[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A protest rally was held on Thursday outside the headquarters of TAP News Agency, to denounce the politically-motivated appointments at the head of the agency and "Shems FM" radio station.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Board of Directors of the Tunisian Federation of Newspaper Directors (French: FTDJ) expressed "deep concern" over the recent events at TAP news agency following the "unexpected" appointment of new CEO Kamel...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The House of People's Representatives (French: ARP) passed at a plenary on Thursday a bill approving a memorandum of understanding and loan agreement between Tunisia and the European Union (89 votes in favour a...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The project People and cork "Improving the values of the cork oak cultural landscape in favor of local community development in the cork forests of the Kroumirie-Mogods region" was launched Thursday by WWF Nort...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) Marouane El Abassi, Thursday, handed to President of the Republic Kais Saied the 2020 report on the bank's financial statements as well as the report of the statuto...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The General Union of Secondary Education, on Thursday, called on the Education Ministry to take the decision to immediately suspend school classes for ten days.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A package of exceptional measures designed to break transmission chains and contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kasserine was announced by the regional committee to fight coronavirus considering the ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The House of People's Representatives (French: ARP) adopted during a plenary session held on Thursday, a bill on the authorisation of the state to subscribe to the seventh general capital increase of the Africa...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saied met Thursday at the Carthage Palace with President of the Supreme Judicial Council (CSM) Youssef Bouzakher who handed him the second annual report of the CSM for the period 2018-2019.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- In the governorate of Sfax, six people died from the Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing to 761 the total number of deceased linked to the pandemic in the region.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Bureau of the House of People's Representatives (ARP) decided at its meeting Thursday to postpone the discussion of the bill amending and supplementing the organic law No. 50-2015 on the Constitutional Cour...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- "The Mechichi government fell the moment the first police officer raided the Tunis Afrique Presse TAP news agency on April 13, 2021," said vice-president of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) Ami...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Health Ministry said 16.5% of those who registered on Evax.tn platform were vaccinated till April 7.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The COVID-19 death toll in schools from September 15, 2020 to April 13, 2021 hit 42 and the infection tally 9,471, including 8,941 recoveries, according to data released Thursday by the Ministry of Education.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- " Tunisian authorities should respect the independence of TAP news agency and refrain from using security forces to interfere in the agency's personnel issues," the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The national carrier Tunisair on Thursday recalled in a press release, the entry conditions to the Tunisian territory, in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis.

[Nation] General Service Unit (GSU) men's volleyball team right attacker Kelvin Omuse will make his debut at the African Volleyball Clubs Championship that gets underway on Friday in Tunis, Tunisia.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA) in Tunisia on Thursday launched a new program, called #UpTunisia by FIPA, which relies on Tunisians abroad who number more than 1.5 million people, to promote inve...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, in Tataouine (South of Tunisia), Governor of the region, Adel Ouerghi described the situation as "very dangerous", calling on citizens to protect themselves and respect the hea...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The number of deaths due to the coronavirus reached 9,480 deaths, after recording, until Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 84 more deaths, according to the Health Ministry.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- MP and leader in the Party of the Unified Democratic Patriots (PPDU) Mongi Rahoui said, Wednesday, that he had been notified by the Interior Ministry that "he is facing serious threats to his physical safety".

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Political parties, organisations and national personalities voiced their solidarity with the journalists and employees of the Tunis Afrique Presse TAP news agency in their "legitimate struggle for the liberatio...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Kef recorded 3 fatalities of the COVID-19 on Wednesday, while 74 others tested positive for the virus, after returning the results of 161 tests.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Independent High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HAICA) condemned the "gross assault" by police officers on journalists of TAP News Agency, in an attempt to forcibly install Kamel Ben Younes at the...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Union of Youth Forces expressed its total and unconditional support to the freedom of the press and to all "honest journalists who stood up against oppression, Tuesday, at Tunis Afrique Presse news agency".

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The general management of TAP news agency has denounced Tuesday's police raid on its premises and the multiple violations and acts of provocation by security forces.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The general management of TAP news agency has denounced Tuesday's police raid on its premises and the multiple violations and acts of provocation by security forces.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Republican People's Union Party (UPR) strongly condemned the police intervention at the premises of the Tunis Afrique-Presse (TAP) news agency to forcibly install the new CEO Kamel Ben Younes, recently appo...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- ES Rades and JS Manazeh qualified for the quarterfinals of the Tunisian basketball cup, after beating Etoile Sahel (86-79) and AS Hammamet (85-82), respectively, at the fourth preliminary round, played Wednesda...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (French; SNJT) urged Wednesday journalists and national organisations as well as champions of freedom of press and expression to attend a protest rally on Thursday out...