Tunis/Tunisia — 78 undocumented migrants of foreign nationalities had been rescued by the Sfax coast guard units, spokesman for the National Guard Houssemeddine Jebabli said on Monday. They also recovered the bodies of 49 others. Their boats capsized between June 26 and July 4, Jebali stated to TAP. About 135 individuals of various African nationalities […]
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Tunis/Tunisia — The success rate in the main session of the baccalaureate stands at 44.30%. Out of 114,454 baccalaureate applicants registered in public schools, 5,7957 (51.56%) passed, 3,528 (29.83%) will re-sit and 2,0482 (18.22%) failed, according to the Ministry of Education’s figures released Friday. In the private high schools, 20,405 applicants sat for the main […]
Tunis/Tunisia — A cooperation and partnership agreement aimed to to promote the Tunisian public administration was signed on Wednesday between the National School of Administration (ENA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). This agreement which is part of the achievement of the sustainable development goals, mainly SDG16 +, aims to promote the Tunisian public […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Lockdown rooms have been reserved for possible COVID-19 infected or suspected cases in the 243 examination centres, Education Minister Fethi Sellaouti said on Thursday. Attending the start of the national middle school 9th grade exam at the El Yasminet College in Ben Arous, the minister assured that all measures have been taken to […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Board of Directors voted unanimously at its meeting on June 30 to approve a $498.7 million compact with Tunisia to strengthen the country’s transportation, trade, and water sectors. The independent U.S. Government agency said in a statement, its Tunisia Compact, a five-year grant programme, includes projects designed to […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The governorate of Sidi Bouzid had reported 5 Coronavirus-related deaths and 166 additional infections, said Wednesday Basic Health Director Bechir Saidi. Hence, the region has seen 12,813 infections since the outbreak of the pandemic, 1,794 of whom have recovered and 379 died. Besides, 78 patients are currently staying at the governorate’s hospitals.
Madrid /Spain — Orange said on Wednesday it will launch an experimental 5G network using a cloud-based open platform and artificial intelligence in July, as the telecom industry rushes to shift services onto the cloud in a bid to cut costs and modernise. Orange will build the network in Lannion, northern France, in partnership with […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The national carrier Tunisair said that starting July 1, 2021, all passengers travelling to Austria from Tunisia must present a negative PCR test result conducted 72 hours before departure or a negative antigen test less than 48 hours old or a vaccination certificate. A vaccination is valid from the 22nd day after the […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othman Jerandi underlined during his participation in the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS held Monday in Rome, the importance of embedding the Coalition’s action in a global multilateral approach involving governments, organisations and the civil society. The aim, according […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The social innovation accelerator Lab’ess has just launched the 8th promotion of its incubation program which will support a dozen new social impact project leaders. Each project leader will get a training worth 20,000 dinars over a period of six months, Lab’ess said in a press release on Monday. This comprehensive support system […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Kairouan, Siliana, Zaghouan and Beja are the governorates affected by full lockdown, the Prime Ministry announced Sunday. The rate of infection in these regions exceeds 400 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, according to an update until June 19, it said in a statement. The Prime Minister had ordered governors […]
Tunis/Tunisia — As of July 1, only Belgians and residents in Belgium as well as persons complying with a restricted list of necessary travels, are allowed to travel to Belgium, national carrier Tunisair said Saturday. All non-resident passengers aged 12 and over travelling to Brussels must have a negative PCR test result dated less than […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The number of industrial business leaders who are optimistic about the general situation of the manufacturing sector exceeds for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic the number of those who are pessimistic, according to an opinion survey on the situation and prospects of industrial enterprises. Conducted by the National Institute […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The governorate of Jendouba reported 3 more COVID-related fatalities, bringing the death toll to 332 since the outbreak of the pandemic. The local health directorate in Jendouba also announced that 67 further infections had been detected from 248 conducted tests, taking the caseload to 6,055. 88 patients are currently staying at the region’s […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Counter-Terrorism Judicial Pole will initiate an investigation into recent reports of ” alleged” attempts to assassinate the President of the Republic, said spokesperson for the Tunis court of first instance Mohsen Dali. A relevant correspondence by the Ministry of Justice was referred to the office of the public prosecutor at the Counter-Terrorism […]
Tunis/Tunisia — El Gataaya in Ghar el Melh, Bizerte, are salty farming plots in the lagoons that are irrigated by seawater. Farmers use the tide to water their Ramli agricultural crops which are grown on sandy substrates. The crops are strategically planted on topsoil, so that the roots are watered through a thin delicate layer […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisia tops the medals table with 3 gold medals and 1 silver, at the end of the first day of the 22nd Arab Athletics Championship, contested on Wednesday in Rades. The three gold medals went to Nesrine Lachheb (javelin), Raouf Redissi and Chahinez Nasri (20km walk) and the silver medal to Syrine Mejri […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian Raouf Redissi snatched on Wednesday the gold medal at the 20km race walk at day 1 of the 22nd edition of the Arab Senior Athletics Championship (men and women), organised in Rades. For their part, Tunisian Chahinez Nasri snatched the gold while Cyrine Mejri won the silver. Results: 20km race walk (men): […]