[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The application for the inscription of the island of Djerba on the UNESCO World Heritage List has finally been accepted by the UNESCO, which will send a delegation of experts to the island in the south-east of ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Only 1,194 people got COVID-19 jabs on March 3 out of 50,141 text message invites, the Health Ministry said. This took the overall number of fully vaccinated people to 6,334,308, and that of administered jabs t...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 9 COVID-19 deaths and 1,236 infections were logged on March 2 from 6,354 tests (19.45% positivity rate), taking the caseload to 1,001,754 and death toll to 27,874, the Health Ministry said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Confederation of Tunisian Citizen Enterprises (Conect) is organizing, from March 6 to 19, in Nouakchott and Nouadhibou in Mauritania, Tunisian-Mauritanian multisectoral economic days under the theme "For a ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The cumulative labour income edged up 27% to 1.175 billion dinars during the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- COVID-19 claimed the life of one more patient in Béja, taking the death toll to 733 since the outbreak of the pandemic, the local health directorate said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Hammamet will host on April 1 an international kickboxing tournament and four African championships, including a women's tournament, said the event's organisers.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Only 1,210 people got COVID-19 jabs on March 2 out of 85,726 text message invites, the Health Ministry said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 9 COVID-19 deaths and 1,077 infections were logged on March 1 from 5,201 tests (20.71% positivity rate), taking the caseload to 1,000,518 and death toll to 27,857, the Health Ministry said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- First Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Jürgen Rigterink reaffirmed on Wednesday the support of this financial institution to Tunisia in the framework of the economi...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Moncef Boukthir, on Tuesday, met with a World Bank delegation to discuss the means for the World Bank to support the higher education and scientific research...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Friday, March 4, 2022 will be the first day of the month of Sha'ban in the Hijri year 1443, announced Mufti of the Republic Othmane Battikh.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Investment Authority (TIA) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), on Wednesday, signed a memorandum of understanding on the improvement of the investment and business clim...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Djerba-based Le Groupe Scolaire International Les Nouvelles Générations (GSING) and the Centre-East French Catholic School Board, Canada, signed Tuesday a partnership agreement, in the presence of Canadia...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunis international tennis tournament Tunis Open with a prize money of 250,000 dollars, initially scheduled for the end of July, has been postponed to a later date, president of the Tunisian Tennis Federati...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Several civil society organisations (CSOs), on Wednesday, expressed their refusal of any amendment to the decree-law No. 88 on civil society organisations in Tunisia.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The annual pilgrimate to the Ghriba Synagogue in the island of Djerba (Governorate of Medenine) will take place on May 18 and 19, announced René Trabelsi, organiser of the event.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia plans to reach this year between 50 and 60% of the tourist arrivals recorded in 2019, said Minister of Tourism Mohamed Moez Belhassine.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Bizerte recorded 16 more COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours. This brings overall infection cases in the region to 42,992, since the spread of the pandemic.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Investment Authority (TIA) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), on Wednesday, signed a memorandum of understanding on the improvement of the investment and business clim...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 51 additional cases of infection by the Coronavirus have been recorded in the governorate of Ben Arous, following the publication of 248 laboratory tests results, i.e. a positivity rate of 20.56%, which brings ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Subscriptions to the first tranche of the 2022 national bond issue, which amount is set at 350 million dinars, will start on Thursday, March 3, 2022 and continue until March 16, 2022.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- World Bank's Regional Director, Infrastructure for Middle East and North Africa Paul Noumba Um said his institution is willing to invest in the renewable energy sector in Tunisia and provide technical support t...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Three COVID-19 deaths and 1,211 infections were logged on February 28 from 6,637 tests (18.25% positivity rate), taking the caseload to 999,441 and death toll to 27,824, the Health Ministry said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- An improvement in the health situation in Zaghouan has been seen, as the number of active virus-carriers in the region currently stands at only 71 against 146 last February, the local health directorate said.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Four eco-innovative entrepreneurs can gain the oportunity to access Mediterranean markets and connect with the different players in the regional value chain through a project dubbed STAND Up! for the Sustainabl...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia has earned 9 ranks in the Index of Economic Freedom 2021, yet the Tunisian economy remains in the ranks of mainly unfree economies, the Tunisian Institute of Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies (IT...

[Egypt Online] Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik arrived in Tunis Tuesday 1/3/2022 leading a high-level security delegation to partake in the 39th session of the Arab Interior Ministers Council that will kick off Wednesday in the Tunisian capital.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia will take part in BATIMATEC ALGER, the international exhibition for Construction, Building Materials and Public Works, due on May 15-19 in Algiers, the Exports Promotion Centre (French: CEPEX) said on W...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Following notification by the Committee for the Rescue of Troubled Banks on February 28, 2022 of the cessation of payment of La Banque Franco-Tunisienne, the Bank Deposit Guarantee Fund said compensation for de...