Fastest-growing destinations for first four months of 2017
If you were asked to pick the spot with the fastest-growing number of visitor numbers so far this year … then the answer may not be exactly what you might...
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Traditional Falconry Festival Still a Major Tourist Attraction in Tunisia
t’s exactly three months to this year’s Falconry Festival, one of the oldest and most popular festivals in Tunisia, and locals are already preparing for the special carnival. The festival basically...
‘Tsunami-sunk’ Roman ruins discovered in Tunisia
Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered off northeast Tunisia, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami in the 4th century AD....
Boatload of migrants drown off Tunisia coast: Survivor
A boat teeming with illegal migrants is believed to have sunk off the Tunisian coast, possibly resulting in scores of deaths, Shamseddine Marzouq of the independent Tunisian Red Crescent said...
UN envoy announces high-level meeting on Libya
The gathering will take place on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly meeting Ghassan Salame, the United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL),...
Fighting terrorism Macron’s top priority
French President Emmanuel Macron has made the fight against “Islamic terrorism” in Syria and Iraq the top priority in his foreign policy agenda. Speaking on Tuesday to French diplomats gathered...
The Other Humanitarians in the Mediterranean: Tunisia’s Fishermen
Tunisian fishermen living near the Libyan border have been rescuing migrants and recovering the dead for years. With the recent curbs on NGO boats, and an emboldened Libyan coast guard, they may...
Tourism: amusement park opens in Tunisia
The first amusement park opened in Sfax on Monday and is set to become a major visitor and tourist attraction for the entire region. Built across an area of 18,000...
Libya seizes foreign tanker, trawler
Libya seized a foreign oil tanker and trawler Wednesday off the country’s western coast and detained their crews for questioning in Tripoli, the navy and coast guard said. “The Rex,...
Tunisia: UTICA launches first Social Innovation Competition
The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) has announced the launch of the first social innovation competition dedicated to companies that have been in business for more than...
