World’s most powerful passports; Tunisia ranks 61st
The Tunisian passport has been ranked 61st on global financial advisory firm Arton Capital’s World Passport Index. Tunisia tied in 61st place with fellow African countries Ghana and Zambia. The...
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C.Mabkhout: book fair budget to be quintupled
The budget of the 33rd edition of the Tunis International Book Fair 2017, scheduled for March 24-April 2, 2017 at El Kram Exhibition Centre, will be raised by 500%, announced...
Tunisians against return of those who joined ranks of jihadist...
Tunisian women shout slogans during a demonstration outside the House of the People’s Representatives (HPR-parliament) in Bardo, Tunis, against allowing Tunisians who joined the ranks of jihadist groups in hotbeds...
Berlin attack: Germany hunts possible accomplices to suspect
Germany on Saturday searched for possible accomplices of the suspected Berlin truck attacker who was gunned down by Italian police, as Tunisia announced the arrest of three men linked to...
Three terrorists with ties to Berlin market attacker arrested
A three-member terrorist cell with ties to Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri was dismantled Friday. Aged 18 to 27, the terrorists were operating in Fouchena (Ben Arous) and El-Oueslatia...
Radicals like Amri don’t fit narrative of Tunisia’s Arab Spring...
The story of how Anis Amri, the chief suspect in the Christmas Market attack in Berlin this week, went from Tunisian school dropout to fugitive killed by Milan police in...
Germany to speed up repatriation of failed Tunisian asylum seekers...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that her cabinet wants to accelerate the repatriation procedures for failed asylum seekers from Tunisia. Her statement follows the Berlin Christmas market attack allegedly...
Chahed expected in Berlin beginning of 2017, Merkel in Tunis...
“Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will pay a working visit to Germany at the beginning of 2017,” announced the Presidency of the Republic in a press release, Friday. The announcement was...
Tunisian expelled from Italy
Ex-convict showed signs of radicalization A 37-year-old Tunisia ex-convict was expelled from Italy on Friday for State security reasons, sources said. The man, who had shown recent signs of religious...
HPR Speaker signs book of condolence at German embassy after...
Speaker of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) Mohamed Ennaceur Thursday offered condolences, at the premises of the German embassy in Tunis, after Monday’s Berlin Christmas market terror attack that...
