thursday discussed with Foreign Minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord Mohamed Sayala the latest developments in the war-ravaged country as well as bilateral relations. During a press conference…

PM decides to delegate his powers to Minister of Public Service

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Prime Minister Youssef Chahed who is running for the September 15 presidential election, on Thursday, announced his decision to delegate his powers to Minister of Public Service, Modernisation of the Administration and Public Policies Kamel Morjane until the end of the election campaign on September 13. In TV remarks, Chahed said he has made this decision, in accordance with the provisions of Article 92 of the Constitution, indicating that the Constitution allows the incumbent Prime Minister to stand for the presidential election while delegating his powers to one of the…

Tunisia to increase natural gas production by 50 %

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Acting prime minister Kamel Morjane kicked off on Friday the Nawara natural gas field in southern Tunisia, The national production is expected to grow 50% during its start-up phase and 70 % in November, with imports dropping 30%, the Prime Ministry said.This project is the fruit of cooperation between the Tunisian National Oil Company (ETAP) and the Austrian Mineral Oil Administration. According to the government, the total cost of the Nawara natural gas field is estimated at 1.105 billion U.S. dollars. TunisianMonitorOnline

12.8% increase in Tourist arrivals rise until August 10 (Official)

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Tourist arrivals in Tunisia registered a 12.8% rise until August 10, compared to the same period last year to 5.438 million tourists, statistics provided by the Ministry of Tourism revealed Tuesday. The jump is mainly the result of the recovery of European markets (up 18.8%, until the end of July), in particular, the British market (+110.3%), French (+18%), German (+ 6%) and Russian (+ 0.9%). Besides, the Maghreb tourists visits to Tunisia during the same period leaped 12.4%, compared to the previous year. The Algerian and Libyan markets reached 15%…

New research in Tunisia is teaching computers how to read your handwriting

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Computers can now read handwriting with 98% accuracy Researchers at the University of Sfax in Tunisia have developed a new method for computers to recognize handwritten characters and symbols in online scripts. The technique has already achieved ‘remarkable performance’ on texts written in the Latin and Arabic alphabets. iRead “Our paper handles the problem of online handwritten script recognition based on an extraction features system and deep approach system for sequence classification,” the researchers wrote in their paper. “We used an existent method combined with new classifiers in order to…

40,000 Algerians entered Tunisia last Weekend

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At least 40,000 Algerian tourists visited Tunisia after crossing Oum Teboul’s border post during last weekend, The Ticker Times reported. Oum Teboul’s border post has witnessed an extraordinary influx, having taken this route in two days, 40 000 Algerian holidaymakers. During the weekend, ten thousand vehicles passed through this border crossing, the same source added. The reasons behind this rush are the approach of the end of the summer season and the start of the school year that provoked a craze and a growing interest of Algerians for Tunisia. Usually,…

Fires destroy nearly 2,000 hectares of forests in Tunisia (2019)

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More than 1,850 hectares of forests have been destroyed in 190 fire incidents in 2019 as of August 9, said Director General of Forests, Salem Triki. This figure represents a rise from 2018, when fewer than 1,000 hectares were burnt, due to natural or human causes. In 2017, the figure reached 17,000 hectares. Despite the increase in burnt forestry area 2019, Triki noted that the number of forest fires had decreased in recent years due to a preventive plan implemented by the forest department. The forest area in Tunisia is…