Tunisia seeks UNESCO status for Jewish pilgrimage isle
Tunisia plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, site of Africa’s oldest synagogue and an annual Jewish pilgrimage, its culture minister said on Sunday. Speaking...
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After the Arab Springs: What makes the specificity of Tunisia?
Tunisia’s economy is regaining momentum this year after six years of slow growth, driven by the revival of the vital tourism industry prime minister Youssef Chahed recently announced. Tunisia has...
Italian pasta, Tunisian kebab: More school canteens offering wider variety...
Italian oven-baked creamy mushroom pasta, wakame udon soup, Tunisian lamb kebab, claypot chicken rice and Thai laksa are some of the dishes students are tucking into in schools these days....
Protest March against reconciliation bill in Tunis
A protest march against the bill on economic and financial reconciliation was staged Saturday afternoon at Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital as part of the campaign “Manish Msemah” (I...
Italy expels Tunisian connected to Berlin market attacker
Italy has expelled a Tunisian citizen suspected of having been in contact with the man who killed 12 people by driving a truck through a Christmas market in Berlin last...
Strong Tunisian wheat crop ‘to curb import needs’, says ag...
Tunisian wheat production will recover even further than expected this year, the country’s farm minister said, reducing the potential for exports, which US officials have forecast hitting a 10-year high....
Festive mood and tight security for Tunisia Jewish festival
An annual Jewish pilgrimage to Africa’s oldest synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island began on Friday under tight security but in a festive mood. An AFP journalist saw dozens of pilgrims...
Air Malta To Relaunch Tunisia Service
Air Malta is reconnecting Malta to North Africa following the restart of scheduled services between the islands and Tunis Carthage Airport as of June 26. The new schedule will be...
Does democratization need cash? Tunisian Nobel laureate answers
“The more well-to-do a nation, the greater the chances it will sustain democracy”. American political sociologist and leading theorist of democracy Seymour Martin Lipset expressed with these few words the...
Tunisia’s Fight Against Corruption: An Interview with Chawki Tabib
“We are heavily counting on Tunisian and international civil society, the media, and every single Tunisian to get involved in this war on corruption.” Where does Tunisia’s fight against corruption...
