Tunisia
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:30:57 GMTPublic Consultation - Head of State Chairs Meeting On Preparations for Launch of Online Platform
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied chaired, Wednesday at the Palace of Carthage, a meeting that reviewed preparations underway for the launch of the online platform dedicated to the public consultation.
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:11:22 GMTHandball - Four-Nation Tournament - Day 2 - Tunisia Concede Defeat to Netherlands 28-33
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia's national handball team lost to their Dutch counterpart 28-33 at a Four-Nation Tournament day-2 game played on Wednesday in Gdansk, Poland.
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:11:17 GMTDefence Minister Meets With China's Ambassador
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Military cooperation between Tunisia and China and ways to strengthen it were discussed at a meeting Wednesday between Minister of National Defence Imed Memmich and China's ambassador to Tunisia ZHANG Jianguo.
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:11:13 GMTFinance Law 2022 - Support Measures for Tourism Facilities That Kept Employees During Pandemic
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The 2022 Finance Law contains a series of measures to support tourism facilities and craft businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. This law provides for a temporary allowance of 200 dinars for employee...
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 08:11:09 GMTIndividual Arrested in Siliana Over Suspected Belonging to Terrorist Groups
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Counter-terrorism brigades in Siliana arrested an individual suspected of belonging to terrorist groups. The arrest was made in coordination with the local judicial police units, a security source told TAP.
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:26 GMTPrime Minister Meets U.S. Ambassador
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Ambassador of the United States Donald Blome expressed his country's satisfaction after the announcement by President Kaïs Saïed of the political deadlines for the next stage.
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:25 GMTOnline Platform to Integrate Persons With Disabilities in Economic and Social Life Operational Soon
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Organisation for the Defence of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OTDDPH) has developed an online platform called Kif Kif to help people with disabilities integrate the social and economic l...
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:22 GMTTwo Lines of Credit to Finance Small Trades Affected By Pandemic and Sse Companies to Be Launched
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Finance Act 2022 provides for the establishment of two lines of credit; the first to finance project developers and small trades affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the second to finance social and sol...
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:20 GMTCooperation, Migration and Waste Issue At Heart of Meeting Between PM and Italian FM
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Najla Bouden, on Wednesday, met with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio at the Government Palace in Kasbah.
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:17 GMTLTDH Expresses 'Concern Tunisian Judiciary Would Slide Into Political Instrumentalisation'
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Human Rights League (French: LTDH) expressed "concern the Tunisian judiciary would slide into political instrumentalisation and power struggle." It also criticised record time rullings in cases lyi...
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:40:10 GMTFinance Law 2020 - Creation of Fund to Support PPP, Partly Financed By CDC
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A support fund for public-private partnership will be created under Article 13 of the Finance Act 2022. It aims to support and develop partnership projects between public structures and institutions and the pri...
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:13:22 GMTCovid-19 - Over 3,258 Refugees, Asylum Seekers Vaccinated Till November
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Over 3,258 refugees and asylum seekers out of 9,200 in Tunisia received COVID-19 vaccination till late November, said executive head of the Tunisian Refugee Council's Refugee Protection Project Abderrazak Krimi...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 14:34:34 GMTSocial and Solidarity Economy Contributes Less Than 0.01 Percent of GDP of Agricultural Sector
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The social and solidarity economy (SSE)'s contribution to Tunisia's economic dynamics is modest and accounts for less than 0.01% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the agricultural sector: these are the mai...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:58:53 GMTJustice Minister Calls for Investigation Into Late President Essebsi's Death
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Minister of Justice has submitted to the Prosecutor General at the Court of Appeal of Tunis a request to initiate an investigation into the circumstances of the death of the late Beji Caid Essebsi, Habib To...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:21:04 GMTPresident Kaïs Saïed Promulgates Finance Law 2022
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saïed said Tuesday he had promulgated the Finance Act for 2022, though it includes despite the fact that it includes "unconvincing" choices, that do not meet people's demands in terms of tax ju...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:21:02 GMTHandball Four-Nation Tournament Day 1 - Tunisia Defeat Poland 30-26
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunisia's handball team, on Tuesday, defeated their Polish counterparts 30-26 (half-time: 14-12) at a day-1 game of the Four-Nation Tournament held in Gdańsk, Poland.
