Tunis/Tunisia — One hundred and twenty Tunisian enterprises will be trained in the e-commerce and digital marketing fields, as part of the project «Promotion of Export Activities to New Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa» (PEMA II). A call for applications has already been launched for this training, scheduled for January to June 2022 in the governorates […]
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Tunis/Tunisia — The hotel units in the governorate of Tozeur have recorded an occupancy rate of 50% while respecting the anti-COVID health protocol, indicated on Monday head of the Local Tourism Authority Yasser Souf. This impetus is due to the school holidays and the organisation of several cultural events in the region, the official added, […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The national carrier Tunisair recalled in a press release on Monday the conditions for travelling to the United Kingdom. Tunisair pointed out that fully vaccinated passengers (Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna and Janssen) travelling to the UK must book and pay for a COVID-19 test to be conducted on the second day after their […]
Police Officers Suspected; Investigation Needed Two police officers apparently brutally attacked the director of a Tunis-based LGBT rights group on October 21, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack on Badr Baabou took place against a backdrop of mounting abuses targeting LGBT activists by Tunisian security forces. Baabou, the director of Damj Association for […]
Tunisia’s independent media regulator shuttered Nessma TV, owned by President Kais Saied’s political rival. Quran Kareem, a religious radio station, was also closed. Tunisia’s media regulator HAICA announced Wednesday it had closed the Nessma TV station, as well as a religious radio station, Quran Kareem. The television station is owned by Nabil Karoui — a […]
Tunis/Tunisia — An attempt to smuggle €1.49 million (4.9 million dinars) was foiled by Customs services at the Tunis-Carthage Airport. This sum of money was found in the possession of a North African passenger, as he was about to exit the airport, according to the Customs General Directorate. This operation was conducted under the law […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Tunisian Post will issue on October 24 a joint postage stamp with Algeria on the theme “Oued Madjerda” as a shared natural geographical resource between the two countries. The issuing of this stamp is part of implementing the recommendations of the Tunisian-Algerian Joint Commission in the postal field which convened on January […]
Tunis/Tunisia — 31,458 people honoured their vaccination appointments on October 21 out of 105,965 who received text message invites, the Health Ministry said. 4,289,685 people have been fully vaccinated so far, including 3,351,268 who got two shots, 424,063 received one dose as the J&J/Janssen vaccine requires a single dose and a further 514,354 had one […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Three COVID-19 deaths and 233 infections were logged on October 20 from 4,951 tests (4.71 positivity rate), according to the Health Ministry’s updated figures. The caseload reached 713,397 and the death count 25,132. The number of recoveries also rose by 181 to 684,968. 12 more hospitalisations in public and private healthcare facilities brought […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Prime Minister Najla Bouden on Wednesday evening had a phone conversation with Prime Minister of the Libyan National Unity Government Abdelhamid Dbeibah, during which she affirmed Tunisia’s willingness to provide all forms of support to the Libyan authorities. The goal is, she said, to help Libya achieve the objectives it had set, in […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The National Union of Tunisian journalists (SNJT) warned the citizens, authorities and public and private structures against those who usurp the capacity of journalist. In a statement released on Thursday, the SNJT said that outsiders to the sector had issued press cards to people who do not belong to the corps of journalists, […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The governorate of Medenine reported 2 fatalities due to COVID-19, bringing the death count to 1,150 since the outbreak of the pandemic, Preventive Health Director Zayed El Anz said on Wednesday. Besides, 29 further infections were recorded in the region, including 20 cases among students of a college located in the delegation of […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The kef local health directorate announced on Wednesday that the region had recorded one death and 4 new infections by the coronavirus from 80 tests conducted on October 16-17 and 18. Hence, the region has suffered a death toll of 689 and an infection tally of 19,621, including 1,583 recoveries, since the outbreak […]
Tunis/Tunisia — 23,874 people honoured their vaccination appointments on October 19 out of 113,493 who received text message invites, according to the Health Ministry. 4,240,154 people have been fully vaccinated so far, including 3,314,850 who got two shots, 411,093 received one dose as the J&J/Janssen vaccine requires a single dose and a further 514,211 had […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Joint Naval and Coastguard units rescued on Tuesday evening 53 Tunisian undocumented migrants who called for help after their boat broke down northeast of El Attaya (Kerkennah Island). “Their boat was about to capsize,” a Defence Ministry press release reads. Aged from 3 months to 53, the migrants admitted to setting off from […]
Tunis/Tunisia — A one more COVID-19 death was initially reported on October 17, the Health Ministry said on Monday evening. A further 47 infections were also logged from 1,751 tests (positivity rate of 2.68%), The death toll since the pandemic started hit 25,100, while the caseload reached so far 710,953. The number of recoveries rose […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Kef governorate registered one more coronavirus-related death and 3 infections from 100 tests, bringing the caseload to 19,611 including 16,541 recoveries and 688 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Local Health Directorate said Friday. 11 COVID-19 patients are still staying in the various local hospitals, including 6 in ICUs. Kef currently […]
Tunis/Tunisia — President Kaïs Saïed chaired on Friday in Bizerte the official commemoration ceremony of the 58th anniversary of the Evacuation Day. Upon his arrival, the Head of the State saluted the flag as the national anthem was performed, before reviewing a detachment of the three arms paying him honours. Saied then headed to the […]