Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur ( World 23rd) was defeated Sunday by Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro (206th) 4-6, 1-6, in the first round of the women’s singles draw of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic tennis tournament. Ons Jabeur misses for the third time in a row its passage to the second round of an […]
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Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian swimmer Ayoub Hafnaoui offered Tunisia its first gold medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo-2020, after winning the final of 400 m freestyle in 3.43.36, Sunday at the aquatic centre of Tokyo. The silver medal went to the Australian Jack McLoughlin (3:43.52) and the bronze to the US Kieran Smith (3:43.94).
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Tunisia: World Water Week, August 23-27
Tunis/Tunisia — The 2021 World Water Week will be held online on August 23-27, with the theme Building Resilience Faster. On the agenda more than 300 sessions on a broad range of topics, curated by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) but convened by world-leading organizations that share their latest insights. Much of the programme evolves […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Six more coronavirus deaths and 210 infections were reported in the governorate of Kef from 394 tests conducted on July 22. Thus, the region has logged 14,780 infections, including 469 deaths, according to the latest statistics of the local health directorate in Kef. 126 patients are currently being treated in the various hospitals […]
In Tunisia, public anger over how the government has been handling the Covid pandemic is rising, highlighting an ongoing political power struggle between the President and the Prime minister. President Kais Saied said on Wednesday that the military health department will take over management of the Covid health crisis, a day after Prime Minister Hichem […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Marhama Association for Social Projects and Charitable Activities will start distributing 1,000 oxygen concentrators to all governorates of the Republic, starting Monday, said member of its management committee Hafedh Mouslim. In a statement to TAP, Mouslim indicated that the association will distribute one thousand oxygen concentrators, which will be delivered to Tunisia […]
Tunis/Tunisia — 8,315 COVID-19 infections from 23,952 conducted tests (incidence rate of 34.72%) and further 126 fatalities had been reported on July 7, the Health Ministry said Thursday. As such, the death count now stands at 15,861 and that of infections at 473,229. Recoveries rose by 2,771, hitting 375,756. 403 patients were hospitalised in 24 […]
Tunis/Tunisia — National guards deployed in various coastal regions foiled on Tuesday night, several irregular migration attempts. They rescued 193 people from drowning and arrested 369 undocumented migrants, including foreigners, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. According to the same source, the National Guard units in Mahress, Mahdia, Sfax, Kerkennah and Djerba thwarted on Tuesday […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The European Union Council gave last June 28 the go-ahead for the signing of three neighbourhood aviation agreements – with Tunisia, Ukraine and Armenia, as well as an air transport agreement with Qatar, to be inked in autumn 2021 and thereafter ratified by each member state, the EU and other party. “These agreements […]
Tunis/Tunisia — A record 9,823 COVID-related fatalities from 27,198 conducted tests (incidence rate of 36.12%) and further 134 fatalities were reported on July 6, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. As such, the death count now stands at 15,735 and that of infections at 464,914. Recoveries rose by 3,53, hitting 372,985. The Tunis governorate logged on […]
Tunis/Tunisia — A record 9,823 COVID-related fatalities from 27,198 conducted tests (incidence rate of 36.12%) and further 134 fatalities were reported on July 6, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. As such, the death count now stands at 15,735 and that of infections at 464,914. Recoveries rose by 3,53, hitting 372,985. The Tunis governorate logged on […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Director General of Public Health Facilities at the Ministry of Health, Naoufel Somrani denied reports circulating on social media about the Health Ministry’s “procrastination” in starting the operation of the field hospital in Mahdia, though the US side completed its installation. The Ministry is waiting for the arrival of a US team late […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The outstanding public debt soared to 98 billion dinars by the end of April 2021, up by 4,825 million dinars (MD), compared to its level at the end of 2020, according to the note on “economic and monetary developments and medium-term prospects (July 2021),” released Wednesday by the Central Bank of Tunisia. This […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Secretary General of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Fatma Samoura who is currently in Tunisia accompanied by a delegation of the federation, paid a visit on Tuesday the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) familiarizing with the various ongoing and future projects carried out by the FTF to develop the Tunisian football. FTF […]
Tunis/Tunisia — A record 7,930 COVID-19 infections from 21,339 conducted tests (incidence rate of 37.16%) and further 119 fatalities had been reported on July 5, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. As such, the death count now stands at 15,601 and that of infections at 455,091. Recoveries rose by 5,094, hitting 369,632. Kairouan governorate logged on […]
Tunis/Tunisia — A VTC seminar on laser cutting and engraving technologies in the textile and furniture sector will be organized on July 13, by the Business France office to Tunisia, with the Textile Technical Centre (CETTEX), the Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation (APII) as well as the Wood and Furnishing Industry Technical […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Baccalaureate re-sit exams kicked off on Tuesday and will last till July 9 with 38,693 applicants. The results will be announced on July 17. These applicants account for 28.19% of all applicants registered for the 2021 baccalaureate session. Actually, out of 146,158 applicants for the main session, 60,818 (44.30%) have passed, 38,693 […]
Tunis/Tunisia — 105 COVID-related fatalities and 3,530 infections from 11,221 tests (incidence rate of 31.46%) had been reported on July 4, the Health Ministry said Monday. As such, the death count rose to 15,482 and the infection caseload spiked to 447,161. A further 2,302 recoveries were logged, taking the recovery tally to 364,538. 3,568 people […]