Protesters agree to end blockade of Tunisia oil plant
Protesters agreed Friday to end a blockade of a Tunisian oil and gas plant that saw bloody clashes with police last month after the government met many of their demands....
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Tunisia extends state of emergency for another four months
For the first time, Tunisia has prolonged the countrywide state of emergency, which has been in place for more than a year and a half the president’s office announced yesterday....
24 Tunisian immigrants deported from Libya
Libyan authorities deported on Monday 24 Tunisian nationals after being arrested while trying to sail to Italy from the country’s western shores. The Tunisian Embassy in Tripoli said its 24...
Germany Announces $338 Million of Financial Aid to Tunisia
Tunisia and Germany signed a partnership agreement this week for additional financial support to Tunisia worth €300 million ($338 million). The agreement stipulates the payment of €100 million a year for...
Rights group slams ‘absurd’ Ramadan penalty in Tunisia
Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday dismissed as “absurd” the jailing in Tunisia of people who fail to observe the Ramadan fast. There is no law against eating or drinking...
Tunisia: police deployed against urban neglect
A reported 300 Tunisian local police officers as of Tuesday will be patrolling cities to ensure that laws aimed at safeguarding the environment are respected and will fine all those...
Tunisian sentenced to jail for smoking during Ramadan
A Tunisian court Monday sentenced to one month in prison a man who smoked a cigarette in public during the Muslim dawn-to-dusk holy fasting month of Ramadan, a spokesman said....
Tunisia Cracks Down on Suspicious Charity Group Activities
The Tunisian authorities have given all charity organizations in the country a month to submit a statement on the foreign donations and grants that they receive. The Tunisian government of...
Essebsi calls for settlement through dialogue
President Béji Caïd Essesbi discussed recent developments in the Gulf as he met on Wednesday with Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui. Essebsi underlined the need to work to reach solutions for the...
Dialogue efforts must speed up say foreign ministers of Egypt,...
The foreign ministers of Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt have called on those responsible for the latest phase of the Libyan Dialogue in which changes are to be make to the...