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:20:59 GMTTunisian-Italian Working Session Discuss Bilateral Relations, Regional Issues
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A Tunisian-Italian working session was held Tuesday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad. It was co-chaired by Minister Othman Jerandi and his Italian counterpa...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:20:58 GMTTataouine Records One More Fatality of Coronavirus, 14 New Infections
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tataouine governorate saw a new death fromthe coronavirus during the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll in the region to 502, the Local Health Directorate announced on Tuesday.
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:20:55 GMTSaied, Majoul Discuss Social and Economic Situation
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic Kais Saied called on President of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) Samir Majoul at a meeting in Carthage Palace Tuesday to reassure businesspeople,...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:20:52 GMTRegional Investment Fund in Medical Technologies Launched in Sfax
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A new regional investment fund in medical technologies was launched at the Digital Research Centre in the technopark of Sfax on Tuesday.
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:20:51 GMTTAP Best Athlete Poll - Winners to Be Unveiled January 5, 2022
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- TAP news agency will announce on January 5, 2022 the result of is annual Best Athlete Poll in five competitions. This will take place at a press conference to be held by the agency on Sports Press Day.
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:20:48 GMTHousehold Waste Case and Irregular Migration Under Focus As President Kais Saied Meets Italian FM
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied, on Tuesday, met Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio at Carthage Palace.
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:20:45 GMTCutting Interest Rates Not Key to Economic Recovery (Minister of Economy)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Reducing interest rates would not help economic recovery, said Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Saied, adding it would entail an inflationary spiral.
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:06:05 GMTNational Figures Observing Hunger Strike Committed to Proceed With Strike - Jawhar Ben Mbarek
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Representative of the "Citizens against Coup" initiative Jawhar Ben Mbarek, on Tuesday, said national figures who have been observing a hunger strike since Friday, December 24 are committed to proceed with this...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:06:04 GMTIncoming Passengers Must Complete Health Forms Available On "E7mi" Application
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Passengers arriving in Tunisia by air, sea and land must complete health forms available on the "e7mi" application via the link https://app.e7mi.tn. They must show them in soft or hard copies, during check-in, ...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:06:01 GMTAutomatic Fuel Price Adjustment Threshold Set At 3 Percent
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The threshold of the automatic adjustment of fuel prices (up or down) has been set at 3% instead of 5% throughout the year 2022, said Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, Neila Nouira Gonji, adding that the ...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:05:57 GMTState Budget 2022 Set At 57.2 Billion Dinars, Up 3.2 Percent Compared to Amending Finance Act 2021
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The state budget for the year 2022 is set at 57,291 million dinars (MD), up 3.2% compared to the amending finance law of 2021.
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:44:44 GMTCovid-19 - Four More Omicron Infections Detected in Tunisia
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Four more Omicron infections were detected in Tunisia, member of the Scientific Committee to Combat the Coronavirus Mahjoub Ouni said on Tuesday. The virus carriers are travellers from abroad.
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:44:40 GMTFinance Law 2022 Provides for Early Retirement Before Legal Age of 62
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Finance Law 2022 provides for early retirement before the legal age of 62. The piece of legislation was presented Tuesday by Finance Minister Siham Boughediri Namsia.
Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:21:31 GMTCovid-19 - Foreign Vaccine Passes Can Be Converted Into Tunisian Passports (Ministry)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- People vaccinated abroad and wishing to travel to Tunisia can convert their COVID passes into Tunisian vaccine passports, the Ministry of Communication Technologies said on Tuesday.