Tunisia’s oil production down due to protests, claims trade union...
A Tunisian trade union official confirmed on Wednesday that crude oil production in the country has fallen by 52 per cent recently due to protests in the areas where the...
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Tunisia’s heritage sites stay empty, even as tourism picks up
Foreign visitors may now be returning to the country after the Arab Spring and ISIL-claimed attacks, but many say the government is failing to make the most of the country’s history...
Tunisia’s economic challenges: are they insurmountable?
While the Tunisian government is drafting the country’s next budget, Fadhel Abdelkefi, its interim Finance Minister, who heads up the ministry of investment and international cooperation resigned (August 18, 2017)...
Laptop ban lifted on Tunisia flights
The UK government has lifted the laptop ban on inbound flights from Tunis’ Carthage International airport. Tunis airport becomes the second airport after Turkey’s Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen to have the ban on...
Tunisia launches new national employment strategy
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced yesterday, the official launch of a new national employment strategy. In press statements from the capital Tunis Chahed said that employment is a top priority,...
Why not make of Tunisia a tax haven, calls Sophien...
Speaking to Express FM on Tuesday morning, Sophien bennaceur Nidaa Tounès leader and Founder and Chair of the American-Tunisian Business Council gave an account on the solutions to bring Tunisia...
Moody’s downgrades Tunisia’s rating to B1, maintains negative outlook
Moody’s Investors Service has today downgraded the long-term issuer rating of the government of Tunisia to B1 from Ba3 and maintained the negative outlook. Moody’s has also downgraded the foreign...
As Tunisia Weighs Women’s Rights Proposal, Some Of The Staunchest...
On National Women’s Day in Tunisia, celebrated last Sunday, President Beji Caid Essebsi announced the review of a law that demands that a man receive twice the share of an inheritance as...
Tunisia 3rd in Africa in mobile connectivity (GSMA ranking)
Tunisia was ranked third in Africa in the mobile connectivity index compiled by GSMA, the global mobile operators Association. Mauritius came first. South Africa (world’s 84th) is second in Africa...
Tunisian army captures seven fuel smugglers in Libyan border firefight
Tunisian army units exchanged fire with armed men crossing the frontier berm from Libya near Medenine early this morning. The clash ended with Tunisian troops capturing six vehicles, one of...
