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Tunisian media magnet and presidential hopeful Nabil Karoui has been banned from traveling abroad after the judiciary slapped money charges on him, reports say. The spokesman for the judiciary department for financial cases, Sofiene Sliti, Monday indicated the judge 10 Read more
The Tunisian Islamist Ennahda party, which last year dropped its strict Islamic line, has been challenged to pick a homosexual as party’s candidate for local elections after it nominated Simon Slama, a Jew party member, as its candidate for the Read more
Tunisian transport minister Thursday announced that Dubai-based carrier Emirates was allowed to resume air traffic to Tunis in an apparent end of crisis between the North African country and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sparked by Emirati authorities’ ban on Read more
Syrian deputy foreign minister has finger-pointed the Tunisian Troika, led by Mohamed Moncef Marzouki that ruled Tunisia between 2011 and 2014, for being responsible for the Tunisian jihadists’ joining terrorist groups in Syria. “They are responsible for the sending of Read more
Tunisia’s ruling party is still dealing with internal crises with other resignations and membership suspensions in the air. Four of the party’s MPs have reportedly tendered their resignation while sixteen others have requested the suspension of their membership. The angry Read more
Prime Minister-designate Youssef Chahed met with some members of his national unity government ahead of a vote of confidence that would take place on next Friday, August 26, but voices of contestation are continuing to rise against some of the Read more
Tunisia’s Islamist party and largest group in the parliament Sunday indicated it has reservations on nominated Prime Minister’s unity government line-up. Ennahda counts 69 members in the 217-seat Parliament. The party’s supreme institution, the Shura Council, met Sunday and stopped Read more
Secretary General of the powerful Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) Houcine Abassi met with Prime minister-designate Youssef Chahed on Tuesday, part of consultations for the formation of a national unity government. Abbasi said the union is not interested in power Read more
Reports are emerging that the mastermind and Chief of Saudi Arabia’s spy ring, Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who was active in the ousting of President Morsi in Egypt is working on plans to carry out a Read more
Tunisians who ignited the Arab spring were hoping to improve their living conditions, economically, and to enlarge the scope of their freedoms. The hopes and dreams seem too far away as debate grows over the role of religion in the Read more