Climate Weekly: Desert miracle or mirage?
Could Tunisia be the first North African country to export solar power from the fringes of the Sahara Desert to Europe? It has the sunshine, the legislation and a willing developer...
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OMV completes sale of Tunisian oil field
Austria-based OMV has closed the sale of its 50% stake in the offshore Ashtart oil field located in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia, to oil and gas company Perenco. OMV...
Syria is ‘Hell on Earth’ as Sebastian Junger documents in...
Pop, pop, pop: the sound of constant gunfire fills the air, and it’s nearly impossible to tell who is being targeted. Everyone in Daraa, Syria, who is protesting on the...
Summer travel season expected to be record breaking – IATA
The International Air Transport (IATA) said on Thursday it expects a record breaking summer travel season for the northern hemisphere after global carriers reported a 12-year high in traffic growth for the...
UK hails Tunisia’s ‘hard work’ on security after terror attacks
Britain on Thursday applauded Tunisia’s “patient hard work” to boost security following the 2015 jihadist attacks that killed dozens of tourists, including 30 Britons at a beach resort. “We know...
Two Italian fishing boats attacked between Libya, Tunisia
Two Italian fishing boats from the Sicilian port town of Mazara del Vallo – the ”Aliseo” and ”Anna Madre” – were reportedly attacked by a boat off Zarzis, at the...
Migrant rescue ship blocked in Lampedusa amid NGO crackdown
A ship chartered by the German NGO, Jugend Rettet, was blocked overnight off the southern island of Lampedusa by the coastguard as part of a ‘routine check’. The organisation was...
Tunisian dinar falls to lowest rate in years
The Tunisian dinar fell to its lowest rate in years trading at 2.83 against the euro and 2.412 against the US dollar. Authorities explained the decline saying that Tunisia did...
Thomas Cook to re-offer trips to Tunisia
UK travel agent Thomas Cook has announced that it could start offering package holidays to Tunisia as soon as spring 2018. Thomas Cook has not offered packages to the country...
Citizen Diplomacy’s Evolution onto the Web
Youth in Des Moines, Iowa have more in common with students in Tunisia than they thought. In particular, a passion for social justice. While participating in Youth for Understanding’s (YFU)...